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Wearable Cameras Move Beyond Sports to the Mainstream - NYTimes.com - 1 views

  • Small, lightweight, hands-free cameras — worn on a headband, for example, or tucked over an ear — will record life’s memorable moments as they unfold, even if you are busy holding your infant son or erupting in cheers at your daughter’s basketball game.
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Top 10 Must-Have iPhone Apps - NYTimes.com - 5 views

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    "Top 10 Must-Have Apps for the iPhone, and Some Runners-Up"
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An Intro to the Hottest Social Networks - Video Library - The New York Times - 5 views

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    "An Intro to the Hottest Social Networks A basic course on social networking, for those who don't know Twitter from Foursquare."
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Brain Odyssey Offers Brain Exercises in a Social Game - NYTimes.com - 5 views

  • On Wednesday, Posit Science, a company specializing in games that are designed to exercise the brain, introduced Brain Odyssey, a social online game that is meant to help the brains of baby boomers. The company says its site uses “clinically proven” neuroscience research to improve cognitive performance.
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Industry Pitching Cellphones as a Teaching Tool - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • The cellphone industry has a suggestion for improving the math skills of American students: spend more time on cellphones in the classroom.
  • Some critics already are denouncing the effort as a blatantly self-serving maneuver to break into the big educational market. But proponents of selling cellphones to schools counter that they are simply making the same kind of pitch that the computer industry has been profitably making to educators since the 1980s.
  • “This is a device kids have, it’s a device they are familiar with and want to take advantage of,” said Shawn Gross, director of Digital Millennial Consulting, which received a $1 million grant from Qualcomm to conduct the research.
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Industry Pitching Cellphones as a Teaching Tool - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • The cellphone industry has a suggestion for improving the math skills of American students: spend more time on cellphones in the classroom.
    • John Evans
       
      Hmm. Wonder when RR Sd will open their HS to cellphone use?
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