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Chris Johnson

Chinese schools quietly discard controversial Web filter | Technology | Reuters - 0 views

www.reuters.com/...idUSTRE58E22F20090915

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shared by Chris Johnson on 15 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Chris Johnson on 15 Sep 09
     
    Some Chinese school officials have gone against the wishes of the national government and removed Internet filtering software becuase it "has strong conflicts with teaching software we need for normal work." On the other hand, many public schools in the US not only tolerate draconian filtering policies, but elect to implement such policies on the local level! Why are we willing to sacrifice educational opportunities for some imagined sense of security about our children? If you haven't looked over the "Unmasking the Digital Truth" Wiki, I highly recommend that you do so. It discusses some of the common misconceptions about Internet filtering in schools and associated laws. (http://unmaskdigitaltruth.pbworks.com/)
  • Chris Johnson on 15 Sep 09
     
    Article about how some schools in China have uninstalled the controversial Internet filter (Green Dam), which was required to be installed on all public systems by mandate of the Chinese government.
Uly Lalunio

Dyslexia has big differences in English and Chinese - 0 views

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shared by Uly Lalunio on 17 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Uly Lalunio on 17 Oct 09
     
    "Researchers looking at the brains of dyslexic Chinese children have discovered that the disorder in that language often stems from two separate, independent problems: sound and visual perception. "
Maung Nyeu

Education Week: U.S., Chinese Schools Build Virtual Ed. Partnerships - 2 views

www.edweek.org/...19el-chinaexchange.h31.html

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shared by Maung Nyeu on 31 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Maung Nyeu on 31 Jan 12
     
    US and Chinese schools build online virtual education partnership.
Tomoko Matsukawa

BBC News - Learn English online: How the internet is changing language - 5 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...magazine-20332763

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  • Tomoko Matsukawa on 15 Dec 12
     
    "Language online is now a zero sum game."
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  • Hongge Ren on 16 Dec 12
     
    English is not alone. Chinese is integrating different languages and inventing new words everyday, and I think Japanese has done this for centuries, all parts of globalization.
  • Tomoko Matsukawa on 16 Dec 12
     
    True. But japanese expansion was maybe not too much due o the power of internet as much as english. Curious about Chinese given there are already so many dialects.
  • Jennifer Bartecchi on 17 Dec 12
     
    This is an interesting perspective, thanks for sharing. I was speaking with some friends from Germany and Spain, who explained that English has become much more motivating due to its pervasive existence online. However, mandarin is preferential to higher SES families who want their children to excel in business.
Maung Nyeu

Ed-Tech Weekly News Roundup: Khan Academy Goes to China | Hack Education - 1 views

www.hackeducation.com/...dup-khan-academy-goes-to-china

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shared by Maung Nyeu on 19 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • Maung Nyeu on 19 Dec 11
     
    Khan Academy partners with Chinese social network Renren to host videos there.
Maung Nyeu

Akron Ohio News - Woodridge High looking at offering Chinese, sign language courses - 1 views

www.akron.com/akron-ohio-education-news.asp

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shared by Maung Nyeu on 30 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • Maung Nyeu on 30 Dec 11
     
    Online foreign language learning for high school students at Woodridge High. ""Either we get on the [online learning] bus or we're going to get hit by the bus", says Superintendent Walter Davis.
Yang Jiang

Internet plays integral role in decision-making: Study - 0 views

www.chinadaily.com.cn/...content_11250274.htm

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shared by Yang Jiang on 03 Sep 10 - Cached
  • One of the most interesting findings that we got in the survey, is that although the Internet is by far the most important medium in the lives of consumers, companies continue to under-invest in their online marketing efforts.
  • Beyond the sheer size of this online population, Chinese Internet users are much heavier users of most Internet behaviors, such as researching, communicating or self-expression through using social media tools, than their counterparts in other countries. They also are much more advanced in their use of the Internet across a wide range of activities and behaviors, from researching to using mobile capabilities.
  • Yang Jiang on 03 Sep 10
     
    Internet is certaily playing an incredibly important role in our daily life, no matter in the United States, or China.
Eric Kattwinkel

