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Leslie Lieman

Angry Birds, Farmville and Other Hyperaddictive 'Stupid Games' - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...peraddictive-stupid-games.html

games nytimes

shared by Leslie Lieman on 10 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Leslie Lieman on 10 Apr 12
     
    The cover of the NYTimes magazine section: "The Hyperaddictive, Time-Sucking, Relationahip-Busting, Mind-Crushing, Power and Allure of Silly Digital Games." How about a flood of letters about serious games in response?
Jackie Iger

Mooresville School District, a Laptop Success Story - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...ct-a-laptop-success-story.html

education technology motivation digital classroom nytimes

shared by Jackie Iger on 17 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Jackie Iger on 17 Feb 12
     
    A profile of a school district that has successfully woven technology into the curriculum after issuing laptops to nearly 4,500 students in grades 4-12 three years ago. Statewide, the district now ranks third in test scores and second in graduation rates.
Jackie Iger

Harnessing Gaming for the Classroom - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...-gaming-for-the-classroom.html

gaming education engagement technology nytimes

shared by Jackie Iger on 31 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Jackie Iger on 31 Jan 12
     
    An interesting article that discusses the highlights of the Learning Without Frontiers conference, which took place in London last week. One such highlight--a professor of neuroscience at Bristol University addressing the neuroscience behind engagement with video and computer games.
Jackie Iger

For Teachers, Shame Is No Solution - NYTimes.com - 3 views

www.nytimes.com/...hers-shame-is-no-solution.html

education nytimes teacher evaluation Bill Gates

shared by Jackie Iger on 25 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Jackie Iger on 25 Feb 12
     
    Bill Gates responds to NY ruling that teachers' performance assessments can be publicized. He calls for a rigorous and comprehensive teacher evaluation system that will provide educators with constructive feedback (not public humiliation) so they know what needs improvement.
Nick Siewert

Really? - The Claim - 3-D Movies Can Induce Headaches and Sickness - Question - NYTimes... - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...09really.html

avatar 3-D visual perception motion sickness media video nytimes

shared by Nick Siewert on 09 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Nick Siewert on 09 Feb 10
     
    Do 3-D interfaces cause headaches? Potential trouble for immersive visuals as 3-D interfaces require unnatural eye movements which may result in visually induced motion sickness. More popcorn please.
  • Gabe Russell on 12 Feb 10
     
    I didn't end up with any ill effects, but I noticed that your inability to focus on objects on different levels of the 3D plane is unnerving. Often there would be interesting flora in the foreground, and because it's in 3D, you want to look at it but you can't focus your eyes on it.
Scott Hertrick

Under Bloomberg, Some Big High Schools Are Taking Hard Falls - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...26closings.html

shared by Scott Hertrick on 25 Jan 10 - Cached
  • closing schools is not something anyone enjoys,” said Joel I. Klein, the schools chancellor. “By and large, what this is about is simply the fact that when you have many kids in a high-needs community, you find that the smaller schools, where they are highly personalized, where they have strong partnerships and involvement with various organizations, those things really have been a successful strategy for us.”
  • Scott Hertrick on 25 Jan 10
     
    Lack of opportunity for involvement and engagement (among other factors) dooms large schools.
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.
  • ...2 more annotations...
  • 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
Emily Watson

The Professors' Big Stage - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...-the-professors-big-stage.html

education technology MOOC learning

shared by Emily Watson on 06 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Emily Watson on 06 Mar 13
     
    Thomas Friedman's recent op-ed on MOOCs.
Brandon Pousley

Wearable soundscape from Canada - 1 views

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shared by Brandon Pousley on 08 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Kim Frumin on 09 Mar 13
     
    Wearable technology seems to be gaining popularity... Here's a link to the NYTimes profile of Memoto, the new life-logging camera featured at SXSW. The company was founded in 2011 and has raised close to a million dollars in financing through Kickstarter and from European investors. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/meet-memoto-the-lifelogging-camera/?ref=technology
Lisa Schnoll

The Professors' Big Stage - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...-the-professors-big-stage.html

elearning MOOCs education technology

shared by Lisa Schnoll on 12 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Lisa Schnoll on 12 Mar 13
     
    As usual, Tom Friedman finds a really snazy way to say some really cool things... but he also leaves out the 'grey" areas. 
  • Matthew Ong on 19 Mar 13
     
    Thanks for sharing this Lisa. I think the last sentence in the article is where the real challenge is because the outstanding is not that easily available in MOOCs.
Emily Watson

Reading, Writing and Video Games - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...g-writing-and-video-games.html

education technology games

shared by Emily Watson on 21 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Emily Watson on 21 Mar 13
     
    An anti-gaming perspective for learning...
Emily Watson

Harvard Asks Alumni to Donate Time to Free Online Course - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...ime-to-free-online-course.html

education MOOCs technology

shared by Emily Watson on 26 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Emily Watson on 26 Mar 13
     
    An attempt to crowdsource Harvard alums to contribute to the community of a new MOOC.
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