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Parisa Rouhani

What Google needs to learn from Buzz backlash - CNN.com - 2 views

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google privacy concerns buzz

shared by Parisa Rouhani on 19 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Google has taken a hit over the Buzz launch from a public that is already skeptical about the search giant's motivations with the enormous amount of personal data it already has accumulated.
  • debating the usefulness of the service
  • social networks only really start to become compelling when a user has a lot of contacts, according to a source familiar with its thinking.
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  • the company needs to make sure it strikes a better balance between internal and external feedback
Yang Jiang

Do Video Games Cause Depression in Teenagers? - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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Video Games; Depression technology

shared by Yang Jiang on 28 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Yang Jiang on 28 Jan 11
     
    There's been a lot of buzz about whether video games are habit-forming, and whether parents are exaggerating when they say their teenagers are "addicted" to game playing. Now new research on children who are heavy gamers suggests parents may have something else to worry about: depression.
Chris McEnroe

Students lead the way with new technology | Acorn-Online.com - 0 views

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shared by Chris McEnroe on 09 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • “These technologies offer a fun, engaging learning experience,”
  • Adam Toris, a 17-year-old junior at the high school, started designing apps over a year ago. He has made four so far, and one has been for sale on iTunes for a year.
  • The game is called iSmash Spider, and for every sale on iTunes, Adam gets 77 cents. So far, the game has earned him over $500.
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  • Jailbreaking is a kind of hacking that frees a device from limits set by Apple.
  • “I’ll jailbreak a phone or an iPad for my friends for free,” Jackson said. “To modify a controller, it takes more time, so I charge maybe $10.”
  • Chris McEnroe on 09 Apr 12
     
    Engagement is a buzz word but who descriptive is it?
Chris McEnroe

Hyping classroom technology helps tech firms, not students - latimes.com - 1 views

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shared by Chris McEnroe on 05 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • "The media you use make no difference at all to learning," says Richard E. Clark, director of the Center for Cognitive Technology at USC. "Not one dang bit. And the evidence has been around for more than 50 years."
  • "does not automatically inspire teachers to rethink their teaching or students to adopt new modes of learning."
  • The app is free, and plainly can help users create visually striking textbooks. But buried in the user license is a rule that if you sell a product created with iBooks Author, you can sell it only through Apple's iBookstore, and Apple will keep 30% of the purchase price. (Also, your full-featured iBook will be readable only on an Apple device such as an iPad.)
  • Chris McEnroe on 05 Feb 12
     
    This article is a bit snarky but it raises some worthwhile cautions around the buzz of tech in education, particularly Apple.
  • Leslie Lieman on 05 Feb 12
     
    It is amazing to me that Apple and technology can take center stage in the education conversation without a word of professional development, best practices, learning outcomes... As I have stated before, I/we are an Apple family... but I am worried about the prospect that Apple's role in the textbook industry will eliminate other platforms and in-turn will limit access to many.
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