That all starts with reforming the educational system by adopting more interdisciplinary thinking.

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In this new model of educational thinking, educators and students tap into the cloud to build, collaborate, share and manage media rich lessons and curriculum.

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He talked about a diverse student body being educational in itself, but that sort of wishful thinking supports the notion that self-esteem is more important than physics.

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Leveraging 21st century workplace skills cultivates a new way of educational thinking that makes learning both active and interactive, essential for life outside of the classroom.

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Steven Hillion is vice president of analytics at EMC Greenplum, and has led engineering at firms such as Siebel, KANA and QRS. His educational background includes a major in number theory at the University of California, Berkeley, which got him thinking about moving software engineering closer toward mathematical applications.

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