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Sara Wilkie

Why Won't You Just Tell Us the Answer? | Wired Science | Wired.com - 0 views

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    "This discussion comes up all the time in my physics for education majors. I have previously described the course and the curriculum that I use (Physics and Everyday Thinking) - oh, which is awesome. Let me set the scene. This is near the beginning of the semester."
Cally Black

Yes, We're A Tech Site. Yes, We're Suggesting You Spend Less Time Online - 0 views

  • I was struck this week by this article on Forbes.com by a CEO who outlawed email at his company for a week and discovered that everybody actually got more work done. More important, they all felt more sane and less frantic as "a sense of calm descended." The CEO, Shayne Hughes, argues that a lot of what email does is just get us all wound up, stressed out - spinning our hamster wheels but going nowhere. 
  • I've even had people from Google - the most wired of wired environments - talk to me about the importance of going "off the grid," and how this makes people more productive.
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    I've been thinking a lot lately about how much time I spend on the Internet, and worrying that it's too much.
Cally Black

Why Tablets Are Important for Educating Our Children | GeekDad | Wired.com - 0 views

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    "as a parent, when I got up to say a few words I simply acknowledged that for many the whole technology thing is overwhelming and the audience's heads nodded in agreement. And, I didn't speak about iPads or how they could be used. I simply said that I had seen the number one reason why for this school and for our children a 1:1 iPad program was the way to go. That reason was because the teachers believed it was the way to go. And, we should back them."
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