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Parisa Rouhani

No fair! Why your brain hates inequities - Behavior- msnbc.com - 0 views

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brain activity equity fair

shared by Parisa Rouhani on 25 Feb 10 - No Cached
  • people prefer a level playing field,
  • Our study shows that the brain doesn’t just reflect self-interested goals, but instead, these basic reward processing regions of the brain seem to be affected by social information
  • humans are attuned to inequality, and we just don't like it.
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  • The researchers monitored signals in the striatum and prefrontal cortex , parts of the brain thought to be involved in how people evaluate rewards. They found that the brain activity in these areas was greater for the "rich" subjects when money was transferred to the other player than to themselves, whereas the "poor" subjects' brains showed the opposite pattern
  • n other words, everyone seemed to prefer a financial equality.
  • these regions were responding most when the outcome would be the most fair,
  • Parisa Rouhani on 25 Feb 10
     
    research shows that people prefer equity in situations. fairness affects one's emotions about a situation
Steve Komarov

MOOC completion rates - 1 views

www.katyjordan.com/MOOCproject.html

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  • Steve Komarov on 06 Mar 13
     
    Completion rates for MOOCs and how different grading options affect them. 
Jackie Iger

The Importance of Teaching Mindfulness | MindShift - 1 views

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education technology engagement attention neuroscience teaching mindfulness

shared by Jackie Iger on 09 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Jackie Iger on 09 Apr 12
     
    Investigating how our hyper-consumption of media affects attention and engagement.
Uche Amaechi

Sorry, English major, the engineers have triumphed - 0 views

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T561 T545 internet tech

shared by Uche Amaechi on 20 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Uche Amaechi on 20 Feb 10
     
    Is Google "really" making us stupid? How does the ability to easily access a breadth of information affect our motivation to go for depth?
Jennifer Jocz

Destructoid - The convergent futures of music games and higher education - 0 views

www.destructoid.com/-higher-education-165382.phtml

games music motivation

shared by Jennifer Jocz on 11 Mar 10 - Cached
  • "So I don’t see games as having the power to completely change music purchasing, rather they will expand economic opportunities for music creators and fans in ways we’re just beginning to understand. Games are already expanding the variety of music people are exposed to and are therefore likely to want to purchase and own, as well as the places and circumstances under which this mutual reinforcement takes place."
  • The games have certainly increased the number of young people interested in pursuing musical activities in many ways; just ask any guitar instructor or owner of a musical instrument store.
  • "While there are now many studies showing links between gaming and learning -- for kids and adults -- to date there have not been many rigorous examinations of their relationship to music education, although there is plenty of anecdotal evidence of their mutual reinforcement. Remember that musical training isn’t solely about scales and correct finger placement; rhythm, song structure, key changes, lyrics, genre styles, etc. are all elements of a musical education, and playing along with songs on Rock Band absolutely aids in the development of the awareness of these elements."
  • Jennifer Jocz on 11 Mar 10
     
    Interesting article discussing music games, including how they can influence the types of music people listen to and whether they can affect interest in learning and appreciating music.
Jerusha Saldaña Yanez

What They Play - Gamer Dad: 5 Tips for Gaming with Baby - 3 views

www.whattheyplay.com/...ad-5-tips-for-gaming-with-baby

parenting advice lifestyle change gamers

shared by Jerusha Saldaña Yanez on 29 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Jerusha Saldaña Yanez on 29 Jan 11
     
    Important mention on how games can affect infants and family dynamics.
Malik Hussain

Jeremy Bailenson, Stanford: Virtual Self - Avatars can affect how you are in the real w... - 0 views

www.outlookseries.com/...ld_affect_Jeremy_Bailenson.htm

ProteusEffect

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  • Malik Hussain on 09 Mar 13
     
    In context of Professor Dede's comment from last class about the "Proteus Effect"...some punchlines from Professor Jeremy Bailenson about the power avatars can exert on their creators.
Hongge Ren

