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Chris Dede

How video games are good for the brain - The Boston Globe - 4 views

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shared by Chris Dede on 12 Oct 09 - Cached
  • The games aren’t just hard - they’re adaptively hard. They tend to challenge people right at the edge of their abilities; as players get better and score more points, they move up to more demanding levels of play.
  • video games have been shown, in separate studies, to boost visual acuity, spatial perception, and the ability to pick out objects in a scene. Complex, strategy-based games can improve other cognitive skills, including working memory and reasoning
  • Jennifer Hern on 12 Oct 09
     
    Video games can improve cognition and foster positive behavior. (not that we didn't know that already...)
  • Chris Dede on 14 Oct 09
     
    Do videogames boot brain function?
  • Jennifer Hern on 15 Oct 09
     
    Ha ha. Booting brain function. Got it... I think. Maybe I need to go play a video game.
Jennifer Bartecchi

http://www.youtube.com/v/rigCbMtsYYI&?autoplay=1 - 0 views

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youtube video games math reading literacy dyscalculia learning iPad

shared by Jennifer Bartecchi on 16 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Jennifer Bartecchi on 16 Sep 12
     
    Here's video examples of some of the MIND Institute's games... I'm not sure how the reveal of locations behind the iPad really come into play... SURELY they could have come up with more functional examples that relate content to real life?
  • Jennifer Bartecchi on 16 Sep 12
     
    Can you think of more functional & relative locations to showcase?
Josh Tappan

Learning Digital Photography Improves Cognitive Function in Older Adults - 1 views

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shared by Josh Tappan on 11 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • Josh Tappan on 11 Nov 13
     
    Digital photography classes improve cognitive function in the elderly.
Tomoko Matsukawa

Eli Pariser: Beware online "filter bubbles" | Video on TED.com - 0 views

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shared by Tomoko Matsukawa on 15 Oct 12 - No Cached
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  • Drew Nelson on 15 Oct 12
     
    Not sure I posted this already. This "filter bubble" as he calls it should be a concern re: Ubiquitous Learning
  • Tomoko Matsukawa on 25 Nov 12
     
    one of the famous TED talk. personalization of information and its potential pitfall. what is necessary for 'functioning democracy'. makes me wonder what are the risks associated with too much personalization in education too.
  • Matthew Ong on 26 Nov 12
     
    Thanks for sharing Drew, this is an excellent talk showing the tension between our need to balance what we want/need and reliance on a technology to help filter the results. While we need to get out of that 'filter bubble', we also need it to be close by so we don't get overwhelmed.
Tomoko Matsukawa

Daily chart: OMG! Texting turns twenty | The Economist - 0 views

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shared by Tomoko Matsukawa on 04 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • Tomoko Matsukawa on 04 Dec 12
     
    Although we read and hear a lot about smartphones and tablet PC lately, the majority of the cell phone users still have simpler phones (especially in emerging countries). Even those have SMS function. So..learning activities with these SMS still an interesting topic to me.
Angela Nelson

Autism Rsearch Rhode Island | Groden Research & Professional Presentations | About The ... - 0 views

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  • Angela Nelson on 19 Dec 12
     
    A wearable camera system (Self-Cam) to improve recognition of emotions from real-world faces in young adults with Asperger syndrome  and high-functioning autism 
Kasthuri Gopalaratnam

Technology Marketplace - "Beam me to my meeting!" - 1 views

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shared by Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 31 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 31 Oct 12
     
    European scientists have integrated robotics, video, and various sensor and display technologies to transport someone into a geographically distant meeting room under the auspices of the Beaming through augmented media for natural networked gatherings (Beaming) project. The European Union-funded effort utilizes immersive virtual reality technologies in which a robotic avatar functions as the meeting participant's eyes, ears, and mouth. The participant wears a head-mounted display and is connected to sensors, enabling them to receive the avatar's video and audio feeds in three dimensions. The two-way connection also enables the participant's movements and responses to be mimicked by the robot.
Jennifer Bartecchi

Apple Profiles the of Hands-On Tech in Educational Settings - 0 views

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shared by Jennifer Bartecchi on 10 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Jennifer Bartecchi on 10 Sep 12
     
    In this feature, Apple profiles HOW their products are used in a variety of educational settings. It's one of the least 'promotion-based' sites I've seen from Apple in awhile... Typically, I'm cynical when a company "profiles" its own products; however, this one is done fairly well. This site could be a helpful model when attempting to demonstrate functional use of a product, highlighting the ends, not the means...
  • Matthew Ong on 11 Sep 12
     
    Thanks for sharing this link! I know that there are some schools which have bought iPads and then didn't know what they were going to do with them. This community obviously had a clear idea of how to use them, what problems they were going to solve and how to assess their outcomes. Nice!
Bharat Battu

