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Smartphones give you wings - 2 views

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shared by Cameron Paterson on 19 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Cameron Paterson on 19 Sep 10
     
    this paper provides an overview of the potential of the integration of mobile Web 2.0 tools (based around smartphones) to facilitate social constructivist pedagogies and engage students in tertiary education.
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Learning, Innovation and ICT - 1 views

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  • Cameron Paterson on 19 Sep 10
     
    "We used to look in wonder at the areas in which ICT were used to boost productivity. Today we wonder how the economy, technology and society could have done without ICT".
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National STEM Video Game Challenge - 4 views

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shared by Chris Dede on 16 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Chris Dede on 16 Sep 10
     
    Big money for games that help young children learn STEM
  • Margaret O'Connell on 19 Sep 10
     
    Maybe you or someone could comment on what this has in common with the Tesla project (or what is different). Would love to hear more. As a future middle school teacher, this inspires me. The contest geared toward middle school age validates my conviction that middle schoolers can and should be learning technology ... yes, even in BPS there's got to be a way.
  • Chris Dede on 19 Sep 10
     
    TESLA is studying both how we can make math education more effective and what types of motivational inductions appeal to various types of students in grades 5-9. The emphasis in engagement is on building intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy in math, rather than using external motivation to "sugar-coat" math as yucky, but necessary. The intrinsic/extrinsic distinction is often ignored by game designers,and as a result kids who are momentarily engaged in STEM can actually be demotivated longer term. TESLA is trying to established a more nuanced view of how to build this type of game.
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Harrisburg University Plans Week-Long Social Media Blackout - 0 views

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shared by Devon Dickau on 17 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • A Pennsylvania college is requiring students to power down and unplug from social media -- for an entire week.
    • Devon Dickau
      Devon Dickau on 17 Sep 10
       
      Interesting social experiment
  • He decided to conduct an experiment using a convenient sample: Harrisburg's student body
    • Devon Dickau
      Devon Dickau on 17 Sep 10
       
      What do you think about using a college student body for this type of experimentation? Do the students feel violated?
  • Devon Dickau on 17 Sep 10
     
    What are the implications of being "off the grid" in terms of the Internet while in college? How dependent are we on this technology?
  • Margaret O'Connell on 19 Sep 10
     
    I saw some (bad) reality tv program about a family who did this and the wonders it resulted in for this family's quality of life ... I like this idea, especially coupled with discussion afterward among the participants who can, perhaps, realize what all the time spent in Facebook, Twitter, texting, etc. takes away from ....
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Just in time for NY Fashion Week! - 3 views

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  • Mitch(ell) Miller on 18 Sep 10
     
    Look at what technology can do! The future of school uniforms? ...
  • Margaret O'Connell on 19 Sep 10
     
    I don't think so ...
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James Paul Gee on video games & learning - 4 views

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shared by Cameron Paterson on 18 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Cameron Paterson on 18 Sep 10
     
    What if, instead of seeing school the way we've known it, we saw it for what our children dreamed it might be: a big, delicious video game?
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The Answer Sheet - Rhee in D.C.: The myth of the heroic leader - 4 views

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  • Doug Pietrzak on 18 Sep 10
     
    Larry Cuban on Wonder Woman / Man superintendents
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BBC News - Pi record smashed as team finds two-quadrillionth digit - 1 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...technology-11313194 pi computation calculation infinite
shared by Natalie Hebshie on 17 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Natalie Hebshie on 17 Sep 10
     
    Can't quite wrap my brain around this one entirely but it sounds interesting and brain-y.
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The Protocol Institute Launches First Interactive Etiquette E-Learning - 0 views

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  • anonymous on 16 Sep 10
     
    Emily Post would be proud. Read this to learn about etiquette for e-communication.
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Should Colleges Encourage Better Tech/Life Balance? - Tech Therapy - The Chronicle of H... - 0 views

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shared by Devon Dickau on 16 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Devon Dickau on 16 Sep 10
     
    Naomi S. Baron, a linguistics professor at American University, studies how cell phones and online messaging change social interactions. She talks to the Tech Therapy team about her concern that colleges push too much technology on students and professors. Should colleges encourage e-mail-free Fridays?
  • Devon Dickau on 16 Sep 10
     
    Interesting to think about technology saturation is impacting college students. Some college professors are even resisting technology integration in the classroom because of it - if you're interested in Higher Ed, the Chronicle of Higher Education has many interesting articles about technology in university settings.
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BASE10, The DSi and Lefties Left Out - Chicago video game | Examiner.com - 2 views

www.examiner.com/...0-the-dsi-and-lefties-left-out Video Game Design Flaw Left-Handed
shared by Garron Hillaire on 16 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • There is a percentage of people in the world who hold that DS stylus a bit differently than the rest of you gamers out there and despite the attention of much of the gaming development industry, when we get ignored it isn’t difficult to avoid taking notice
  • Garron Hillaire on 16 Sep 10
     
    Designers of games need to consider the audience. Here is an example of a game that excludes left handed players. The DSi is a small hand held device with two screens. This game is played by holding the device open as you would a book. The problem is that numbers are moving from the left page to the right page and players are expected to use a stylus to interact with the right page. Left handed players block the view of the game and cannot play.
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Education Technology: Forum | KQED Public Media for Northern CA - 1 views

www.kqed.org/...R201009081000 Technology: Forum | KQED Public Media for Northern CA education technology
shared by Eric Kattwinkel on 15 Sep 10 - No Cached
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      Eric Kattwinkel on 15 Sep 10
       
      "School life should become more like real life. If school were not such an artificial environment for students -- if they could do the kind of learning that people do outside of the school building in their professions, sometimes in their after-school activities -- if they could connect what they're learning in schools with community issues... you see students beginning to act like scientists, act like writers... That's what we want to see."
  • Eric Kattwinkel on 15 Sep 10
     
    Milton Chen and Tina Barseghian interviewed on KQED's Forum (San Francisco public radio) about using technology and media in the classroom.
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Testing, the Chinese Way - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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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.
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Robert J. Samuelson commentary: Student motivation is at root of educational woe | The ... - 2 views

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shared by Eric Kattwinkel on 15 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • "Reforms" have disappointed for two reasons. First, no one has yet discovered transformative changes in curriculum or pedagogy, especially for inner-city schools, that are "scalable"
  • The larger cause of failure is almost unmentionable: shrunken student motivation.
  • Eric Kattwinkel on 15 Sep 10
     
    "Motivation is weak because more students don't like school, don't work hard and don't do well." Also see Tom Friedman in the NYTimes referring to this article and concluding that "right now the Hindus and Confucians have more Protestant ethics than we do, and as long as that is the case we'll be No. 11!"
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A Future Driven by Disruptive Change - 1 views

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  • Cameron Paterson on 14 Sep 10
     
    What is "disruptive change"?
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Video games speed up reaction time - 0 views

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  • Brandon Bentley on 14 Sep 10
     
    just as I was wondering how I could improve "keeping track of friends in a crowd"
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