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Istvan Rozanich

Op-Ed: There's An App For Everything, And That's A Problem : NPR - 0 views

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  • Faced with a choice between maturity and pain minimization, Silicon Valley has chosen the latter.
  • He thought it's a complex process that involves you telling a story, processing some sensory experience. It's not just about being confronted with pictures, facts or numbers. Now, unfortunately that's how Silicon Valley thinks, because those are the things they can record.
  • how problem solvers define problems matters a great dea
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  • That's the kind of an app that definitely has a logic behind it. It has a philosophy and that's a philosophy that says that you need to care about the environment because you want to impress your friends.
  • But other people would say, well, this is how cultural innovation happens. We need to leave certain margins of error in place and actually allow people to mix ingredients in ways that are silly and unexpectable for new cultural innovation, new culinary products to emerge. I
  • t's not being marketed as a vice fee. It's being marketed as a health premium.
  • need to understand that imperfection actually matters
  • being unable to live in a world that still tolerates inconsistency
  • Istvan Rozanich on 06 Mar 13
     
    Faced with a choice between maturity and pain minimization, Silicon Valley has chosen the latter.
Steve Ransom

High School Play Examines the Role of Social Media - 0 views

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shared by Steve Ransom on 14 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 14 Nov 12
     
    High School Play Examines the Role of Social Media... What a great choice! Sounds like a well-balanced perspective and so timely.
Steve Ransom

Pressure Pic Problem - Boyfriend's Story - That's Not Cool - YouTube - 0 views

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shared by Steve Ransom on 26 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 26 Oct 12
     
    A humorous, interactive YouTube video dealing with peer pressure and sexting - a sad but real issue facing kids (and adults :-( ) today choice embedded at the end of the scenario with feedback.
Steve Ransom

blubbr - Play & create video trivia games - 0 views

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youtube quizzes tools quiz assessment

shared by Steve Ransom on 03 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 03 Sep 13
     
    create interactive quizzes that are based on YouTube clips. Your quizzes can be about anything of your choosing. The structure of the quizzes has a viewer watch a short clip then answer a multiple choice question about the clip. Viewers know right away if they chose the correct answer or not.
Steve Ransom

What Teens Get About the Internet That Parents Don't - Mimi Ito - The Atlantic - 0 views

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shared by Steve Ransom on 10 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • "We already have a guitar. I can learn on my own and with my friends." Me: "It seems like you should get lessons for the basics." Her: "Mom, that's what the Internet is for." It turns out she's already been practicing with the help of YouTube tutorials.
  • because of the abundance of knowledge and social connections
  • balancing the competitive pressures of college-readiness, the need for unstructured learning and socializing, and the role of the Internet in all of that
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  • Trends indicate that families with the means to do so are investing more and more in enrichment activities to give their kids a leg up
  • padding resumes for college
  • an arms race in achievement
  • the Internet has been a lifeline for self-directed learning and connection to peers.
  • parents more often than not have a negative view of the role of the Internet in learning, but young people almost always have a positive one
  • Young people are desperate for learning that is relevant and part of the fabric of their social lives, where they are making choices about how, when, and what to learn, without it all being mapped for them in advance
  • Learning on the Internet is about posting a burning question on a forum like Quora or Stack Exchange, searching for a how to video on YouTube or Vimeo, or browsing a site like Instructables, Skillshare, and Mentormob for a new project to pick up.
  • but I'm also delighted that she finds the time to cultivate interests in a self-directed way that is about contributing to her community of peers
  • Steve Ransom on 10 Mar 13
     
    This is a great piece that captures much of the essence of how many (teens are the focus, but not exclusive to the points made) are seeing learning today... really important to understand.
Steve Ransom

Education Rethink: Kids Don't Actually Hate That - 0 views

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shared by Steve Ransom on 22 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 22 Mar 13
     
    A great post to get one thinking about what it is that kids actually hate...
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