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Bubbles on the Brain - 2 views

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shared by Jeffrey Siegel on 31 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Cole Shaw on 31 Oct 12
     
    Building on Maria's link from GeekWire, here is another article about a bubble forming in ed tech...and building on Jason's comment about not wanting to investmenting in ed tech, it seems like a lot of wealthy people aren't worried about it! This article goes into the numbers a little more on trying to show the bubble effect, such as the number of investment rounds and startups. It also talks a bit about Christensen's "innovator" profile and how a lot of the ed tech folks now are mission-driven people who are innovating like Christensen describes. Not sure if what they are doing will work, but trying because they are passionate about it
  • Jeffrey Siegel on 31 Oct 12
     
    Can Ed tech start-ups be classified into those driven by a desire to improve education and children's lives or those simply seeking to make a lot of money? Or are motives and intentions always impossible to judge and inextricable from behavior.
  • Tomoko Matsukawa on 03 Nov 12
     
    Thanks for sharing. I liked the last message of this article. "But as long as we remember that it takes both the tool and the teacher to create success, the mission-driven innovators will outnumber the market-driven copycats. And innovation will outshine the bubbles.". EdSurge is one of my favorite source too. One of my former client at Hedge Fund in HK messaged me earlier this month ''btw u might be spot on on this education stuff. this should offer a sizable business opportunity in coming years u should go grab some" - def. he is one of those guys out there who might contribute to the bubble in the future...
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Guess who's winning the brains race, with 100% of first graders learning to code? | Ven... - 1 views

venturebeat.com/...estonia-code-academy Writing Code Tech Literacy K-12
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  • Angela Nelson on 05 Sep 12
     
    Program in Estonia designed to have all students age 7 to 16 learn to write code in a drive to turn children from consumers to developers of technology.
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  • Heather French on 05 Sep 12
     
    I just posted an article from Wired onto twitter about this! http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/09/estonia-reprograms-first-graders-as-web-coders/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=twitterclickthru I wonder how deeply the program goes in coding or if it is more in line with applications like "Move the Turtle".
  • Angela Nelson on 05 Sep 12
     
    I am very curious, as well, and trying to find more information. I think it would necessarily be a program that expands with their comprehension and maturity... starting with very basic "Move the Turtle" applications and then grown with the student, hopefully to real world application, as they go until age 16!
  • Jeffrey Siegel on 06 Sep 12
     
    Who initiated this ProgreTiiger program? The Estonian government? Local IT companies? Concerned parents who disparately wanted their children to learn to code? Estonia is very wired country and it's economy has found a niche in IT services, so much so that it's even been dubbed "eStonia" (http://e-estonia.com/). This program seems to be an example of market forces guiding educational policy since there are clear incentives for it's population to be technologically literate to ensure it's competitiveness and dominance in the tech sector (see: The Many Reasons Estonia Is a Tech Start-Up Nation (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303734204577464343888754210.html) A little blurb on how "plug-in" Estonia actually is: "The geeks have triumphed in this country of 1.3 million. Some 40 percent read a newspaper online daily, more than 90 percent of bank transactions are done over the Internet, and the government has embraced online voting. The country is saturated in free Wi-Fi, cell phones can be used to pay for parking or buy lunch, and Skype is taking over the international phone business from its headquarters on the outskirts of Tallinn. In other words, Estonia - or eStonia, as some citizens prefer - is like a window into the future. Someday, the rest of the world will be as wired as this tiny Baltic nation." (http://www.wired.com/politics/security/magazine/15-09/ff_estonia) p.s. I hate sensational titles like "Guess Who's Winning the Brain's Race" Learning coding doesn't automatically make your Brain bigger or necessarily increase your intelligence. Sure, it's a very useful skill, but I wonder what classes will be cut out to make time in the school day for coding. Coding vs recess: Tough call.
  • Irina Uk on 06 Sep 12
     
    Hmmm.... I read about Estonia being very plugged in as well. I wonder if there is research on whether the kids are actually learning better as a result. I think that you have a point Jeffrey. It depends what the cost is. If kids are missing some critical lesson because they are coding at such a young age, there may be a trade-off. On the other hand, maybe the skills they are obtaining from coding are more critical. I wonder...
  • Angela Nelson on 06 Sep 12
     
    Ideally, the tech skills would be used to enhance and deepen some of the other curriculum areas. But, yes, 7 years old may be young.
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Modern technology is changing the way our brains work, says neuroscientist - 2 views

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  • Tommie Anthony Henderson on 07 Nov 11
     
    We will never be the same again!
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FRONTLINE: digital nation - life on the virtual frontier | PBS - 0 views

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  • Aimee Corrigan on 03 Sep 09
     
    A TV/Web report on the digital revolution and how it's changing our lives, with video stories, interviews, and user-generated video on relationships, information overload, education, the military, parenting, brain development, and more.
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Cell Bound: Why It Is Hard to Ignore Public Mobile Phone Conversations: Scientific Amer... - 0 views

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  • Eric Kattwinkel on 23 Sep 10
     
    Why is overhearing a "half-alogue" more annoying than overhearing a dialog? Study shows that it's not a question of volume: hearing a half-alogue causes the brain to work harder to make sense of it, hurting our performance other cognitive tasks. Could this phenomenon be exploited in a positive way in a learning environment? (e.g. make use of the brain's natural tendency to work on filling gaps?)
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Your Brain on Computers - Series - The New York Times - 1 views

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shared by Natalie Hebshie on 07 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Natalie Hebshie on 07 Sep 10
     
