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Steve Ransom

Seymour Papert on Generation YES & Kid Power : Stager-to-Go - 29 views

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shared by Steve Ransom on 05 Mar 11 - Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 05 Mar 11
     
    "I love Seymour Paper's phrase, "knowledge technology- with a new kind of knowledge technology we can have a new kinds of learning"
Marc Lijour

Michael Geist - Pulling a Fast One?: Who Is Really Hurt By C-32's Missing Fair Dealing ... - 6 views

www.michaelgeist.ca/...125

copyright law C-32 mt8316 mgeist digital DRM circumvention canada

shared by Marc Lijour on 17 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • linking copyright infringement to circumvention is compliant with the WIPO Internet treaties, it is an approach that has been adopted by other countries, and it is one that has been promoted by many groups supportive of copyright reform
  • several countries have proposed or passed legislation that explicitly links circumvention with copyright infringement, including New Zealand, Switzerland, Canada (Bill C-60), India, and Brazil. 
  • Italy permits circumvention for private copying, Greece established a legal right to pursue access, and the Netherlands grants the Justice Department the power to decree access
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  • Bill C-32 currently includes circumvention exceptions for several purposes including privacy, security research, and encryption. Adding fair dealing means adding five categories of new exceptions -  research, private study, news reporting, criticism, and review.
  • The second group of circumventers consists of those Canadians who believe that circumvention is a reasonable exercise of their consumer rights. These include Canadians who unlock their cellphones or format shift a DVD.
  • Consumers unlock their phones because they believe it is their property and they should be entitled to do so (the government agrees as there is an exception for this in C-32).
  • They similarly format shift DVDs because they reasonably believe that purchasing a DVD should entitle them to watch the DVD on the device of their choice
  • the sale of the products is often based on the presumption that the consumer will have the ability to unlock, make a backup, or format shift
  • If the law does not include a fair dealing circumvention exception, teachers will follow guidelines that prohibit circumvention as part of the educational process and students will be stopped from creating mashups or engaging with digital materials in certain ways.
Maria Babae

Fast and Reliable Computer Help and Support - 3 views

My hotel has been running within the family business for 122 years. From time to time we update our systems and units through computer help services offered online. There was a time in Febuary 2000...

computer support fast online

started by Maria Babae on 11 Aug 11 no follow-up yet
Maria Babae

Fast and Reliable Computer Help and Support - 2 views

My hotel has been running within the family business for 122 years. From time to time we update our systems and units through computer help services offered online. There was a time in Febuary 2000...

computer support fast online

started by Maria Babae on 11 Aug 11 no follow-up yet
shen jesh

Computer Support Specialists Today Are Ready To Serve You - 1 views

Our zoo is highly operated by computers. The cages of the animals are powered by computers which opens and closes once operated from our server. Since the zoo has a sophisticated computer system, w...

computer support specialists

started by shen jesh on 13 Sep 11 no follow-up yet
BTerres

6 Things You'd Never Guess About Google's Energy Use - Techland - TIME.com - 0 views

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google energy technology science

shared by BTerres on 09 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Google uses enough energy to continuously power 200,000 homes
  • Google accounts for roughly 0.013 percent of the world's energy use
  • One Google search is equal to turning on a 60W light bulb for 17 seconds
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  • YouTube can stream for three days on the energy it takes to make a DVD
  • One year of Gmail is as efficient as a message in a bottle
  • Google's carbon footprint is zero (after offsets)
Steve Ransom

