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Rifkin, J. (2009). The empathic civilization. New York: Penguin Books.

Rifkin, J. (2010, May 30). Empathic education: The transformation of learning in an interconnected world. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from http://chronicle.com/article/Empathic-Education-The/65695/

Gardner, Howard. (2011) Frames of mind: The theory of multiple intelligence. New York: Basic Books.

Blakeslee, S. (2006,January 20). Cells that read minds. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/10/science/ 10mirr.html?pagewanted=all

Why?

Rifkin, J. (2009). The empathic civilization. New York: Penguin Books.

Graduation by the numbers. Education Week (2010, June 10). Retrieved from http://www.edweek.org/ew/toc/2010/06/10/index.html

In ranking, U.S. students trail global leaders. USA Today (2010,December 7). Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-12-07-us-students-international-ranking_N.htm

Upton, J., Amos, D. & Ryman, A. (2011, March 11)A. Special Report: For teachers many ways and reasons to cheat on tests. USA Today. Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2011-03-10-Aschooltesting10_CV_N.h

Gillman, J., & Bello, M. (March 28, 2011). Testing the system: When standardized test scores soared in D.C., were the gains real? USA Today. Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2011-03-28-1Aschooltesting28_CV_N

Campbell, D. (2011, July 21). Atlanta cheating scandal is USA’s scandal, too. USA Today. Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/ 2011-07-20-atlanta-cheating-scandal-tests_n.htm

Fletcher, D. (2010, May 20). How Facebook is redefining privacy. Time Magazine Business. Retrieved from http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/ 0,9171,1990798,00.html

Sternberg, S. (2011, April 12). Japan crisis showcases social media's muscle. USA Today. Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2011-04-12-1Ajapansocialmedia12_CV_N.htm

Sutter, J. (2011, February 21). The faces of Egypt's 'Revolution 2.0'. CNN Tech, Retrieved from http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/ 02/21/ egypt.internet.revolution/index.html

Mirror Neurons

Iacoboni, M. (2009). Mirroring people. New York: Picador.

Blakeslee, S. (January 20, 2006). Cells that read minds. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/10/science/ 10mirr.html?pagewanted=all

Mirror neurons: A recently discovered system in the brain may help explain why we humans get so worked up watching other people. (2005, January 5). NOVA Science Now. PBS. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ body/mirror-neurons.html:

Empathy Star

McGonigal, J. (2011). Reality is broken: Why games make us better and how they can change the world. New York: Penguin Press.

Chalmers, P. (2009) Inside the mind of a teen killer. Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

Grossman, D. & DeGaetano, G. (1999) Stop teaching our kids to kill. New York: Crown Press.

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This website was created by DeVry University - Columbus, Ohio students in the Fall of 2011. Students Logun Baker, Anthony Swigert, and Amanda Merrit developed this site as their Senior Project, required for graduation. All three students are working to obtain Bachelor's degrees in the field of Computer Information Systems.