The Weekly Update: August 31 – September 6
No Child Left Behind Testing Going Online in Hawaii in 2011– Loren Moreno, Honolulu Advertiser Game Lessons– The Economist Even More Research: Technology Is Making Kids Better Writers, Not Worse– Tech Dirt Top Gear for Elementary School Students– Wired Google Algorithm Predicts When Species Will Go 404, Not Found– Hadley Leggett, Wired Is Technology Creating the “Dumbest Generation”– Shawn, edbuzz Stare into the Abyss of Curriculum-Tech Integration– Miguel Guhlin, Around the Corner Five Tips for Helping Students Become Better...
Read MoreIs 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,...
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