Technology in Schools Faces Questions on Value - NYTimes.com - 9 views

www.nytimes.com/...-faces-questions-on-value.html

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shared by Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Critics counter that, absent clear proof, schools are being motivated by a blind faith in technology and an overemphasis on digital skills — like using PowerPoint and multimedia tools — at the expense of math, reading and writing fundamentals. They say the technology advocates have it backward when they press to upgrade first and ask questions later.
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      A valid criticism when technology implementation is decoupled from meaningful and effective pedagogy. You can't buy measurable change/improvement.
  • district was innovating
  • how the district was innovating.
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      Again, this is very different than how TEACHERS are innovating their PRACTICES. It's much more challenging than making a slick brochure that communicates how much technology your district has.
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  • there is no good way to quantify those achievements — putting them in a tough spot with voters deciding whether to bankroll this approach again
  • “We’ve jumped on bandwagons for different eras without knowing fully what we’re doing. This might just be the new bandwagon,” he said. “I hope not.”
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      There's a confidence building statement for you....
  • $46.3 million for laptops, classroom projectors, networking gear and other technology for teachers and administrators.
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      Exactly... and how much was spent on equipping teachers to change their practices to effectively leverage this new infrastructure?
  • If we know something works
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      And what is that "something"? New technology? If so, you missed the boat.
  • it is hard to separate the effect of the laptops from the effect of the teacher training
  • The high-level analyses that sum up these various studies, not surprisingly, give researchers pause about whether big investments in technology make sense.
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      Why does the argument for making schools relevant and using current cultural tools need to be backed with performance data? Give politicians and superintendents horses instead of cars and see how long that lasts.
  • Good teachers, he said, can make good use of computers, while bad teachers won’t, and they and their students could wind up becoming distracted by the technology.
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      Finally, a valid point.
  • “Test scores are the same, but look at all the other things students are doing: learning to use the Internet to research, learning to organize their work, learning to use professional writing tools, learning to collaborate with others.”
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      Exactly. But somehow, "value" has been equated with test scores alone. Do we have a strong body of research on pencil effectiveness or clay effectiveness or chair effectiveness?
  • “It’s not the stuff that counts — it’s what you do with it that matters.”
  • “There is a connection between the physical hand on the paper and the words on the page,” she said. “It’s intimate.”
  • “They’re inundated with 24/7 media, so they expect it,”
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      And you expect them to always engage enthusiastically with tools that are no longer relevant in their culture?
  • The 30 students in the classroom held wireless clickers into which they punched their answers. Seconds later, a pie chart appeared on the screen: 23 percent answered “True,” 70 percent “False,” and 6 percent didn’t know.
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      Okay... and you follow up with a totally trivial example of the power of technology in learning.
  • term” that can slide past critical analysis.
  • engagement is a “fluffy
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      Very true
  • rofessor Cuban at Stanford argues that keeping children engaged requires an environment of constant novelty, which cannot be sustained.
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      If that is so, why not back up your claim by linking to the source here. I have a feeling he has been misquoted and taken out of context here.
  • that computers can distract and not instruct.
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      Computers don't really "instruct". That's why we have teachers who are supposed to know what they are doing and why they are doing it... and monitoring kids while keeping learning meaningful.
  • guide on the side.
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      But many teachers are simply not prepared for how to do this effectively. To ignore this fact is just naive.
  • Professor Cuban at Stanford
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      Are they in love with Cuban or something? Perhaps they should actually look at the research... or interview other authorities. Isn't that what reporting is all about? I think this reporter must be a product of too much Google, right?
  • But she loves the fact that her two children, a fourth-grader and first-grader, are learning technology, including PowerPoint
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      Again, the fact that any supporter is happy that their kids are learning PowerPoint illustrates the degree of naiveté in their understanding of technology's role in learning.
  • creating an impetus to rethink education entirely
  • Mr. Share bases his buying decisions on two main factors: what his teachers tell him they need, and his experience. For instance, he said he resisted getting the interactive whiteboards sold as Smart Boards until, one day in 2008, he saw a teacher trying to mimic the product with a jury-rigged projector setup. “It was an ‘Aha!’ moment,” he said, leading him to buy Smart Boards, made by a company called Smart Technologies.
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      Herein lies another huge problem. Mr. Director of Technology seems to base no decisions on what the learning and technology literature have to say... nor does he consult those who would be considered authorities on technology infused learning (emphasis on learning here)
  • This is big business.
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      No kidding.
  • “Do we really need technology to learn?” she said. “It’s a very valid time to ask the question, right before this goes on the ballot.”
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      Anyone who asks that should volunteer to have their home and work computer confiscated. After all, it's just a distraction, right?
Mark Marshall

YouTube - Diigo V3: Highlight & Share the Web! Social Bookmarking 2.0 - 10 views

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shared by Mark Marshall on 20 Oct 09 - Cached
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      Mark Marshall on 17 Oct 10
       
      Where is the Diigo sidebar??
  • Roger Zuidema on 20 Oct 09
     
    Diigo ~ more than a research tool - a knowledge sharing community. Easy-to-use and so powerful... Check it out!
Tero Toivanen

