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Will Acme

Is technology changing how students learn? - Daniel Willingham - 0 views

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willingham cognitive psychology attention technology

shared by Will Acme on 14 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • a lot of psychologists are actually skeptical that digital media are likely to fundamentally change the fundamentals of human cognition.
  • Steven Pinker has written "Electronic media aren't going to revamp the brain's mechanisms of information processing." I made the same argument here.
  • he basic architecture is likely to be relatively fixed, and in the absence of extreme deprivation, will develop fairly predictably.
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  • Rather, the seemingly shorter attention span is their ability to maintain attention on a task that is not very interesting to them.
  • The second is the willingness to do so.
  • It's much easier for me to accept that one's beliefs--beliefs about what is worthy of my attention, beliefs about how much effort I should dispense to tasks--can be moved around, because beliefs are a product of experience.
Will Acme

Flappy Bird is the embodiment of our descent into madness | Mobile - CNET News - 0 views

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mindfulness gaming

shared by Will Acme on 28 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • Therein lies the worst part: We know the game is preying on us, and we let it. There is little else as substantive and convincing as Flappy Bird that the smartphone era has driven us to the cliff of insanity when it comes to compulsive behavior, contracting attention spans, and a desire to succeed at something arbitrary and meaningless.
Will Acme

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shared by Will Acme on 26 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Will Acme on 26 Sep 14
     
    Declutter a page for less distracting reading.
Christopher Zavits

Instead of an AUP, how about an EUP (Empowered Use Policy)? | Dangerously Irr... - 0 views

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education technology

shared by Christopher Zavits on 24 Mar 14 - No Cached
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  • Joel Scanga on 26 Mar 14
     
    I like this alternative policy idea. It is succinct, simple, and dare I say maybe even...inspiring. It lacks details for accountability, and specific lingo for transfer of responsibility, but let's be honest, how often to we actually read acceptable use policies? If there was a problem, it's covered in the "respectful and kind" language. Doing something like this is sure to catch student attention set a positive tone for the use of tech.
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