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Technology is ruining our memory. Here's why that doesn't matter. - The Washington Post - 0 views

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Time shapes knowledge and how we work with it.
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Important changes have emerged regarding the ideas and information available to us, and the ways we can engage with them that are worth considering
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Digital technology allows a range of visual, audio and word based information and ideas. On a daily basis we can access podcasts, vlogs, videos, audio recordings and animations to name just a few.
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We are reading more than ever (three times more since the 1980s) but interactive components allow us to work with and develop information in many different ways
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It’s common for children today to be able to create a multimodal presentation for a school project which has writing, images, video, sound, animation features and hyperlinks to websites. The days of photocopying information for a project and gluing it to cardboard are long gone
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A key skill in our current era is the ability to draw on lots of different types of information and bring them together to work out a solution, to gain a new perspective on a situation or to develop our knowledge of something
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If remembering and understanding are linked to deliberate action then editing some footage or composing a script for a YouTube clip needs to be well thought through. It’s not about if it was written on paper first but just that deep thought has been given to it
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Also if the argument for turning back to books is about not being distracted by online ads or checking our social media or email accounts, then it’s important that we learn to work well in our e-society. Technology is not going away
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Some may suggest that we are losing opportunities to learn because of our love affair with our screens. But what’s important today is understanding and managing information, and then developing new knowledge from that. Remembering that information simply isn’t important anymore
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Diss Information: Is There a Way to Stop Popular Falsehoods from Morphing into "Facts"? - 0 views

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Thomas Galvez on 21 Aug 13

"False information is pervasive and difficult to eradicate, but scientists are developing new strategies such as "de-biasing," a method that focuses on facts, to help spread the truth"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"False information is pervasive and difficult to eradicate, but scientists are developing new strategies such as "de-biasing," a method that focuses on facts, to help spread the truth"</div>

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The British Psychological Society - 0 views

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Thomas Galvez on 21 Aug 13

This is the British equivalent of the APA. Like the APA website, this site offers a lot of excellent links and information.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is the British equivalent of the APA. Like the APA website, this site offers a lot of excellent links and information.</div>

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Information overload: How to cope - 0 views

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Genes to Cognition Online - 3D Brain - 0 views

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Thomas Galvez on 08 Feb 16

"The G2C Brain is an interactive 3-D model of the brain, with 29 structures that can be rotated in three-dimensional space. Each structure has information on brain disorders, brain damage, case studies, and links to modern neuroscience research. Ideal for students, researchers, and educators in psychology and biology."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The G2C Brain is an interactive 3-D model of the brain, with 29 structures that can be rotated in three-dimensional space. Each structure has information on brain disorders, brain damage, case studies, and links to modern neuroscience research. Ideal for students, researchers, and educators in psychology and biology."</div>

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What Babies Know About Physics and Foreign Languages - The New York Times - 0 views

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When children think they are being taught, they are much more likely to simply reproduce what the adult does, instead of creating something new.
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the new information economy, as opposed to the older industrial one, demands more innovation and less imitation, more creativity and less conformity.
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