Guided by findings in educational research and neuroscience, the emphasis on cognitive skills like computation and memorization is evolving to include less tangible, non-cognitive skills, like collaboration and improvisation.
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Are Multiplayer Games the Future of Education? - The Atlantic - 2 views
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* "Games offer a rich and complex environment that demands experimentation, problem-solving and quick thinking." * "Players know if they keep trying, they will eventually master the skill or beat the level." * "You are all working together and you learn teamwork. You learn what skills you have and how you can rise to the occasion. I think those are all intrinsic rewards-and I think that's what prepares them." (for the real world)
Dan Pink: How Teachers Can Sell Love of Learning to Students | MindShift - 0 views
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are all about moving other people, changing their behavior, like getting kids to pay attention in class; getting teens to understand they need to look at their future and to therefore study harder. At the center of all this persuasion is selling: educators are sellers of ideas.
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Pink said school superintendents rated problem-solving as the top capability they wanted to instill.
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A great post!
Melding the Power of Serious Games and Embedded Assessment to Monitor and Foster Learni... - 0 views
Open Educational Tools: Affordance and educational games - 0 views
Digital Media and Learning on Vimeo - 0 views
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The New Learning Institute interviews "leading thinkers and researchers who are examining the role that digital media plays in young people's lives. Mimi Ito, John Seely Brown, Henry Jenkins, Diana Rhoten, James Gee, Nichole Pinkard, and Katie Salen all see digital media - social networks, online games and media production - as the transformational tools of the 21st century."
TED Blog: Q&A with Clay Shirky on Twitter and Iran - 0 views
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NYU professor Clay Shirky gave a fantastic talk on new media during our TED@State event earlier this month. He revealed how cellphones, the web, Facebook and Twitter had changed the rules of the game, allowing ordinary citizens extraordinary new powers to impact real-world events. As protests in Iran exploded over the weekend, we decided to rush out his talk, because it could hardly be more relevant. I caught up with Clay this afternoon to get his take on the significance of what is happening. HIs excitement was palpable.
The power of Pow! Wham! - 0 views
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digital media and children:
D is for Digital - 0 views
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New from Neo K12 - Educational Resources - 3 views