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Robin Cicchetti

The Business Case for Reading Novels - Anne Kreamer - Harvard Business Review - 14 views

blogs.hbr.org/...business_case_for_reading.html

data reading promotion reading

shared by Robin Cicchetti on 18 Jan 12 - No Cached
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  • in fMRI studies of people reading fiction, neuroscientists detect activity in the pre-frontal cortex — a part of the brain involved with setting goals — when the participants read about characters setting a new goal. It turns out that when Henry James, more than a century ago, defended the value of fiction by saying that "a novel is a direct impression of life," he was more right than he knew.
  • they discovered "a significant relation between the amount of fiction people read and their empathic and theory-of-mind abilities" allowing them to conclude that it was reading fiction that improved the subjects' social skills, not that those with already high interpersonal skills tended to read more.
  • It's when we read fiction that we have the time and opportunity to think deeply about the feelings of others, really imagining the shape and flavor of alternate worlds of experience.
  • Robin Cicchetti on 18 Jan 12
     
    Data on the benefits of reading fiction.
Carla Shinn

So-Called "Digital Natives" Not Media Savvy, New Study Shows - 29 views

readwrite.com/...ot_media_savvy_new_study_shows

information literacy research 2.0 media literacy

shared by Carla Shinn on 18 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • Carla Shinn on 18 Mar 14
     
    "In Google we trust." That may very well be the motto of today's young online users, a demographic group often dubbed the "digital natives" due their apparent tech-savvy. Having been born into a world where personal computers were not a revolution, but merely existed alongside air conditioning, microwaves and other appliances, there has been (a perhaps misguided) perception that the young are more digitally in-tune with the ways of the Web than others.
Carla Shinn

American Youth Read Books in Print (For Now) - 7 views

www.newrepublic.com/...er-youth-books-print-libraries

reading

shared by Carla Shinn on 10 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • Carla Shinn on 10 Jul 13
     
    A new study from the Pew Research Center on young Americans' library habits defies the conventional narrative of today's youth as a generation who have abandoned print. Despite being heavy Internet users, the press release states that "Americans under age 30 are strong supporters of traditional library services," including in-person assistance and-yes-books.
  • Carla Shinn on 22 Jul 13
Susie Highley

Mapping Worlds - 0 views

show.mappingworlds.com/world

map statistics history social studies demographics

shared by Susie Highley on 30 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • Susie Highley on 30 Jul 13
     
    Nice interactive that shows you how countries compare relative to many features and statistics. Can be done with world as whole, US or Japan. Includes such things as population, religion, causes of death, health, education, and more.
Carla Shinn

Internet Search Engines Drove US Librarians to Redefine Themselves - 11 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...130807134506.htm

professional development research 2.0

shared by Carla Shinn on 09 Aug 13 - No Cached
  • Carla Shinn on 09 Aug 13
     
    "Although librarians adopted Internet technology quickly, they initially dismissed search engines, which duplicated tasks they considered integral to their field. Their eventual embrace of the technology required a reinvention of their occupational identity, according to a study by University of Oregon researchers."
sushma lisa

social learning platform website for teachers, students, and parents - 0 views

www.edmodo.com

teachers students parents

shared by sushma lisa on 14 Dec 13 - No Cached
  • sushma lisa on 14 Dec 13
     
    Edmodo can be incorporated into classrooms through a variety of applications including Reading, Assignments, and Paper-studying
Carla Shinn

Teens, Social Media, and Technology Overview 2015 - 20 views

www.pewinternet.org/...s-social-media-technology-2015

Information fluency digital citizenship

shared by Carla Shinn on 09 Apr 15 - No Cached
  • Carla Shinn on 09 Apr 15
     
    "Aided by the convenience and constant access provided by mobile devices, especially smartphones, 92% of teens report going online daily - including 24% who say they go online "almost constantly," according to a new study from Pew Research Center. "
Jimeen Jackson

Hello - 0 views

I just joined this group. I am a teacher studying to be a librarian. I am looking forward to learning and sharing ideas with all of you!

started by Jimeen Jackson on 27 Apr 15 no follow-up yet
Carla Shinn

What Is Literature For? - 21 views

youtu.be/4RCFLobfqcw

books reading reading promotion blogs cool tools

shared by Carla Shinn on 24 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • Carla Shinn on 24 Nov 14
     
    Video from The School of Life, a cultural enterprise offering good ideas for everyday life. http://www.theschooloflife.com/ Site includes a classroom and library (archive of study resources).
beth gourley

ThinkeringSpace Library Study - 0 views

www.id.iit.edu/...study_insights.htm

design libraries

shared by beth gourley on 20 Aug 08 - Cached
  • sought to understand representative libraries within the Chicago
  • The first, More Than Books, reveals the wide range of library offerings, indicating that they are much more than warehouses of books or media
  • The third, Underused Expertise, identifies the broad expert skills of librarians, and the low use of this public resource.
  • ...4 more annotations...
  • The second, Constant Change, describes the continued efforts that have been made by the library to meet patrons' expectations and keep up with technology.
  • The fourth, Life-long Relevance, highlights the lack of continued interaction of patrons with the library through their different life phases
  • The fifth, Community Outreach, describes the movement of the library in two opposite directions, towards both masses and niches
  • The sixth, Sanctioned Initiatives, addresses the impact of high-level initiatives, such as the Early Literacy Program
  • beth gourley on 20 Aug 08
     
    This is one component of the webpage Thinkering Space the focuses on library observations that will inform design criteria for Thinkering Space
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