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Organic Food: Pay the Farmer or Pay the Hospital

Sharif Al Motawally — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:51:13 +0000

A powerful TED talk by 11-year-old Birke Baehr about the current food system and organic food.

Inspiring Video of the Month

Sharif Al Motawally — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:52:08 +0000

This inspires hope and determination. Nick Vujicic and his attitude serve as a great examples of the celebration of life over limitations.

The human spirit can handle much more than we realize.

“I LOVE LIVING LIFE. I AM HAPPY.”

Laurie Santos: A monkey economy as irrational as ours

Sharif Al Motawally — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:42:29 +0000

Laurie Santos presents an intriguing TED talk on human/primate behavior, psychology and economics. A must watch.

Online Free Touch-typing Tutor

Sharif Al Motawally — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:04:38 +0000

Typing is becoming a part of a person’s literacy indicator today. If you cannot touch-type, all of your computer-based tasks will be more difficult not to mention slower.

www.sense-lang.org is a very good free on-line typing tutor. It has a decent set of standalone typing tutorials. It also has a classroom learning mode for teachers to set up and use it with their students in a controlled mode. It also has lessons for seniors.

The site is very powerful in terms of typing tutorials but a bit awkwardly designed in terms of web aesthetics. Nevertheless it is very useful and free.

You can find it at:

online free touch typing program | keyboarding tutor | Free Typing Games.

What Every Leader Needs

Sharif Al Motawally — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:31:30 +0000

What every leader needs but often underestimates. Watch the TED talk and see for yourself.

via TEDTalks : Derek Sivers: How to start a movement – Derek Sivers 2010.

Levels of Thinking

Sharif Al Motawally — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:55:48 +0000

Learn about Blooms Taxonomy. Blooms Taxonomy is a breakdown of the six levels of thinking, from the lowest level to the highest. Can you challenge yourself to think about everything in your life at the deepest level?

Knowledge: Knowing a fact. Knowing 2 + 2 = 4, doesnt mean you know what 2 + 2 = 4 means.

Comprehension: Understanding a fact: You understand the concept of addition and how 2 + 2 = 4.

Application: Knowing how to use the fact. You can determine that 2 cats plus 2 cats equals 4 cats. You dont know what 2 + 2 = 4 means, but you can apply it.

Analysis: Breaking down information into its parts. 4 – 2 =2 ; 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 2 + 2 = 4

Synthesis: Creating something new. 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 4 + 4

Evaluation: Discussion of the merits of 2 + 2 = 4.

via How to Think Like a Genius – wikiHow.

On Collaboration and a Bit of Philosophy

Sharif Al Motawally — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:05:00 +0000

Please read the Wikipidea article then watch the video.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner’s_dilemma

How to Teach your Kids to Program

Sharif Al Motawally — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:31:00 +0000

An excellent article on how to get kids interested in programming. it gathers a great collection of programing languages tools and sites specifically geared to the younger minds.
http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Teach_a_Kid_to_Program

7 Important Fitness Tips For Web Workers

Sharif Al Motawally — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:35:00 +0000

“Web working and fitness usually don’t go hand in hand. In fact, fitness is probably the last thing on a web worker’s mind.

In front of a computer all day and constantly working on new projects, a web worker doesn’t have the time to keep fit. As a result, their weight increases,mental stress levels increase, and frankly, overall health goes down the tubes.”

Continue at source: http://www.dumblittleman.com/2008/10/7-important-fitness-tips-for-web.html

Beating the Recession: 6 Amazing Mind Power Steps to your Success

mrn — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:37:00 +0000

Interesting article on how to stay positive!