Daphne Bavelier: Your brain on video games - 1 views

www.ted.com/...your_brain_on_video_games.html

video games attention

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  • Hongge Ren on 26 Feb 13
     
    How do fast-paced video games affect the brain? Step into the lab with cognitive researcher Daphne Bavelier to hear surprising news about how video games, even action-packed shooter games, can help us learn, focus and, fascinatingly, multitask. (Filmed at TEDxCHUV.)
Rupangi Sharma

Emotion Technology at TEDxSF - 2 views

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technology engagement learning education

shared by Rupangi Sharma on 02 Feb 13 - No Cached
  • Rupangi Sharma on 02 Feb 13
     
    Professor Rosalind W. Picard, ScD is founder and director of the Affective Computing research group at the MIT Media Lab, co-director of the Things That Think consortium, and leader of the new and growing Autism & Communication Technology Initiative at MIT. In April 2009 she co-founded Affectiva, Inc., where she serves as chairman and chief scientist.
  • Matthew Ong on 03 Feb 13
     
    Thanks for sharing Rupangi. This tool could provide so much valuable feedback to educators as they design formal and informal learning environments for students. There are two things which I think any educator should be very aware about before implementing it though: 1. The privacy of the data and who has access to it 2. The steps that can be taken to prevent a misinterpretation of the data.
Malik Hussain

Flow Theory | Education.com - 4 views

www.education.com/...flow-theory

ApplyingFlowInEdu

shared by Malik Hussain on 08 Feb 13 - No Cached
  • Malik Hussain on 08 Feb 13
     
    Very good synthesis of applying Flow in Education; in time for next Monday's topic on Flow. Good takeaways in the "Implications for Teachers" section.
  • Matthew Ong on 09 Feb 13
     
    Thanks for sharing Malik. I think this article provides a nice overview of flow and one main takeaway was the importance of positive affect. I agree that it is a good predictor of flow in an activity.
Leslie Lieman

Social Media as a Teaching Tool -- Campus Technology - 0 views

campustechnology.com/...-media-as-a-teaching-tool.aspx

education technology engagement twitter Google+

shared by Leslie Lieman on 14 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Leslie Lieman on 14 Mar 12
     
    Two faculty members test out social media (Twitter and Google+) in the classroom. They evaluate the pros/cons of using these technologies, admittedly not knowing if/how it affects learning outcomes yet.
Stephanie Fitzgerald

When Children Read Because They Want To, Not Because They Have To | Education.com - 4 views

www.education.com/...Ref_When_Children_Read

children education engagement motivation literacy self-efficacy

shared by Stephanie Fitzgerald on 22 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Stephanie Fitzgerald on 22 Mar 12
     
    This article applies what we've learned about self-efficacy, interest, and engagement to literacy: "What makes a child an engaged reader?"
  • Anna Ho on 22 Mar 12
     
    Thanks for sharing this, Stephanie. Part of my job is to select books for a reading & writing academy in Seoul, and after reading this article I realized that affective elements of reading play a significant role in my book selections.
  • Leslie Lieman on 25 Mar 12
     
    Hi Stephanie - The author is listed as working for Reading is Fundamental, which is an organization I now follow for my work on the T545 class project. Part of their agenda is to "prepare and motivate children to read by delivering free books and literacy resources to those children and families who need them most." They focus on reaching underserved children from birth to age 8. I am hoping my website project addresses some of the issues raised in this article. Thanks.
Chris McEnroe

AT&T's $250 Million Plan to Reduce High School Dropouts - Businessweek - 0 views

www.businessweek.com/...to-reduce-high-school-dropouts

shared by Chris McEnroe on 20 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • dropout prevention programs that include counseling, technology training, mentoring, and other ways to both keep kids in school and get them ready for college.
  • data released at today’s summit showing that the nation’s high school graduation rate has improved to 75.5 percent. That’s an increase of 3.5 percentage points nationally from 2001 to 2009
  • Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s $100 million donation to boost Newark schools, which has funded initiatives from Mandarin classes to iPads for autistic students
  • Chris McEnroe on 20 Mar 12
     
