#HigherEd

Habitable exoplanets are bad news for humanity

Intelligent life hasn't contacted us yet, possibly because it self-destructs.

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Christmas is the season of giving

If you're on Amazon, check out Amazon smile where you can support your favorite charity everytime you shop.   

Foodies, turn your pictures into donations with this app: We the Feedies 

A couple of other great links to check out:

Giving What We Can

What is the Greatest Good?

Holiday Giving:  7 Children’s Charities You Should Know About

Image used under Creative Commons license (BY) by John-Morgan

#privacy

Dow Jones asks court to unseal long-completed digital surveillance cases Tens of thousands of electronic surveillance orders are sealed from public view. via arstechnica

Federal court rules cops can warrantlessly track suspects via cellphone Geo-data received based on "reasonable grounds" phone was connected to a crime.  via arstechnica

Amendment 4 by Jeff DeMaria creative commons licensed (BY-NC-SA) flickr photo  

Obama panel supports warrant requirement for e-mail, cloud content Congress has punted on issue for years. E-mail, cloud data to remain exposed.  via arstechnica

No worries: NSA chief says facial recognition program is totally legal "We do not do this in some unilateral basis against US citizens," NSA chief says.  via arstechnica

Education Hashtags Poster

subway car

It's rare that I get on a subway car that's empty so I thought I would take a picture... The last stop in this case is Times Square, although since we were headed in the direction of Queens it became the first stop.

Also had a little fun photoshopping some art into this one ;)

Lightmatter_Sistine_Chapel by Aaron Logan" used under a creative commons license

Digital Literacy

SSSC Digital Literacy workshop

TEDxWarwick - Doug Belshaw - The Essential Elements of Digital Literacies

Will Richardson's latest talk:

The Surprising Truth About Learning in Schools | Will Richardson | TEDxWestVancouverED

Beliefs about how we can help students develop into powerful learners versus how schools work 

We know how to help kids develop into powerful learners. Now, we just need to make that happen in schools. "A parent of two teen-agers, Will Richardson has spent the last dozen years developing an international reputation as a leading thinker and writer about the intersection of social online learning networks and education. Will has authored four books (with two more on the way), including ""Why School? How Education Must Change When Learning and Information are Everywhere"" (September, 2012) published by TED books and based on his 2013 TEDx talk in Melbourne, Australia. ""Why School?"" is now the #1 best-selling TED book ever. A former public school educator of 22 years, Will is also co-founder of Modern Learner Media and co-publisher of ModernLearners.com which is a site dedicated to helping educational leaders and policy makers develop new contexts for new conversations around education.