Music Improves Brain Function | LiveScience - 18 views

www.livescience.com/...091106-isns-music-brain.html

music improve brain function training attention memory learning

shared by Tero Toivanen on 09 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Laurel Trainor, director of the Institute for Music and the Mind at McMaster University in West Hamilton, Ontario, and colleagues compared preschool children who had taken music lessons with those who did not. Those with some training showed larger brain responses on a number of sound recognition tests given to the children. Her research indicated that musical training appears to modify the brain's auditory cortex.
  • Even a year or two of music training leads to enhanced levels of memory and attention when measured by the same type of tests that monitor electrical and magnetic impulses in the brain.
  • “We therefore hypothesize that musical training (but not necessarily passive listening to music) affects attention and memory, which provides a mechanism whereby musical training might lead to better learning across a number of domains," Trainor said.
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  • Trainor suggested that the reason for this is that the motor and listening skills needed to play an instrument in concert with other people appears to heavily involve attention, memory and the ability to inhibit actions. Merely listening passively to music to Mozart -- or any other composer -- does not produce the same changes in attention and memory.
  • Harvard University researcher Gottfried Schlaug has also studied the cognitive effects of musical training. Schlaug and his colleagues found a correlation between early-childhood training in music and enhanced motor and auditory skills as well as improvements in verbal ability and nonverbal reasoning.
  • The correlation between music training and language development is even more striking for dyslexic children. "[The findings] suggest that a music intervention that strengthens the basic auditory music perception skills of children with dyslexia may also remediate some of their language deficits." Schlaug said.
  • Shahin's main findings are that the changes triggered by listening to musical sound increases with age and the greatest increase occur between age 10 and 13. This most likely indicates this as being a sensitive period for music and speech acquisition.
  • passive listening to music seems to help a person perform certain cognitive tests, at least in the short run. Actual music lessons for kids, however, leads to a longer lasting cognitive success.
  • Tero Toivanen on 09 Nov 09
     
    Even a year or two of music training leads to enhanced levels of memory and attention when measured by the same type of tests that monitor electrical and magnetic impulses in the brain.
Cathy Oxley

Turn Your Cellphone Into a High-Powered Scientific Microscope | Wired Science | Wired.com - 36 views

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shared by Cathy Oxley on 27 Apr 11 - No Cached
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  • Neil Krasnoff on 20 May 11
     
    That's a great find. So fun.
Martin Burrett

Power Play - Construct energy machines - 0 views

www.sciencenetlinks.com/...powerplay.swf

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shared by Martin Burrett on 04 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 04 Jul 11
     
    A game where you build machines to harness energy by dragging the right parts together. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science
Martin Burrett

Powerup - Game to power up a city - 0 views

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energy eco environment natural resources

shared by Martin Burrett on 05 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 05 Jul 11
     
    A game looking at energy choices and the impact they have on quality of life and government funds. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE,+RE,+Citizenship,+Geography+&+Environmental
Tero Toivanen

Join a Community | Powerful Learning Practice - 12 views

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community project D-1 problem solving PLP education Web2.0 tools resources teaching collaboration

shared by Tero Toivanen on 18 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • Tero Toivanen on 18 Feb 11
     
    "In this scenario, students will become researchers and problem solvers in order to design a plan to save the Earth from a hypothetical asteroid strike."
teacheranita

EDpuzzle - 48 views

edpuzzle.com

shared by teacheranita on 04 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • teacheranita on 08 Jul 15
     
    Make any video your lesson. Edit a video by cropping it, adding your voice or embedding questions. Then, track your students with powerful hassle-free analytics.
  • hill_stations on 28 Aug 15
     
    http://treehousecottages.co.in/ Tree House Jaipur - World's largest, most unique, 5 Star & Luxury Tree House Resort. Located atop "trees", the tree have several live branches running through the rooms making nature universal in the Lap of luxury. Jaipur Airport is 40 km from Tree House resort Jaipur
krishnakant7023

Girl Vashikaran Specialist - 1 views

When we love a girl, then you expect her to love you too, but this is not possible. The reason for this can be anyone. You are always worried about whether the girl loves you or not. If you want to...

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started by krishnakant7023 on 12 Nov 18 no follow-up yet
insightsmanoj

NVIDIA Partners with Daimler and Bosch for Self-Driving Car Technology - 0 views

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NVIDIA Daimler Bosch Self-Driving Car automotive automobile technological latest technology Online Business Magazine

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  • insightsmanoj on 24 Jul 18
     
    NVIDIA Partners with Daimler and Bosch for Self-Driving Car Technology - The recent affair of major automotive companies(Daimler and Bosch) tying up with tech company(Nvidia) for manufacturing auto-driven cars.
  • insightsmanoj on 24 Jul 18
     
    All the companies involved in this venture believe that this latest technology in automobiles will provide enough power for level 4 and level 5 vehicles which are to be used as robo-taxies.
Education Zen

Student Information Systems SCHOOLZEN - 0 views

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Student Information Systems Vendors education technology

shared by Education Zen on 02 Aug 17 - No Cached
  • Education Zen on 02 Aug 17
     
    Cloud based Software to power your school. Centralize data and provide access anytime, anywhere. EMPOWER teachers, students and parents with insights for improvement
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