What Would You Pay for a Great Educational App? | MindShift - 1 views

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shared by Bharat Battu on 30 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Bharat Battu on 30 Nov 11
     
    full disclosure: classmate Alex Schoenfeld first shared this with the us in the TIE facebook group :). But it brings an interesting trend in the adoption and pricing of mobile apps: Article outlining what lots of us know when it comes to moblie apps and pricing - free, $1, and $2 are the price-points that sell, and allow us to try out an app with minimal regret. But with the rise of more and more high-quailty, high-profile, and high-budget educatioanl apps, will the pricing structure change? Will parents and educators be willing to spend the prices of traditional computer software ($50 or more?) for really great mobile apps? The article brings up an interesting model that seems to already be coming to life looking at how apps are being sold and updated lately: "Donahoo and Russell propose there's a better way: subscriptions and content expansion packs.  Launchpad Toys follows the latter tact. The initial price the Toontastic app for $3 (though it's currently free). Users can use that fully functioning app, or choose to add additional characters and themes with $.99 expansion packs. This way, they contend, costs are controlled; it's cheap for parents and children to evaluate an app, and the model encourages regular updates."
Stephen Bresnick

cooltoolsforschools - home - 0 views

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  • Stephen Bresnick on 01 Sep 11
     
    This site is an invaluable collection of Web 2.0 Tools for educators. On this Wikispace are links to free sites that provide teachers with some exciting and engaging tools. It is now possible to easily create SMS-based real-time responses to discussion questions, allow students to easily create Flash-based cartoons and Flash-based online posters with a ton of functionality, and even create beats online that they can then record text over (perfect for my "Romeo and Juilet Rap" assignment). Links to all of these tools and more are available from this site.
Katherine Tarulli

Is SpongeBob SquarePants Bad for Children? - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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  • Katherine Tarulli on 14 Sep 11
     
    A recent study about fast-paced television programs and children's development finds that attention, problem solving and other skills under the umbrella of "executive function" are harmed by watching some shows.
Megan Johnston

Off the Shelf, Onto the Laptop - Libraries Try Digital Books - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Megan Johnston on 15 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Megan Johnston on 15 Oct 09
     
    Interesting article about libraries going digital, talking about how this actually functions in libraries (Boston Public Library being one) and addressing concerns about publishers' rights. I'm sad that at this point nobody really seems to care about the experience of reading a real book with actual pages. What a loss if we ditch physical books altogether.
Jason Dillon

20 dollar (really 40) tablet in India with backlog of 4 million orders - 1 views

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  • Jason Dillon on 13 Nov 12
     
    The issue of infrastructure and wireless access is mentioned, but not deeply considered in this article. What challenges do we see if this sort of thing is really going to "enable Datawind to educate every schoolchild in India through the world's cheapest functional tablet computer."?
Mohit Patel

Will Google Course Builder Challenge Blackboard Dominance? - Online Colleges - 2 views

www.onlinecolleges.net/...challenge-blackboard-dominance

shared by Mohit Patel on 18 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Chip Linehan on 19 Oct 12
     
    Thank you for posting - this is fascinating. This is not only a threat to Blackboard, but also the MOOC companies (Coursera, Udacity, etc.). If the tool continues to be developed in terms of functionality and ease of use, AND third party developers build out applications that plug into this platform, then colleges and universities will start to build their own online courses, and not farm out their content to the Coursera's of the world... This reminds of the dot com era (circa 2000) when companies large and small hired "web development" firms to create websites for them. Now companies largely do this themselves...
  • Matthew Ong on 22 Oct 12
     
    Thanks for sharing Mohit. It's great that it's open source and allows teachers all over the world to build their own courses. I wonder what this would do to the larger online course companies...
Adrian Melia

Using Canon's Mixed Reality Goggles Looks Like a Weird VR Nightmare - 1 views

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technology augmented reality immersion

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  • Adrian Melia on 13 Sep 12
     
    This is a good example of how a product is trying to make you feel more immersed by placing virtual objects in the real world instead of a completely virtual world.
  • Jennifer Bartecchi on 17 Sep 12
     
    This could possibly put the 'fun' back in 'functional' - if students are operating within the "real world" on sincere applications, they may generalize their skills better. I'm all for perceiving my world in 50% cartoon ;o)
Jeffrey Siegel

Many-to-One vs. One-to-Many: An Opinionated Guide to Educational Technology - 3 views

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  • Jeffrey Siegel on 13 Sep 12
     
    Great article. "Education is in some respects one of the most stagnant of all major industries. A farmer from 150 years ago would not comprehend a modern farm. A factory worker from 150 years ago would not be able to function in a modern factory. But a professor from 150 years ago could walk into a classroom today and go to work without missing a beat."
Devon Dickau

