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ARE VIRTUAL CURRENCIES MONEY? Cryptocurrencies or virtual currencies (VCs) experience high attention, because they allow their users to transfer money to other participants without a third party, without exchange rates, and even without stating their real name. Only a small processing fee has to be paid and the transaction is executed within minutes or hours (depending on several factors), even if the transaction happens between people located across the globe. Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and altcoins have rapidly gained popularity, and are often quoted as a glimpse into our future. Virtual currencies (VCs) are digital representations of value, issued by private developers and denominated in their own unit of account. The VC ecosystem continues to transform with concepts of “currencies,” ranging from simple IOUs of issuers, VCs backed by assets such as gold, and “cryptocurrencies” such as Bitcoin. Assets like gold are backed by the combination of existing tangib...

   How to spot ICO scam. ICO stands for Initial Coin Offering. It’s an event, sometimes referred to as ‘crowdsale’, when a company releases its own cryptocurrency with a purpose of funding. It usually releases a certain number of crypto-tokens and then sells those tokens to its intended audience, most commonly in exchange for Bitcoins, but it can be fiat money as well. As a result, the company gets the capital to fund the product development and the audience members get their crypto tokens’ shares. Plus, they have complete ownership of these shares. The key goal for every ICO participant is to help fund a project that they personally consider interesting and appealing. However, there is an additional opportunity to make a profit in the process. In most cases, the crypto-tokens released during an ICO are sold at a fixed price denominated in Bitcoins or US dollars. That price isn’t backed by anything but the community’s faith in the development team to release a fi...

Certainty - LIFE IN REVIEW Now, these are not goals or desires, these are universal. Everyone needs certainty that they can avoid pain and at least be comfortable. How do you get it? Control everybody? Develop a skill? Give up? Smoke a cigarette? And if you got totally certain, ironically, even though we all need that, like if you're not certain about your health, or your children, or money, you don't think about much. You're not sure if the ceiling's going to hold up, you're not going to listen to any motivational speaker. But, while we all go for certainty differently, if we get total certainty, we get what? What do you feel if you're certain? You know -       what's going to happen -       when it's going to happen -       how it's going to happen What would you feel? Bored out of your minds, So, God gave us a second human need, which is uncertainty . We need var...

What Makes a Master Teacher By George Couros   georgecouros@gmail.com When I think of a master teacher, here are the qualities that I would suggest they have: 1. Connects with kids first  -For all students to excel, teachers must learn about them and connect with each child.  This is not just about finding out how they learn, but it is finding out who they are.  It is essential that we get to know our students, learn their passions, and help them find out how we can engage them in their own learning.  If you are not able to do this as a teacher, the following characteristics will be moot, 2. Teaches kids first and curriculum second – Teachers must ensure that they differentiate learning and work to meet the needs of each student and understand how they each learn.  I believe that students have different learning styles and if we can best figure out how to help them meet their own needs, students will excel in the subject areas we t...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Die Zauberflote or The Magic Flute A boy name Prince Tamino, runs to a dark woods, pursued by a dragon. Just as it rears up to devour him, 3 mysterious ladies appear and slay the dragon. So begin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Die Zauberflote or The Magic Flute”. The work premiered in 1791 in Vienna, just two months before the composer’s death.

8 Things to Look For in Today’s Classroom By  George Couros   8 things that I really want to see in today’s classroom.   I really believe that classrooms need to be learner focused.  This is not simply that students are creating but that they are also having opportunities to follow their interests and explore passions.  The teacher should embody learning as well. Will Richardson recently write this in a comment on one of my recent posts on what teachers need to be like in our current day and the focus that needs to be on learning: …we need teachers who are masters at developing kids as learners who are adept at sense making around their own goals. Teachers who are focused on helping students develop the dispositions and literacies required to succeed regardless of subject or content or curriculum This moment is all about learners having an amazing new freedom to learn, not teachers having an amazing new freedom to...

8 TRAITS THE HEART OF SUCCESS By: Richard St. John · Marketer, Success Analyst Credits: Richard St. John, Ted X, Ted Ed. A self-described average guy who found success doing what he loved, He spent more than a decade researching the lessons of success from people who has already made it. The really big job was taking all the interviews and analyzing them, word by word, line by line, and sorting them into all the factors that people said helped them succeed. And then you start to see the big factors that are common to most people’s success. Altogether, I analyze and sorted millions of words. It’s a lot of hard work.  So what really leads to success? After 500 face-to-face interviews I'm going to tell you what really leads to success. And the first thing is passion. Freeman Thomas says, "I'm driven by my passion." TEDsters do it for love; they don't do it for money. I discovered the 8 traits successful people have in common,...