    Where should ATT place its bets? Is engagement the key to stemming dropouts? Can VI be used to design richly affective environments that promote social efficacy (a spoon full of sugar) while succeeding at skill development and knowledge transfer (the medicine)?
Ryan Brown

Boomers, Gen-Xers, and Millennials: Understanding the New Students - 1 views

net.educause.edu/...ERM0342.pdf

mellennials learning technology college

shared by Ryan Brown on 28 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Ryan Brown on 28 Jan 12
     
    This is an interesting article on how information technology has created the "new student." Largely due to technology, students are finding an imbalance between their expectations of a learning environment and what they are finding in college and university classrooms. This implication has begun to affect decisions concerning courses, curricula, programs and services.
Marium Afzal

Game-based Learning: A Paradigm Shifting Opportunity For Innovation - 3 views

gettingsmart.com/...ing-opportunity-for-innovation

shared by Marium Afzal on 09 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Shane Tutwiler on 11 Mar 12
     
    One point not covered in the article is that there may be something inherently similar about "gamers" (such as a motivational, attentional, or perceptive profile) that makes them different types of learners than others. Yes, it's true that some people deeply enjoy the structured (some more/some less) challenges provided by games, both board and virtual...but others do not. The big question is, does it benefit a majority of learners (or, say, a majority of at-risk learners) to invest in curricula that leverages game-based-learning?
  • Stephanie Fitzgerald on 11 Mar 12
     
    It may stray a bit from the topic of motivation, but here's a neuroscience article (that I found quite interesting) that discusses how a difference in striatal volume appears to affect how one's performance improves in playing a game: Erickson, K. I., Boot, W. R., Basak, C., Neider, M. B., Prakash, R. S., Voss, M. W., Graybiel, A. M., et al. (2010). Striatal volume predicts level of video game skill acquisition. Cerebral Cortex, 20(11), 1-9. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhp293
Tracy Tan

» Tutoring Software, AutoTutor, Responds to Student's Emotions - Psych Centra... - 2 views

psychcentral.com/...35563.html

emotions affective

shared by Tracy Tan on 06 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Tracy Tan on 06 Mar 12
     
    Emotion-sensing computer software that responds to students' cognitive and emotional states, including frustration and boredom. This tool seems to address all the issues we've been talking about in T545! Could this be the tool that replaces teachers?!
Jennifer Jocz

Video gamers: Size of brain structures predicts success | R&D Mag - 0 views

www.rdmag.com/...f-brain-structures-predicts-su

video games

shared by Jennifer Jocz on 28 Jan 10 - Cached
  • The new study, in the journal Cerebral Cortex, found that nearly a quarter of the variability in achievement seen among men and women trained on a new video game could be predicted by measuring the volume of three structures in their brains.
  • pre-existing individual differences in the brain might predict variability in learning rates, the authors wrote.
  • Such information might be useful in education, where longer training periods may be required for some students, or in treating disability or dementia, where information about the brain regions affected by injury or disease could lead to a better understanding of the skills that might also need attention
  • Jennifer Jocz on 28 Jan 10
     
    Interesting article discussing a study showing that the size of certain brain structures can predict video game performance
Parisa Rouhani

Texas Conservatives Win Vote on Textbook Standards - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...13texas.html

conservative textbooks

shared by Parisa Rouhani on 12 Mar 10 - Cached
  • social studies curriculum that will put a conservative stamp on history and economics textbooks, stressing the role of Christianity in American history and presenting Republican political philosophies in a more positive light.
  • Republicans on the board have passed more than 160 amendments to the 120-page curriculum standards affecting history, sociology and economics courses from elementary to high school.
  • They are rewriting history, not only of Texas but of the United States and the world.
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  • reviewed every decade
  • conservative members maintain that they are trying to correct what they see as a liberal bias among the teachers who proposed the curriculum
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