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America's top 10 online time wasters - Boston.com - 3 views

www.boston.com/...onlinetimewasters2010

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  • Maura Wolk on 26 Nov 10
     
    Time wasters in whose opinion?
Maura Wolk

During boring classes, texting is the new doodling - Boston.com - 1 views

www.boston.com/...es_texting_is_the_new_doodling

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  • Maura Wolk on 26 Nov 10
     
    Interesting connection between texting and doodling. Will boredom persevere no matter what?
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The made-up world of Facebook - The Boston Globe - 0 views

www.boston.com/...the_made_up_world_of_facebook

facebook

shared by Maura Wolk on 05 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • when we log onto Facebook, we’re buying into a collective illusion. Facebook, we all know, is a colossal waste of time. It’s easy to lose hours trolling through friends’ pages, being voyeurs into other people’s lives. And it’s easy to forget that they, like us, are inventing themselves online, creating a permanent record that isn’t really true.
  • Maura Wolk on 05 Oct 10
     
    This article makes a pretty bold statement about what's real and what's not; do you agree?
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Hyperbole and a Half: The Alot is Better Than You at Everything - 2 views

hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/...er-than-you-at-everything.html

english grammar

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  • Maura Wolk on 01 Oct 10
     
    For all you English teachers out there who die a little bit inside every time you read shortcut language- I wish you a happy Friday.
Maura Wolk

Pearson and Commonwealth of Virginia Launch First-ever iPad Social Studies Curriculum - 3 views

www.pearsoned.com/...-social-studies-curriculum.htm

ipad pearson

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  • Maura Wolk on 01 Oct 10
     
    The textbook publishers are working hard to stay relevant
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Natick panel hits pause on high school iPod ban - The Boston Globe - 0 views

www.boston.com/..._pause_on_high_school_ipod_ban

shared by Maura Wolk on 28 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Maura Wolk on 28 Sep 10
     
    We have to get used to letting kids chime in on decisions made about their education.
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Clifford Stoll: Why Web Won't Be Nirvana - Newsweek - 0 views

www.newsweek.com/...the-internet-bah.html

internet

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  • When most everyone shouts, few listen
  • Computers and networks isolate us from one another. A network chat line is a limp substitute for meeting friends over coffee.
  • Maura Wolk on 24 Sep 10
     
    A break from all our optimistic reading to check in with a pessimist.
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The Future of the Book. on Vimeo - 2 views

vimeo.com/15142335

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  • Maura Wolk on 24 Sep 10
     
    "Nelson: Giving readers what they need to form their own opinions on the important topics of our time." While this platform has a lot of potential and a lot of positive aspects, I can't help but wonder if it's not just imposing a top-down system of learning. Although it's marketed as helping you form your own opinions, I'd argue that you're shoved in the direction of that opinion.
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A Bookfuturist Manifesto - Science and Tech - The Atlantic - 1 views

www.theatlantic.com/...61231

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shared by Maura Wolk on 09 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Maura Wolk on 09 Sep 10
     
    Do you consider yourself a bookfuturist, a bookservative, a technofuturist, all or none of the above? Interesting to decide where you fall, and to think about where educators past, present, and future fall.
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School on the mend - The Boston Globe - 1 views

www.boston.com/...school_on_the_mend

School reform education

shared by Maura Wolk on 09 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Maura Wolk on 09 Sep 10
     
    While this article does not address technology directly, I think this is the type of school community that could so benefit from emerging educational technologies. The traditional school model has been failing them, and they are prime for redesign. I'd be interested to see even how something like ecoMUVE could begin to change the classroom atmosphere.
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Houghton Mifflin takes the iPad to school - 0 views

www.boston.com/...houghton_miffli_18.html

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shared by Maura Wolk on 09 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • The launch of the algebra app "signals the beginning of a new era in curriculum development, where the goal is not just providing world-class content, but also delivering it in a variety of ways so that students and teachers can individualize the learning experience,”
  • Maura Wolk on 09 Sep 10
     
    A not surprising move on the part of educational publishers trying to keep from going extinct. But it does force us to ask, are they just in a rush to utilize the popular technology, or have they really explored its value for learning?
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