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Designing Choreographies for the "New Economy of Attention" is an interesting discussion of attention and distraction. You may not agree with their core argument - that we need to choreograph technologies that are under the control of learners (such as back channels) in a manner similar to how we organize more traditional classroom components - but the approach of blocking software and banning mobiles/laptops in classrooms is simply not sustainable. Today's reality of connectedness is dramatically different from what existed even ten years ago. Banning is at best a short term solution that will isolate and agitate the very group education is expected to serve. The battle for control of information and interaction has already been won by "the individual". Organizations, governments, and universities that have not yet recognized this may continue to limp along for a while…but their current stance is not tenable.

Studying long hours is futile if you lack concentration while doing so. Sitting relentlessly with your books open in front of you for a long time is not important. What's essential is to learn with focus and alertness. This concentration emerges when there are no distractions and disturbances to divert the mind. Simple tips on how to concentrate while studying.

Studying long hours is futile if you lack concentration while doing so. Sitting relentlessly with your books open in front of you for a long time is not important. What's essential is to learn with focus and alertness. This concentration emerges when there are no distractions and disturbances to divert the mind. Simple tips on how to concentrate while studying.

"It's been 30 years since I developed the notion of "multiple intelligences." I have been gratified by the interest shown in this idea and the ways it's been used in schools, museums, and businesses around the world. But one unanticipated consequence has driven me to distraction-and that's the tendency of many people, including persons whom I cherish, to credit me with the notion of 'learning styles' or to collapse 'multiple intelligences' with 'learning styles.' It's high time to relieve my pain and to set the record straight."

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Interesting research of how texting is used and impacts a variety of age groups.

Browser bookmarklet that lets you watch and share YouTube videos on a clutter-free interface. The application can remove all surrounding distractions and present the video on a clean clutter-free page.

It seems that we never have enough of it and the result is a feeling of constant pressure to do things quickly. As a result, we fall into a pattern of making quick decisions, with incomplete information and then proceed to take hasty action and seek short cuts. Our busy lives, the business of those around us, the schedules we set ourselves and the constant stream of distractions and interruptions ensure we have very little time to do things well and we never seem to get things done. 

Watchkin will search YouTube and display just the video without any of the extras.

Watch YouTube without ads or comments visible.

Quietube is a new tool to enhance the YouTube-watching experience. The idea is that you can watch just the video, with none of the other YouTube page elements. To do this, you simply add its bookmarklet to your browser's bookmarks toolbar, and click it on any YouTube page.