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Chris Dede

BBC News - World of Warcraft hobby sparks US political row - 5 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...technology-19842704

gaming WoW political office election

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  • Chris Dede on 06 Oct 12
     
    not clear this will lose votes for her, given how many adults are into fantasy gaming. Shows how bizarre the political process has become
Xiaodi Chen

Harvard University-Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics: Public Lectures - 1 views

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ethics public engagement

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  • Xiaodi Chen on 31 Jan 13
     
    For those who are interested in the discussion of ethics, politics, citizenship, this seems to be a potential platform for more public engagement! 
Jennifer Jocz

Teens prefer reading news online to Twitter | Media | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...rch-teenagers-online-behaviour

twitter blogging facebook social networking

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  • Some 62% of US internet users aged 12 to 17 are going online for news and political information or find out about current events
  • the decline in blogging among teens and young adults is striking as it looks like the youth may be exchanging "macro-blogging" for microblogging with status updates.
  • Mary Liu on 06 Feb 10
     
    I would be interested to see why teens are looking at news online. My skeptical side wonders if teens are going online for news and political information as a result of assignments and homework and if these stats simply reflect their tendency to turn more and more to digital technologies, neglecting print sources.
Xavier Rozas

'MAG' brings worldwide warfare to PS3 - 0 views

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educational technologies emerging technology MUVE collaboration

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  • Xavier Rozas on 07 Feb 10
     
    Maybe it is a guy thing, but I think I would enjoy building a crack team of mercenaries to battle other 'gangs'. The VOIP functionality and real-time skirmishes sound like a lot of fun. I just had a great idea for a MUVE game... Rookie, a MUVE that requores the formation of a constant cohort of users that must work together to graduate a Police Academy (politics, alliance building, skills, civic quandries, etc). They rise through the ranks together culminating in SWAT team training and/or criminal justice track (courts).
Chris McEnroe

Senate approves $20M school technology bill | The Salt Lake Tribune - 1 views

www.sltrib.com/...andards-common-senate.html.csp

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  • o implement online testing.
  • hoping to move to computer-adaptive testing based on the new Common Core standards, which Utah has already adopted, by the 2014-15 school year. Proponents of Common Core standards say they’ll better prepare kids for college and careers. Some, however, remain wary, seeing the standards as a blow to local control,
  • Chris McEnroe on 01 Feb 12
     
    Big state investment in online (old school) testing- new ways to test old models.
Chris McEnroe

Lighten that backpack: Obama administration challenges schools to embrace digital textb... - 1 views

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  • Ryan Brown on 01 Feb 12
     
    Another article on digital textbooks. The author describes how students in Joplin, MO, went digital after the tornado destroyed their schools. Mixed results.
  • Chris McEnroe on 02 Feb 12
     
    With the Secretary calling for digital books, how does he envision teacher training programs to be transformed?
Uly Lalunio

The net generation - Digital Natives, unplugged | The Economist - 2 views

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Digital Natives Technology Social

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  • Uly Lalunio on 08 Mar 10
     
    "Only a small fraction of students may count as true digital natives, in other words. The rest are no better or worse at using technology than the rest of the population."
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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