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Imogen Heap's "Clairvoyant" Music Teacher

Heap's  earliest exposure to electronic composition came when an exasperated music teacher exiled her to a back room full of neglected digital gear, where she discovered her under-the-hood aptitude for getting strange sounds out of arcane electronics. Since then, she's mined sonic mystery from sources ranging from cardboard tubes to cheap samplers -- not to mention her own vocal…

Added by Claudette Cohen on March 14, 2011 at 2:00am — No Comments

The Future of Education in Ramat-Gan, Israel

I am very excited about this meeting I had yesterday at my city's department of education. The department's leaders are dealing with the future of education and innovative education all the time. They are trying to keep up to date with trends, changes and innovations. They have begun an interesting process of innovation in Ramat-Gan, and as of yesterday I feel I have the honor to take a very small part in this process.



The city of Ramat-Gan is a city of 150,000 residents. It is right… Continue

Added by Or-Tal Kiriati on January 7, 2010 at 6:09am — 4 Comments

The Necessary Revolution

Just got to a book last night which has been on my "anti-library" shelf for several months--Peter Senge's The Necessary Revolution (2008)--which I highly recommend. Here's an article from Business Week's "Innovation" section which reviewed the book last summer and spurred me to acquire a copy of it.



The following paragraphs from the book's first chapter, "A Future Awaiting Our… Continue

Added by Skip Zilla on February 10, 2009 at 11:30am — 2 Comments

2008 Top Three Education Innovations

Three creative and innovative education ideas in 2008 include the following:



1. Pay-To-Behave Program Debuts In D.C. Schools



2. Open Book Exam: Prepare Kids for Life or for Exams?



3. Service Learning As A Tool For Reducing High School… Continue

Added by S Mann on December 29, 2008 at 1:23pm — 11 Comments

Creating! Innovating!



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What does it mean to create and innovate? While there may be nuanced differences among authorities, the main meanings refer to tandem processes of invention or creation and introduction or innovation of new ideas, processes or things.

In referencing the… Continue

Added by Sheryl A. McCoy on September 14, 2008 at 10:26pm — 1 Comment

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