Posting to a blog/wiki - why not???? And - what’s the difference between them?
From the r/w/l list: iBrain and Born Digital1) 24/7 networks, continuous partial attention, rapid response
x where are you on these scales?
x where are the students you might teach on this scale?
x where do you want to be as a teacher on these scales?
2) Agree or disagree? Is the argument this simple?
But make no mistake: We are at a crossroads. There are two possible paths before us—one in which we destroy what is great about the Internet and about how young people use it, and one in which we make smart choices and head toward a bright future in a digital age. The stakes of our actions today are very high. The choices that we are making now will govern how our children and grandchildren live their lives in many important ways: how they shape their identities, protect their privacy, and keep themselves safe; how they create, understand, and shape the information that underlies the decision-making of their generation; and how they learn, innovate, and take responsibility as citizens. On one of these paths, we seek to constrain their creativity, self-expression, and innovation in public and private spheres; on the other, we embrace these things while minimizing the dangers that come with the new era. source
3) Are our brains really evolving? In what ways are your high tech friends (or you) really representative of a change in how we think and act? How much of your generation is unable to slow down?
Chart - As we go more digital, what will we gain and what will we lose?
iBrain overview
Purpose - Film Tactics
Next week:
Games in Education? Are they beneficial? In what ways? How do we 'assess' progress?
R/W/L to at least one of these and try a game or two from the game sites:
What Exactly Are Kids Learning From Games?
George Lucas Foundation Series
Katie Salen On Learning With Games (Video)
James Paul Gee on Games and Assessment (Video)
No Gamer Left Behind (Video)
The Psych Files (blog with vodcast and text)
Research on violent games by Doug Gentile
Text interview with Doug Gentile on violent video games
Games Sites
Nobel Prize Site - Games
FutureLabs
Extras (optional)
More Nicholas Carr on the importance of books
Research reports on whiteboards ????
Wallwisher examples of animoto, ztranormal and voicethread.
25 free online photo editors
Google earth submarine
Video - Assessment and technology for learning video
