memorizing facts that may be needed to pass a test but will soon be forgotten

is not really learning because students aren’t really grasping the material enough to apply it beyond the context of the test

Schools are too focused on grades, he argues, and fail to take advantage of kids’ intrinsic desires to learn

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Charlie Chaplin... Salvador Dali... Fred Astaire... David Bowie... Mick Jagger... Prince... Michael Jackson

"Bowie has been in my mind as someone who disappeared from the public for a long time and then emerged. A strange exotic creature - he seems to inherit a tradition of enigma and exclusiveness

Most games are naturally social, which means gamification depends on that other ubiquitous web trend, social networking.

The first type of games were willing to entertain kids to keep them engaged -- the "just-make-it-fun" school of thought.

"fun"

Facebook has begun to transform the way in which individuals perceive relationship development and interpersonal reactions, namely through self-disclosure.

A self-disclosure is any message or interaction between individuals that communicates information about oneself to others

Uncertainty reduction is the exchange of information between individuals that allows one to form impressions of others and make sense of social situations

Research has shown that online communication lends itself to self-disclosure (Joinson, 2001; McKenna & Bargh, 2000; Tidwell & Walther, 2002; Wallace, 1999). Because of the relative anonymity that online interactions may offer, the risks of self-disclosure may be greatly reduced, and disclosers should be much less fearful of potential condemnation or rejection (McKenna & Bargh, 1998, 2000).

serve the purpose of personal expression well and represent an ideal medium for self-disclosure.

Previous studies have shown that bloggers overall are fairly young.