After listening to both presidential candidates speak on education, I was disappointed by the total absence of any approach towards Internet based continuing education, or using the web as a means of education. But there is no reason to be surprised. Nothing has changed in the past 100 years.
The Internet is literally hours away from becoming the one of the most efficient ways to provide a structured learning environment for students worldwide. The ability is available, with the tools we have today, to provide a free college level education without the need for classrooms, buildings, or time restrictions. But if history repeats itself, this won’t happen.
TV could provide an opportunity for a structured learning for the masses. So could radio. So could books, cd’s, audio tapes, and dvd’s. But, except for a few exceptions, we are not exploiting the educational possibilities of the media.
As I write this, my eight year old son just woke up, gave me a hug, and went right to his computer. I asked him what he was doing, and he said that he was going to play pinball. I asked him to “do a Ted” first. It’s sad; before he discovered computer games, he’d spend his time on the Internet researching Ancient Egypt.
The amazing ability to have interactivity with TV and the Internet has been harnessed to do some very important things, like picking who will be dancing next week, what type of matches wrestlers will have, and who should be kicked off the island. It’s unfortunate that this creativity is used mostly to pacify us, instead to help us grow intellectually.
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The American Marketing Association has a very good portal, http://www.marketingpower.com/, which provides a number of quality resources related to Marketing, including podcasts and articles. A great resource for any marketer.
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Authenticity Consulting has a pretty capable resource http://www.managementhelp.org/ , that has good overviews of a number of areas in management. I don’t think “library” is the best descriptor. The site has a good number of high level overviews on a number of business related topics.
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Want to get a quick overview of Made to Stick ? How about The 4 Hour Work Week? Bookjive.com has 100’s of reviews, submitted by readers, like you and me. Not just business, either. Quality runs from fantastic to non-existent, I’d recommend to look for highlighted stories recommended on the front page. Great place for you to do your book reports as well. If you sign up for their newsletter, you’ll get a PDF every month of the latest business books, including author bios.
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Tal’s the guy who teaches that great Positive Psychology Course at Harvard.
As Fat Albert showed us all when we were kids, if you have fun, you might learn something too. Great interview with Tal and Jon Stewart.
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Prof. Murray Seligman is, without doubt, one of the leaders and founders of contemporary Positive Psychology. This website contains a number of good resources, including papers and interviews.
http://www.ppc.sas.upenn.edu/
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I’ve been noticing that an increasing number of my customers are out of balance. Too much work, too much time at the office, not keeping things in balance. I got a copy of True North from the library, and found the book so important that I ordered a dozed copies for these customers.
This book is destined to be a classic on the level of How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, and Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich. As the compass on the cover shows, this book is about finding direction, and working with a leadership style that matches your soul’s purpose.
There are lots of resources available on the site. http://www.truenorthleaders.com/index.htm
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