Cal State Bans Students From Using Online Note-Selling Service - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Devon Dickau on 21 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • selling their class notes online
  • NoteUtopia is meant to function as an online community where students can share information, discuss courses and rate professors - a supplement to, not a replacement for, offline education
  • levels the playing field
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  • Indeed, the provision of the state education code does some raise questions about intellectual property and the ownership of ideas and course content. If the students don't own their class-notes - or at least, cannot sell them commercially - who does? The professor? The university? The state?
  • Devon Dickau on 21 Oct 10
     
    Interesting article about how technology is changing the way we define and share intellectual property. Is a professor's lecture the property of the professor, the University or neither? Does a student "own" the notes he takes in class?
Margaret O'Connell

Great use of Twitter by a teacher - 3 views

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shared by Margaret O'Connell on 19 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Yesterday on Twitter I asked for false Geometry statements for which it's easy to draw a counterexample. Twitter is brilliant for this - everybody can come up with a-couple-a-three no problem, but it would be a pain to sit and think of a dozen. And even when you did, they might not be the best dozen for your purposes. After waiting a day, I got to pick from lots.
Uche Amaechi

BYOD - Worst Idea of the 21st Century? : Stager-to-Go - 7 views

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shared by Uche Amaechi on 09 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Allison Browne on 10 Oct 11
     
    Uche, you keep posting stuff I have a problem with- OK I understand that BYOD policies may not be so great but I really believe that familes should shoulder some of the costs for hardware since degredation is such a problem. The schools can have agreements with vendors to provide certain laptops or tablets for a certain price point and they can design their systems to support these items. Parents are expected to purchase backpacks, binders, and school supplies. When parents can't provide these back-to-school supplies, schools cover it. The same should be for computers. Speaking as a middle class parent (refer to above article) I believe this is an important investment in our schools so that they can focus on hardware support and software implementation/ integration.
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  • Bridget Binstock on 10 Oct 11
     
    @Allison and Uche - I am torn. While I initially thought BYOD was a good idea so that schools would have to stop "blaming" their fiscal woes on their inability to integrate emerging technologies into the curriculum, I now have some appreciation with points from this article - especially around "false equivalences" and "enshrining inequities" in light of my own children's "bring your own electronic device" day that took place two weeks ago. As a school wide reward for meeting their Accelerated Reading goal, all students were told they could bring an electronic device to school to "play" with on Friday afternoon. This prompted my kids to call me (Skype) on Thursday night and ask me if I could buy them a DS or a SmartPhone that NIGHT so that they could bring either of those devices to school for the celebration. Now mind you, my kids have access to lap tops, iPad, Smart Phones, Wii games, GameBoy, iPods, Flip camera, digital camera, etc - albeit not their OWN - but still access to them for use (when Mom and Dad are not using them). But apparently, of the devices left that Mom and Dad weren't using, none of them were "cool" enough for this event. That got me wondering if BYOD might have the same effect on our learners making those who don't have the latest and greatest feel bad or less adequate then their friends or classmates who could bring something they deemed as "better?" Allison, your point seems to be that requiring parents to cover the expense of a digital device as a requirement for school is not a bad idea, but I think you are referring to expecting the SAME device to be purchased and used, not myriad devices with various capabilities, features and functions - am I understanding you correctly? And if we did try to mandate parental supply of digital devices, would we have a different kind of fight on our hands because, as consumers, parents might have their own biases around what they deem is the best device of all (not just PC vs MAC or iOS vs Android, but sma
  • Allison Browne on 10 Oct 11
     
    I still believe that a system properly designed could mitigate some of your concerns. In reality, schools can not support any device that a student brings in. They are capable of supporting a certain number and if they build relationships with the vendors to sell those devices that the school is capable of supporting then families will be aware that the school will offer the best deal on the items that are compatible. Every year the school recommends items for back to school supplies. If the laptop could replace all of the binders it might be worth it. There are many factors to consider but the biggest obstacle is that schools maintain such old equipment because of their budget woes. Even when we can purchase the latest and greatest software, the computers can't run it.
  • Erin Sisk on 12 Oct 11
     
    What a great debate you guys are having! One point worth considering is that typically the parents are responsible for purchasing the supplies, while the school is responsible for providing the content (textbooks, workbooks, handouts, worksheets, videos, etc). In the near future these devices may also be the primary sources of content, replacing textbooks altogether. I would hope perhaps funding for textbooks could be transferred to funding for these devices. I would also hope that the price of these devices drops significantly (is the $35 tablet in our future?). Then of course the question of who pays is less important. In my job producing educational video for publishing companies, I spend way too much time dealing with various formats and compatibility problems with browsers, so I'd love to see a future where this becomes more standardized.
Chris McEnroe

Any ideas for a Forum platform? - 5 views

T561, I'm looking for ideas. I'm helping to develop a training for teachers in an inner city school. The training involves the Teaching for Understanding with Technology Framework and I want to c...

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