Is this really necessary? And how promising is it?
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Is Video Game School Training a Generation of Professional Princess Rescuers? | Design ... - 17 views
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A very well-intentioned, but ignorant piece on the role of video games in the classroom. Non-educators should stay out of the education arena and write what they know about!! "On the other hand, does it really take a videogame to make learning fun? Surely, there are better ways, which are less likely to be dated the second they're finished."
How Busy People Make Time To Read--And You Can Too | Fast Company | Business + Innovation - 98 views
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The difference between readers and non-readers is that readers make a habit of picking up a book during these fallow hours.
Email Is The New Pony Express--And It's Time To Put It Down | Fast Company - 6 views
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We are past the age of email in a collaborative world. Note the AOL attempt to conflate Twitter. Pinterest, Gmail...
8 Rules For Creating A Passionate Work Culture | Fast Company - 94 views
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inspiring article and an excerpt from a book.
Less Is More: Why You're Saying Too Much And Getting Ignored | Fast Company | Business ... - 41 views
How TED Connects the Idea-Hungry Elite - 43 views
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By combining the principles of "radical openness" and of "leveraging the power of ideas to change the world," TED is in the process of creating something brand new. I would go so far as to argue that it's creating a new Harvard -- the first new top-prestige education brand in more than 100 years.
The Brand Called You | Fast Company - 1 views
willrich45 shared http://www.fastcompany.com/node/1579376/print - 14 views
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Gemma and Eliana Singer are big iPhone fans. They love to explore the latest games, flip through photos, and watch YouTube videos while waiting at a restaurant, having their hair done, or between ballet and French lessons. But the Manhattan twins don't yet have their own phones, which is good, since they probably wouldn't be able to manage the monthly data plan: In November, they turned 3.
How the iPad 2 Will Revolutionize Education | Fast Company - 105 views
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Not compelling at all. When a company tells you how a technology will revolutionize education, think very carefully, deeply, and critically.
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Agreed. I'll consider the iPad an educational resource when Apple starts giving some serious grants for it. Till then, it just seems like Jobs wants schools to join the bandwagon the way consumers do.
A New Kissing Device Lets You Make Out Over The Internet | Fast Company - 104 views
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Too much!
25 incredibly useful things you didn't know Google Docs could do - 59 views
This Is How The Way You Read Impacts Your Memory And Productivity - 17 views
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Studies have shown that taking notes by longhand will help you remember important meeting points better than tapping notes out on your laptop or smartphone. The reason for that could be that “writing stimulates an area of the brain called the RAS (reticular activating system), which filters and brings clarity to the fore the information we’re focusing on
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says one explanation for the benefit of reading analog books may come down to something called metacomprehension deficit. “Metacomprehension refers to how well we are ‘in touch with,’ literally speaking, our own comprehension while reading,” says Mangen. “For instance, how much time do you spend reading a text in order to understand it well enough to solve a task afterwards?”
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“Length does indeed seem to be a central issue, and closely related to length are a number of other dimensions of a text, e.g., structure and layout. Is the content presented in such a way that it is required that you keep in mind several occurrences/text places at the same time?” says Mangen. In other words, she says, complexity and information density may play a role in the importance of the medium providing the text.
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