PBS Off Book - YouTube - 0 views
▶ Jane McGonigal: Truths & Myths in Gaming - YouTube - 0 views
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"Video game designer Jane McGonigal argues that games are not a waste of time. In fact, she argues, "we need to look at what games are doing for gamers, the skills that we're developing, the relationships that we're forming, the heroic qualities that we get to practice every time we play, like resilience, like perseverance, and grit, and determination, like having epic ambitions and the ability to work with other players, sometimes thousands of other players at the same time." "
Introduction to the SAMR Model Video | Common Sense Media - 2 views
Educational Leadership:Technology-Rich Learning:Our Brains Extended - 0 views
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When my 2nd grader needs to know the meaning of a word, I tell him to use my iPhone to ask Siri, an artificial intelligence program that's always happy to look it up for him. Siri, in turn, uses the free online program Wolfram Alpha, one of the most powerful data analysis tools in the world. If you enter into the Siri (or Wolfram Alpha) search box, by text or voice, "arable land in world divided by world population," in less than a second the phone or computer will find the relevant data; do the calculations; provide the answer—in square miles, acres, square feet, and hectares per person—and cite you its sources.
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The only way to do almost all science today is with technology. No human can handle or analyze the volumes of data we now have and need. Ditto for the social sciences. The research study of the past focusing on 10 graduate students has been replaced by sample sizes of millions online around the world. Being perfect at language translation, spelling, and grammar is becoming less important for humans as machines begin to understand context and can access almost every translation ever done. Those who laugh at the mistakes that machines make today will no longer be laughing in a few short years.
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call the process of envisioning such technically enhanced possibilities imag-u-cation. It's something every teacher and class should spend some time doing.
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RSA Animate - Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us - YouTube - 3 views
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This lively RSA Animate, adapted from Dan Pink's talk at the RSA, illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace.
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I've watched this before - very good. Today I read Larry Ferlazzo's posting on the effects of praise on motivation http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2013/01/20/video-carol-dweck-on-the-effect-of-praise-on-mindsets/. Stresses the big differences and impact that praising intelligence vs. effort have on what people are willing to do and how they feel about themselves.
Digital divide changing but not for students torn by it - 1 views
Scamworld: 'Get rich quick' mutates into an unstoppable monster - YouTube - 0 views
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Dive into Scamworld, home of the modern day 'get rich quick' scam that has overtaken the internet. Learn how a network of pitchmen harnessed the internet to build the ultimate pyramid scheme.
99% v 1%: the data behind the Occupy movement | Animation | World news | guardian.co.uk - 0 views
Creative Commons Kiwi - Creative Commons - 7 views
The Brainwaves - YouTube - 4 views
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