Review: Why Don’t Students Like School–A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom

Major Contribution, Itself a Bit Turgid, Easily in the Dirty Dozen MUST READS June 30, 2010 Daniel T. Willingham I struggled a bit with this book, which is ably and logically presented but does not tell a story as much as it delivers a lecture piece by piece. No doubt my own limitations in play, …

Review: Grand Theft Pentagon–Tales of Corruption and Profiteering in the War on Terror

Chapter and Verse But No Footnotes–a Cornerstone Read   June 17, 2010 Jeffrey St. Clair I come late to this book, published in 2005 and consisting of well-organized Op-Eds published in CounterPunch from 2000-2005. My review is primarily for my own benefit (my notes) and those who follow my reviews of non-fiction at Phi Beta …

Search: the emerging worldwide university (to be finished later)

This is a very important search that failed to yield a proper automated response.  Here is the human-in-the-loop answer. Search terms on this site: World Brain, Global Brain, Collective Intelligence, World University, M4IS2 Journal: Taming Twitter–Emergence of Baby World Brain? Journal: GPS Finally Fully Integrated in Voice Comms Journal: Google, the Cloud, Microsoft, & World …

Journal: With No Successor In Sight, Intelligence Czar Departs

FULL STORY:  Declassified (newsweek.com/blogs) May 28, 2010 By Mark Hosenball On Dennis Blair’s last day in office as director of national intelligence, the Obama administration seems more stymied than ever in its efforts to replace him. Following a torrent of criticism from Capitol Hill—apparently touched off by this Declassified interview with Rep. Pete Hoekstra, the …

Journal: HOUSE TO CONSIDER GAO AUDITS OF INTELLIGENCE

Defying a previous veto threat from the White House, the House of Representatives will consider an amendment to bolster intelligence oversight by requiring intelligence agencies to cooperate with the Government Accountability Office when it performs audits that are requested by a congressional committee with jurisdiction over intelligence. In general, the amendment (pdf) states, “the Director …

Search: education knowledge of the four quadrant

Simple searches work best on WordPress.  Spelling and plural versus singular do matter. Four quadrants search produces (with better human in the loop sort for relevance: Graphic: Four Quadrants J-2 High Cell SMS Low Graphic: The Four Quadrants of Knowledge Who’s Who in Collective Intelligence: Nova Spivak Graphic: OSINT and Full-Spectrum HUMINT (Updated) Search: management …