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"Location data from mobile phones has indicated that 93 per cent of human movement is predictable... the researchers, from Boston, USA and China, believe that it could be useful for mobile networks' data load management, city planning and anticipating the spread of viruses."

Violent video games touted as learning tool

Important mention on how games can affect infants and family dynamics.

augmented reality in kindergarten

Some negative effects of Video games i.e. RSI

A teenager invents a video game to help overcome obesity

Awesome article about Miyamoto - the man behind Mario. Has some really interesting stuff about how he (and Nintendo by extension) creates compelling narratives and characters.

Article in New York Magazine talking about the negative effects of unfocused praise and theories of intelligence, referencing Dweck, et al.

next steps in artificial intelligence

An article advocating K-12 experiences and school culture shift that instill students with motivation, skills, confidence

I thought it was interesting to do this after watching the Bailenson video and Watson on Jeopardy.  Check out hoe the computer thinks.

Mobile for MMO and Augmented Reality are both in here.

This is peripherally related to motivation, but it does hint at the motivational structure of the game. Interesting that something as simple as "girls like food" resulted in one of the greatest games ever.

Use of mobile devices for accessing news

This is a very useful yearly report that provides a big picture look at technology usage

"In the online world you don't need to fill buildings or lecture theatres with people and you don't need to be trapped into a lecture timetable," says Peter Scott, director of the Open University's Knowledge Media Institute.

Internet sland term added to the Oxford English Dictionary

webinar on videogames and learning

more studies needed to sort out what is happening