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Uche Amaechi

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

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technology Emerging Technology T561

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.
Erin McCloskey

Learning & the Brain 24 - 2 views

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conference mind-brain digital_media

shared by Erin McCloskey on 05 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Erin McCloskey on 05 Oct 09
     
    Those of you interested in our conversation today about the brain, media and learning may be interested in attending part of this conference on Nov 20-22
Jennifer Hern

Techtonic Shifts : Blowing Your Freaking Mind: There's an App for That - 2 views

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shared by Jennifer Hern on 10 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Lego store in downtown Orlando has a  mesmerizing AR kiosk that tells kids what's inside each toy box—it's sure to empty a few parents' wallets.
    • Jennifer Hern
      Jennifer Hern on 10 Oct 09
       
      No way! Now toy companies are actually going to have to start delivering on their marketing! I can't remember how many times I opened a toy and was totally disappointed because it had hardly anything in it.
Uly Lalunio

The Chemistry of Information Addiction: Why We Want to Know the Answer - Scientific Ame... - 3 views

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Mind Brain Information Technology

shared by Uly Lalunio on 20 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Uly Lalunio on 20 Oct 09
     
    This article scientifically explains why humans crave for information. Research suggests the notion that midbrain dopamine neurons are coding for both primitive and cognitive rewards. This sounds like section of our brain still prefers to be strongly wired as behaviorist and cognitivist over constructivist.
Uly Lalunio

Dyslexia has big differences in English and Chinese - 0 views

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learning disability mind brain

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. "
Uly Lalunio

Does Falling in Love Make Us More Creative?: Scientific American - 0 views

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metacognition mind brain

shared by Uly Lalunio on 17 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Uly Lalunio on 17 Oct 09
     
    Not to worry, this article perhaps is still within the realms of meta-cognition. The author posits, "...because love activates a long-term perspective that elicits global processing, it should also promote creativity and impede analytic thinking." Interesting findings, though I have yet to buy them.
Shawn Mahoney

Education Week: Twitter Lessons in 140 Characters or Less - 0 views

www.edweek.org/...08twitter_ep.h29.html

Web 2.0 instruction participation

shared by Shawn Mahoney on 24 Oct 09 - Cached
  • shared articles on the separation of church and state, pondered the persistence of racism, and commented on tobacco regulation in Virginia now and during the Colonial period—all in the required Twitter format of 140 or fewer characters
  • He and other teachers first found Twitter valuable for reaching out to colleagues and locating instructional resources
  • short-form communications may have for students’ thinking and learning are not known
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  • Twitter has not caught on among school-age children as quickly or universally as other Web 2.0 tools, such as Facebook or MySpace: Only about 1 percent of the estimated 12 million users in the United States are between the ages of 3 and 17, although young adults are the fastest-growing group of users, according to recent reports.
  • get students engaged in the content and processes of school.
  • “It’s getting kids who aren’t necessarily engaged in class engaged in some sort of conversation.”
  • A recent study, however, renewed concerns about the potential negative impact of the latest technological applications. The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that adults who attempted multiple tasks while using a range of media simultaneously had difficulty processing the information or switching between tasks.
  • Mr. Willingham, who is the author of the new book, Why Don’t Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom.
  • Somebody’s got to create something worth tweeting
  • Shawn Mahoney on 24 Oct 09
     
    Connected to a few class discussions (including one in HT 500 about multitasking)... *potential for greater/more diversity in discussion/participation than in person *what do we mean when we say "multi-task"? *weighty topics/140 characters Somebody's got to create something worth tweeting
Aimee Corrigan

Do digital diaries mess up your brain? - 2 views

www.cnn.com/...index.html

emerging technology social

shared by Aimee Corrigan on 03 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Aimee Corrigan on 03 Nov 09
     
    "If we have experiences with an eye toward the expectation that in the next five minutes, we're going to tweet them, we may choose difference experiences to have, ones that we can talk about rather than ones we have an interest in"
Kinga Petrovai

Kids under two should be 'screen free' says American Academy of Pediatrics - 2 views

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technology education learning social

shared by Kinga Petrovai on 18 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Kinga Petrovai on 18 Oct 11
     
    Article warns against effects of screen time on the developing mind. The article also states that quality programs are only educational if the child understands the content and context, which children under two usually can not.
Kasthuri Gopalaratnam

Real-World Kinect Interaction From Microsoft Research | TechCrunch - 1 views

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augmented reality kinect

shared by Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 02 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Bridget Binstock on 02 Nov 11
     
    Shows more possibilities of gesture based interactions using pico projectors and Kinect cameras.
  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 04 Nov 11
     
    Some interesting augmented reality examples
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