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Why You MUST Take Notes…and HOW

Mike_Corso — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:44:43 +0000

To bring your laptop or not to bring your laptop: that is the question. In today’s classrooms, students are presented with a variety of ways to take notes ranging from the old school pen and paper to laptops and tablets. This infographic looks at various note-taking methods to try and suss out the best techniques for recording–and retaining–important information. Great stuff.

via coursehero.com

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Hardest Job, Best Job

Mike_Corso — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:50:15 +0000

Nice work, P&G…

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Let’s raise kids to be entrepreneurs

Mike_Corso — Sat, 12 May 2012 05:56:50 +0000

Great presentation by Cameron Herold found on TED.com via StumbleUpon. Every parent should watch…with their kids.

via blog.ted.com

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Screenr

Mike_Corso — Sat, 12 May 2012 05:19:05 +0000

Truly “screencasts made easy”. Here are a few things you can do with Screenr:

Share your knowledge on Twitter and Facebook
Reveal tips, tricks and software shortcuts
Showcase the ins and outs of new products and apps
Build brand and expert reputation
Embed video tutorials on sites and blogs

Try it here.

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Become a Better Baseball/Softball Hitter: Know Your Dominant Eye

Mike_Corso — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:17:03 +0000

I had a hitting breakthrough last night. We were having batting practice when my teammate, Bruce, asked if I knew which was my dominant eye. He said if I knew my dominant eye, I should position my head so it was closest to the pitcher/ball.

Turns out my right eye is dominant which means, ideally, I should hit lefty (since my right eye would be closer to the ball). Well, hitting lefty isn’t something I was going to do at that moment so I made a simple adjustment and rotated my head towards the left and focused on the ball MAINLY WITH MY RIGHT EYE (this is key). From that moment, I saw the ball more clearly and began hitting a steady stream of line drives (vs. fly outs).

Here’s how to determine which eye is dominant:

Hold your arms out in front of you.
Make a circle by overlapping your hands. You should have a peep sight with the webs of your thumbs, like shown in the photo, and stare at an object in the distance.
Look at an object through the hole made by your hands, preferably something round like a door knob.
Focus on the object, not your hands.
Now close one of your eyes. If you still see the object with your left eye open you are left eye dominant. If you still see the object with your right eye open you are right eyed dominant.

FYI, 80% of the population is right eye dominant and a very small percentage have no eye dominance at all (like my switch hitting 15-year old who can crush the ball from either side of the plate).

For more on this topic, read Science Made Simple

Happy hitting,

Mike

P.S. While we’re on the topic of hitting, a pet peeve of mine is watching hitters warm up with a weighted bat. Watch this video and WAKE UP!

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Sifteo – Intelligent Play

Mike_Corso — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:01:29 +0000

Surely worthy of Cool Site of the Day. A great find from the LAUNCH Edu Conference, which is a great resource for KidMoguls.com (“Teaching Kids How to Blog”)

via sifteo.com

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Japanese Acrobats in 1904

Mike_Corso — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:03:15 +0000

Crazy Japanese Foot Acrobats from 1904 – watch more funny videos

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Thanks,

Mike

jap

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World War II in Photos

Mike_Corso — Thu, 10 May 2012 08:39:49 +0000

As reported in The Atlantic…

“World War II officially lasted from 1939 until 1945, but the causes of the conflict and its horrible aftermath echoed for decades in both directions. While feats of bravery and technological breakthroughs still inspire awe today, the majority of the war was dominated by unimaginable misery and destruction. In the late 1930s, the global population stood at approximately 2 billion. In less than a decade, the war between the nations of the Axis Powers and the Allies resulted in some 80 million deaths — killing off about 4 percent of the whole world.

This series of entries was published weekly on TheAtlantic.com from June 19 through October 30, 2011, running every Sunday morning for 20 weeks. In this collection of 900 photos spread over 20 essays, the events of the war, the lives of the people fighting at the front and working back home, and the effects of the trauma on everyday activity is covered. These images still give us glimpses into the experiences of our parents, grandparents and great grandparents, moments that shaped the world as it is today.”

This is a truly awesome collection.

via theatlantic.com

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Every Teen Should Watch This

Mike_Corso — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:34:24 +0000

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Mike

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How Much Is Apple Worth?

Mike_Corso — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:32:36 +0000

Tech giant Apple is worth a lot of cash.

In addition to being the largest publicly traded company on the U.S. stock market, its 2011 sales were worth $128 billion — more than 160 different nations’ gross domestic products.

This Best Computer Science Degrees infographic compares Apple’s massive reach to things around it in the world.

For example, you could lay all of the 56.4 million iPads that are projected to sell in 2012 back and forth between the east and west coast and still have plenty left over. Meanwhile, nearly as many iOS devices were sold in the U.S. in 2008 as cars — 200 million compared with 213 million.

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