Around the World in 30 Days – April 2018
Apr29

Around the World in 30 Days – April 2018

Moratalaz Posted By on Apr 29, 2018

http://modernsmile.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword C.M. Rubin’s Global Education Report Nuclear weapons have been used twice in warfare: in the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.  As the threat of nuclear warfare drew closer last year, it was announced that Beatrice Fihn and her advocacy group, The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), had won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize for their inspiring work behind the first treaty to prohibit nuclear arms.  The...

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The Global Search for Education: Meet the Nuclear Weapons Disruptor – Beatrice Fihn
Apr23

The Global Search for Education: Meet the Nuclear Weapons Disruptor – Beatrice Fihn

Posted By on Apr 23, 2018

“What struck me most was the absurdity, that everyone agrees these weapons should never be used, but we need nuclear weapons so they won’t be used?”  — Beatrice Fihn What can we learn about innovation from those who seek to abolish nuclear weapons? The Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards (TDIA) has named Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Beatrice Fihn a 2018 honoree and the recipient of the first-ever Hersey Prize...

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The Global Search for Education: Meet the Communications Disruptor
Apr21

The Global Search for Education: Meet the Communications Disruptor

“I like to think that we’ll find ways to partner with our AI creations — to enhance life, bringing about more shared equity and prosperity, and to enable humans to connect more deeply with one another.”  — Chris Messina Many know Chris Messina as the guy who invented the Twitter hashtag, but Chris Messina has actually spent the last decade being a game changer with many other innovations including Drupal, Firefox,...

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The Global Search for Education: Get Ready for Earth Day
Apr15

The Global Search for Education: Get Ready for Earth Day

According to the Paris Agreement, global emissions must peak by 2020 and then start declining if we want to keep average global temperature increase under 2° Celsius. Climate change is the environmental challenge of this generation and it’s critical that youth are involved because they will ultimately inherit the earth. The Millennial Bloggers are based all over the world. They are innovators in entrepreneurship, journalism,...

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The Global Search for Education: Keeping Up With The Machines
Apr10

The Global Search for Education: Keeping Up With The Machines

“We should be changing the goals of education to focus on deeper learning: Relevance of what is taught, to build motivation, and personalization of the What and How; Versatility, to create ‘Renaissance humans’, which brings robustness to face whatever life throws at us; Transfer, insuring that what we learn in the narrow confines of schools, translates into actionability in real-life situations.” — Charles Fadel...

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