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Genius

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Genius (plural geniuses[1][2]) is something or someone embodying exceptional intellectual ability, creativity, or originality, typically to a degree that is associated with the achievement of unprecedented insight.


Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.    Albert Einstein

  • Living in "The Cloud" - Are You Ready for the Future
  • Tech Resources to Keep You Up to Date
  • Facebook - The Way to Reach Your Parents and Community
  • Apps, Apps, Apps

LIVING IN "THE CLOUD"
Most teachers waste their time by asking questions which are intended to discover what a pupil does not know, whereas the true art of questioning has for its purpose to discover what the pupil knows or is capable of knowing.   Albert Einstein

What is "The Cloud"?

ASK THE EXPERTS

 

  • backup files on the Cloud

  • sync files between home and school

  • sync files between computer, iPad, smartphone

  • access files from anywhere

TECH RESOURCES TO KEEP YOU UP TO DATE
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.  Albert Einstein

Engadget
Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide
Mashable, the Social Media Guide
Lifehacker, tips and downloads for getting things done
TechNewsDaily - Where Technology Meets Daily Life
TOOLS
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.   Albert Einstein

Tiny URL- shorten that long URL into a tiny URL

Flip My Text, Adding the Fun to Social Media

FACEBOOK
A human being is a part of a whole, called by us 'universe', a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.    Albert Einstein
"One out of every dozen people on the planet has a Facebook account. They speak 75 languages and collectively lavish more than 700 billion minutes on Facebook every month. Last month the site accounted for 1 out of 4 American page views. Its membership is currently growing at a rate of about 700,000 people a day." TIME 
Read more:
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History of Social Networking

Zuckerberg Interview


Mark Zuckerberg - TIMES's "Person of the Year"

Facebook "Pages"

Discover Facebook Pages

"Top 50 Branded Facebook Pages - Ignite Social Media"

Volcano Arenal, Costa Rica "Pizza John" at "Jardin Escondido"
Pizza John's Facebook Page

APPS, APPS, APPS

"Year of the iPad"

Over 10 BILLION Apps have been downloaded since the iPad was introduced.

  • ABC News

  • AppShopper

  • CNN

  • Discover

  • Dropbox

  • Engadget

  • Flipboard

  • Gizmodo

  • Google Mobile

  • Kindle

  • Mashable

  • NASA

  • Planets

  • SciFri

  • Skype

  • Weather Station

  • Wikipanion

WHY NOT?
Imagination is more important than knowledge.    Albert Einstein

Where in the world is Groton's Superintendent of Schools?

Create a "Virtual Tour" of Historic Sites - Panoramio - Photos of the World

100 Inspiring Ways to Use Social Media in the Classroom

Skype - Free Skype Calls and Cheap Calls to Phones

ooVoo - Free Video Chat and Video Conferencing



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Accredited school in Costa Rica ~ Preschool ages 3-5, Elementary grades 1-6

 

 

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