    A series of NY Times articles from a few weeks
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The Internet, your Brain, and Schools - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 13 Sep 10 - Cached
  • anonymous on 13 Sep 10
     
    Not a new article but one to provide a bit of balance to techie fervor. Larry Cuban's articles and books keep popping up in syllabi so consequently I discovered his blog.
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Help! My Smartphone Is Making Me Dumb - or Maybe Not | Gadget Lab | Wired.com - 1 views

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shared by Doug Pietrzak on 04 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Doug Pietrzak on 04 Oct 10
     
    Smartphones effecting our brains?  
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Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Yang Jiang on 21 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Researchers say the lure of these technologies, while it affects adults too, is particularly powerful for young people. The risk, they say, is that developing brains can become more easily habituated than adult brains to constantly switching tasks — and less able to sustain attention.
  • Yang Jiang on 21 Nov 10
     
    The distraction of technology, especially mobile phone and computer, has always been a concern to us. When I was in middle school, few students owned cellphones or laptops. So we have no chance to be immersed in the virtual world. But apparently we couldn't enjoy the benefits of the latest technology either at that time. If I were able to choose, I would definitely choose the colorful school life which is enriched by the various technologies.
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Does the Brain Like E-Books? - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com - 1 views

roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/...does-the-brain-like-e-books digital books reading neuroscience child development ebooks
shared by Nick Siewert on 15 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Nick Siewert on 15 Oct 09
     
    Discussion on whether digital reading differs neurologically from paper reading.
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Do digital diaries mess up your brain? - 2 views

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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"
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Teenage Gamers Are Better At Virtual Surgery Than MDs | Popular Science - 0 views

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  • Jason Yamashiro on 24 Nov 12
     
    I guess teachers aren't the only ones that are going to have to worry about competition for their jobs in the future :)
  • Pearl Phaovisaid on 24 Nov 12
     
    This is interesting, Jason. I found this to be true for pilots as well. Serious gamers seemed to perform really well in the portions of flight school that required complex hand-eye-brain coordination.
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Neuroscience and the Classroom - 1 views

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shared by Drew Nelson on 19 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Drew Nelson on 19 Nov 12
     
    Interactive insights drawn from neuroscience not only provide educators with a scientific basis for understanding some of the best practices in teaching, but also offer a new lens through which to look at the problems teachers grapple with every day. By gaining insights into how the brain works-and how students actually learn-teachers will be able to create their own solutions to the classroom challenges they face and improve their practice
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Right Brain World: Ambitious Experiment in Educational Innovation to Take Place in Sacr... - 0 views

rightbrainworld.blogspot.com/...experiment-in-educational.html technology education t561 emerging technology educational_technology disruptive education
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  • Janet Dykstra on 27 Nov 12
     
    Sacramento, CA, November 26, 2012- They had a simple idea: Find a brilliant mix of innovative people from different professions. Get them together in one space for a day. Invite teachers, EdTech visionaries, hackers and entrepreneurs and encourage them to work on ideas, partnerships, networks, even businesses with the goal of jump starting the economy and revolutionizing education. This should be an interesting conference to monitor - maybe a new educational disruptive design will emerge!
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Optimizing Young Readers' Brains: Lessons from Neuroscience - 2 views

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shared by Andrea Bush on 27 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Andrea Bush on 27 Nov 12
     
    Education Week does a little neuroscience research and gives some take-away advice for classroom practice.
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Daphne Bavelier: Your brain on video games | Video on TED.com - 0 views

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shared by Brandon Pousley on 25 Nov 12 - No Cached
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  • Brandon Pousley on 25 Nov 12
     
    Scientist discusses positive effects of action video games, suggests entertainment industry should join scientists to create engaging educational games.
  • Matthew Ong on 26 Nov 12
     
    Thanks for sharing Brandon. I like two things she said in particular 1) General wisdom often carries no weight 2) Like red wine, video games may be good when used appropriately. I'm convinced myself in the power of game-based learning but do agree that more work needs to be done in bringing good ones to the class.
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How to Rescue Education Reform - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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shared by Chris McEnroe on 06 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • No Child Left Behind also let states use statistical gimmicks to report performance
  • ” federal financing should be conditioned on truth in advertisin
  • To shed light on equity and cost-effectiveness, states should be required to report school- and district-level spending; the resources students receive should be disclosed, not only their achievement.
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  • efforts to reduce inequities have too often led to onerous and counterproductive micromanagement.
  • it comes to brain science, language acquisition or the impact of computer-assisted tutoring, federal financing for reliable research is essential. 
  • , competitive federal grants that support innovation while providing political cover for school boards, union leaders and others to throw off anachronistic routines.
  • , dictates from Congress turn into gobbledygook as they travel from the Education Department to state education agencies and then to local school districts
  • it’s not surprising that well-intentioned demands for “bold” federal action on school improvement have a history of misfiring. They stifle problem-solving, encourage bureaucratic blame avoidance and often do more harm than good.
  • Chris McEnroe on 06 Dec 11
     
    The headline promises more than the article delivers. It mainly identifies the limited effectiveness that the federal government can have. There are no specific "how to's" here and no mention of technology whatsoever, perhaps because that would be too specific a focus for the scope of the article. These are prominent figures in a prominent publication having a conversation that could have taken place in 1980. How do we change that? The absence of real civic engagement on issues about education is the missing link in education reform. I wonder if we can organize public discourse on the internet more effectively to have formal impact on civic activism and administration.
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Education Week Teacher: Teachers as Brain-Changers: Neuroscience and Learning - 1 views

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  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 22 Dec 11
     
    Not much to do with technology, but an interesting article overall.
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