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Lorie Shuck

How Technology Wires the Learning Brain | MindShift - 0 views

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shared by Lorie Shuck on 29 Mar 11 - No Cached
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  • The technology train has left. You have to deal with it, understand it, and get some perspective
  • “The brain is complex,” he said. “The answers are not straightforward.”
  • “Google is making us smart,” he said. “Searching online is brain exercise.”
  • Lorie Shuck on 29 Mar 11
     
    "How Technology Wires the Learning Brain February 23, 2011 | 9:45 AM | By Tina Barseghian FILED UNDER: Learning Methods, Research, Neuroscience, text, video games * 9 Comments * * Share447 * Email Post * Link to this post Getty Kids between the ages of 8 and 18 spend 11.5 hours a day using technology - whether that's computers, television, mobile phones, or video games - and usually more than one at a time. That's a big chunk of their 15 or 16 waking hours. But does that spell doom for the next generation? Not necessarily, according to Dr. Gary Small, a neuroscientist and professor at UCLA, who spoke at the Learning & the Brain Conference last week."
Lorie Shuck

Will the iPad Make You Smarter? | Gadget Lab | Wired.com - 3 views

www.wired.com/...ipad-interface-studies

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shared by Lorie Shuck on 08 Jul 10 - Cached
  • newer mobile interfaces could foster focus and improve our ability to learn
  • It is less likely to cause cognitive overload to the user, based on my studies
  • Lorie Shuck on 08 Jul 10
     
    "A growing chorus of voices argue that the internet is making us dumber. Web-connected laptops, smartphones and videogame consoles have all been cast as distracting brain mushers. But there's reason to believe some of the newest devices might not erode our minds. In fact, some scientists think they could even make us smarter."
Lorie Shuck

Social Media's Effect on Learning - Digits - WSJ - 0 views

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shared by Lorie Shuck on 08 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Studies on infant brains have shown that knowledge retention is only possible when accompanied with personal interaction or activity, but this becomes even more important as people get older. Adults must be socially stimulated to learn
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