Testing, the Chinese Way - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...12rosenthal.html

shared by Eric Kattwinkel on 15 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • In Asia, such a march of tests for young children was regarded as normal, and not evil or particularly anxiety provoking.
  • Professor Cizek, who started his career as a second-grade teacher, said the prevailing philosophy of offering young children unconditional praise and support was probably not the best prescription for successful education. “What’s best for kids is frequent testing, where even if they do badly, they can get help and improve and have the satisfaction of doing better,” he said. “Kids don’t get self-esteem by people just telling them they are wonderful.”
  • Eric Kattwinkel on 15 Sep 10
     
    A mother from New York who raised young children in China argues that the high-pressure testing that made them "feel bad" about themselves at the time was a good thing in the long run.
Eric Kattwinkel

Does Your Language Shape How You Think? - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...29language-t.html

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      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      Old ideas about language affecting thinking have been discredited, but more recent research has revived the idea, with important differences.
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      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      It's not that features of our language prevent or allow certain kinds of thinking; it's that they "oblige" us to consider some things and not others, thereby causing us to develop certain "habits" in how we think.
    • Eric Kattwinkel
      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      Compare different language requirements of making a simple statement ("I had dinner with a neighbor last night"): in French you have to reveal the gender of the neighbor, but in English  you don't; in English you have to reveal when the dinner happened; not so in Chinese.
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      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      Research shows that when languages have different genders for the same objects, speakers of those language think differently about those same objects -- and this can affect their ability to remember those objects. (no reference?)
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      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      How would the habits of mind of a speaker of a geographic-based language be manifest in the way that person learns/remembers/teaches? How do speakers of egocentric languages learn/teach/remember differently?
    • Eric Kattwinkel
      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      Language even affects our perception and experience of color: "Our experience of a Chagall painting actually depends to some extent on whether our language has a word for blue."
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      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      Does an avid user of social media, who makes subtle distinctions among different ways to post something (comment, like, message, poke, etc.), have different habits of mind that affect how he/she relates to other people and/or incoming information?
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      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      Area for potential study?: how to measure the ways habits of mind affect our intuitive/emotional/impulse behavior.
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      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      Very intesting article about how our language affects the way we think. People who speak different languages adopt different "habits of mind" from an early age, and those habits can affect they way they experience the world. Especially fascinating is the discussion (2/3 of the way down) of languages that use a geographical, rather than egotistical, method for describing direction and relative position. (For example, the cup is resting on the north side of the west table in the southern room of the house.) How would a person with this type of view of the world experience a virtual environment? Also interesting implications for kids growing up with social media. Do new technologies impart habits of mind that affect the way kids learn?
Chris Dede

Carnegie Mellon Researchers Test Mobile Phone Games To Teach Children -- THE Journal - 4 views

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shared by Chris Dede on 30 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Chris Dede on 30 Oct 10
     
    mobile phones for language learning
Jason Dillon

Yong Zhao draws conclusions by comparing national systems - 3 views

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shared by Jason Dillon on 27 Oct 11 - Cached
  • James Glanville on 27 Oct 11
     
    Isabel, Chris M., Stephen B., and I are at MassCUE today watching Yong Zhao's keynote.  You can find a copy of his presentation here at this website.
  • Stephen Bresnick on 29 Oct 11
     
    I saw Zhao speak yesterday at the MassCUE conference (with James, Chris McEnroe and Isabel Schwartzman). His message was provocative: the United States did not do well on the TIMSS test, but the US has never done well on this type of testing even way back to the 1950s. Therefore, Zhao thinks that these tests are not good indicators of educational quality, but that the things that the US does right are fostering creativity, building in tolerance and forgiveness into the educational system, and stressing problem-solving and collaborative learning.
  • Jason Dillon on 01 Oct 12
     
    This relates to part of the discussion in class today. I've seen him speak about the irony that Chinese schools, which are outperforming US schools on PISA and TIMMS, are actually trying to model their systems more on US pedagogy. See his latest book or look for him on TED.
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