This is a book App targeted at kids 6 and up, or kids who are ready to read chapter-books. It tells the true story of Edson Hendricks: He was bullied at school, but found comfort in an imaginary world where he had machine parts, and no biological organs or emotions. Later he went to MIT and IBM, and invented “connectionless” network design, which is used in today’s Internet.
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Common Sense Media - 0 views
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This site has more resources than just Internet Safety or Cyber Bullying. The parent section is an excellent reference, as are the "homework helpers." To find the latter, search for "homework" in the search area, as they are not readily available. The weekly e-Newsletter is also a great resource, particularly for the parents and teachers of elementary/middle school aged students.
Is Google Making Us Stupid? - Magazine - The Atlantic - 1 views
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media are not just passive channels of information. They supply the stuff of thought, but they also shape the process of thought.
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what the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my capacity for concentration and contemplation
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Thanks to the ubiquity of text on the Internet, not to mention the popularity of text-messaging on cell phones, we may well be reading more today than we did in the 1970s or 1980s, when television was our medium of choice. But it’s a different kind of reading, and behind it lies a different kind of thinking—perhaps even a new sense of the self. “
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Older article saying technology may be changing our ability to read, think, and produce deep works.
Education, Technology, & K12 - 0 views
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You are using an old version of Internet Explorer. To view Paper.li correctly please upgrade or switch to a another browser. Resource for educators interested in the intersection of education and technology!
101 Fascinating Brain Blogs | OEDb - 1 views
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Whether you are a specialist in the field of neuropsychology or just love reading about how the human brain works, there are plenty of interesting blogs on the Internet to help you find out more. In order to make it easier to for you to discover great blogs, the following list is categorized for easy browsing.
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