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June 4, 2006 at 12:21 am · Filed under Students, informal learning, social computing, trends
An informative article about the latest controversies surrounding MySpace.
What is MySpace? Why is it important? How big is it (and its cousins such as Facebook)?
What is the controversy over MySpace? Is it that site in particular or as a genre of web-based-social-networks?
What is the direction of your current research on new media, and how does it relate to the controversy?
What do ’social networking software programs’ provide participants? What’s their down side?
What skills do students/children learn in working in social networks? How does these contribute (or not) to their development?
and more.
May 28, 2006 at 2:04 pm · Filed under Students, trends
Teaching kids young how to use technology productively seems to be the best way to combat unproductive multitasking says Janice Friesen. She’s commenting on YOUNG AND WIRED
Computers, cell phones, video games, blogs, text messages — how will the sheer amount of time spent plugged in affect our kids? by Kathrine Seligman.
I agree with one concern, that we’ll end up with a generation of kids with “very quick but shallow thinking.” What kinds of jobs and lives will they be prepared to participate in? I hate to wonder.
Overall I’m not concerned. Like Prensky points out women have been mulitasking since the beginning of recorded history. And we know that the brain doesn’t multitask it prioritizes. Helping students understand this and see how they can benefit from this knowledge seems like a worthwhile endeavor.
May 25, 2006 at 7:48 am · Filed under News, Students, jobs, trends
A culture of debt we are but this is the first time I’ve heard it put in these terms:
…With hefty repayments in their future, however, many students, including Boston University graduate Lowery, are walking away from low-paying government, nonprofit, and teaching jobs.”I really want to work in advocacy law,” she says, “but from a practical perspective that’s not going to happen. I just won’t be able to pay back my loans.”
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