Yearly Archives: 2013

Can you use mind control to create an addiction?

 

We have all heard it before – the most powerful human organ –the mind- is the least known to the scientist. Teams and teams have been working on its exploration, but it still remains a big mystery, some say that humanity barely knows 10 % of the actual mind structure functioning.

Having said this, it is good to know that with all the paranoia of mind control and how Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) can be (and is) used to “mess with people’s heads” it is high time to pull the cat out of the bag and let people know exactly what is possible and what is actually not possible to achieve.
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LMS iTutor is here!

 

Yesterday iTutor.com has announced that the release date of the online learning management system (LMS) will be ready in the mid-May. The online LMS will help schools and parents track progress and monitor the success of iTutor’s programs at the administrative level, at the same time providing an engaging experience for students.

It will bridge the gap between what students need to know and what administrators and parents want to know.
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Online education success: test early and often

 

In the last couple of years the number of online educational offerings is increasing, but with their rapid rise a critical question has rised: “Can such “virtual” classes cut through the maze of distractions – such as email, the Internet, and television – that face students sitting at their computers?”

Harvard researchers on this topic have concluded that the solution to this issue is to test students early and often.
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Free open educational source – edX Platform

 

Stanford University and edX, the non-profit online learning enterprise founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), announced their collaboration to advance the development of edX’s open source learning platform and provide free and open online learning tools for institutions around the world.

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What does it take to be human?

Occasionally a question comes out to my mind-Are we human just because of the unique traits and attributes not shared with animal or machine?

If I follow the definition of “human” , it is circular: we are human by virtue of the properties that make us human (i.e., distinct us from the animal and the machine). Clearly this is a definition by negation: that which separates us from animal and machine is our “human-ness”.

However, inevitably, we are human because we are not animal, nor machine.

Such thinking has been rendered progressively, less tenable by the advent of evolutionary and neo-evolutionary theories, which postulate a continuum in nature between animals and Man.

Our uniqueness is partly quantitative, partly qualitative.
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POWER: Everybody wants it, has it, but DOES NOT use it!

Let’s say that power begins in controlling something, but then the question rises- are we powerless prior to controlling it?

There are no true and false answers – it can be both Yes and No!

We have the potential, which is a power in itself, but if it is unused and undirected potential then it is NOTHING.
Out of this, the question rises – Are we powerless prior to controlling?
What I would say it that we are not powerless, but more of an ignorant. (Which of course is a version of powerlessness!!)
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Are there any educational values in puzzles?

 

Are you looking for a convenient way to help your child grow? Have you ever thought about the benefits that puzzles can offer?

It is a proven fact that there are many primary skills that a child can develop when constructing puzzles. Persistence and adaptable thinking are learned with the kids’ search for different ways in making the puzzle pieces fit together properly.

A child’s hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills are also improved by maneuvering the puzzle pieces and fitting them in their proper locations. Assembling puzzles helps children enthusiastically apply crucial skills, like suggestive and deductive reasoning, categorizing, problem solving, and classifying.
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