Daily Bookmarks 07/05/2009
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Lifehacker – Five Best Online Image Editors – Image Editing
Five online applications for editing images: Sumo Paint, Photoshop Express, Pixlr, Picnik, & Aviary Phoenix. All have at least some free options, although premium accounts are required for some features.
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A Collection of Photo Effects – Online Photo Editor
Browser-based image editing for special effects including a motivational poster, water reflection, film strip, and text collage.
- Education – Change.org: Pharmer’s Market: The Cost of Producing “Successful” Students
A comparison of standardized schooling with industrial agriculture and the effects of the obsession on productivity in both environments
tags: education, changemanagement, change
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In standardized environments, students with a high tolerance for monotony and the ability to repress their curious gene are deemed the fittest of the bunch.
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It seems that despite (or maybe because of) our fetish with productivity, many of humanity’s most pressing issues seem to be getting worse. The unnatural selection playing out in schools creates what every educational institution’s mission statement pledges against: the creation of uncritical, passive, challenge-averse individuals, unwilling and unable to tackle the challenges of the 21st-century.
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