Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

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Scott McLeod

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Shelly Blake-Pock takes on the Partnership for 21st Century Skills.

Mashable highlights the top 7 Twitter tutorials on YouTube.

America likes to foist its e-waste issue on developing countries.

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