Is Technology Creating “The Dumbest Generation?”
I enjoyed Clive Thompson’s recent piece on the potential effect technology may have on student literacy. Like many campuses across the country, mine is embroiled in an interesting debate about whether or not today’s technology is making kids… well stupid. Enter stage right The Dumbest Generation. According to the author, Mark Bauerlein, Web 2.0 technology is distracting our kids and drawing them into an intellectual state of mindless confusion and half-witted thinking. But, is Bauerlein’s thesis correct? Is today’s technology– Facebook, blogging, Twitter,...
Read MoreThe Weekly Update: August 24 – August 30
How to Keep Kids Engaged in Class– Tristan de Frondeville, Edutopia A Challenge to the Multitask Assumption– Clive Shepherd, Clive on Learning Alpine Online Case Study– Michael Horn, Disrupting Class Models for Learning Questions– Tony Karrer, eLearning Technology The Science of Motivation– Danial Pink, TED More Questions Than Answers on Google Books– Tom Krazit, cnet The Good Enough Revolution: When Cheap and Simple Is Just Fine– Robert Capps, Wired Look Ma, No Pen! Electronic Impulses Can Reproduce Handwriting– Hadley Leggett, Wired TPACK...
Read MoreThe Weekly Update: August 17 – August 23
Could Evidence-Based Copyright Law Ever be Put in Place?– Tech Dirt YouTube Search-and-Delete Code Makes Money for Rights Holders– Elliot Van Buskirk, Wired Preaching Safety, Inciting Rebellion– Miguel Guhlin, Around the Corner Be Careful What You Wish For– Tim Stahmer, AssortedStuff The Decision: Build vs. Buy– Michael Horn, Disrupting Class What Your iPod Playlist Says About You– Chris Matyszczyk, cnet 8 Things You Can Do with an Enterprise Wiki– Future Changes Stimulus Could Spur More Virtual Charter Schools– eSchool News The World Is...
Read MoreMove Over Netbook!
There’s a new laptop on the market, and it might challenge the popularity of netbooks, particularly in public schools. Wal-Mart is selling the new Compaq Presario for only $299. Since July when the retail giant began carrying the new laptop, stores throughout the country have had a difficult time keeping them on the shelf. According to Brook Crothers of cnet, the new Presario includes the following features “a 15.6-inch display, 3GB of memory, a 160GB hard-disk drive, a CD-DVD drive, and Windows Vista pre-loaded. The laptop will use a 2.10 GHz AMD Sempron SI-42 processor and...
Read MoreThe Weekly Update: August 10- August 16
Discussion Draft NAEP Technology Literacy Framework Project Start-up helps teachers learn their lesson– Dara Kerr, cnet Sony Plans to Adopt Common Format for E-Book– Brad Stone, NY Times “Social Learning” Buzz Masks Deeper Dimensions– Frank Ganis, Gilfus Education Group Good Teaching Can be Enhanced with Technology– Miguel Guhlin, Around the Corner The rise of the $299 Wal-Mart laptop– Brook Crothers, cnet Facebook buys Friend Feed: Is this a big deal?– Caroline McCarthy, cnet Twitter Study Reveals Reveals Interesting Results about Usage–...
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