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How your meetings could be more like classes

Recently, I read a post by Rands about how to run a meeting, and was blown away. Not because of Rands’ excellent writing (though it is; it always is), but because in explaining the attentional dynamics of how to run … Continue reading

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Ask, Don’t Tell: the power of questions

Scientists are not trained to ask questions. No, excuse me — scientists are absolutely trained to ask questions. In the lab. In the lab we are rabid information ferrets, and we will run up every trouserleg that the great wardrobe in … Continue reading

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Teaching naked in the age of big education

PowerPoint is currently making headlines in education, though probably not for the reasons Microsoft would like. The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that José Bowen of Southern Methodist University has banished computers from his classrooms: Mr. Bowen wants to discourage … Continue reading

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Blogging: brain imaging for the mind

It’s 1995, and a student is moving flats for the fifth time in three years. She finds – again – the shoebox of diaries from her teenage years; curiosity forces the box open. Instead of packing, the student spends half … Continue reading

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