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Technology
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Why Learning and Multitasking Don’t Mix
" (...) evidence from psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience suggests that when students multitask while doing schoolwork, their learning is far spottier and shallower than if the work had their full attention."
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Sheryl Sandberg, What If People Want To Lean Out?
Sheryl Sandberg is not an ordinary person. She is extraordinary on multiple traits, including intelligence and organizational ability. So why should we listen to extraordinary people when they give us advice about how to live our more ordinary lives?
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Tying Yourself to the Mast
"We don't want our attention to wander from our work or our studies, but inevitably it does—and that's why we have to tie ourselves to the mast."
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Aaron Swartz: Belief in Change
Remembering Aaron Swartz.
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How We’ll Learn in 2013
A look at educational trends coming our way in 2013.
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The Growing Competition for Students: Online Schools Storm the Ivory Tower
Students today are looking for ways to sidestep the high costs and inconvenience of attending a brick and mortar schools. Estelle Shumann discusses factors to bear in mind as students seek meaningful education on the Internet.
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This Is Your Brain On The Internet
Is the internet and social media influencing your brain? Documentary filmmaker Tiffany Shlain investigates our changing behaviors in the connected world.
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Startup Weekends Nurture Innovation
Think 54 hours isn't enough time to create, design and build a simple prototype for a viable tech startup? You just might be wrong.
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Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Finnish computer scientists bring new tools to a long tradition of technology-enhanced bio-music with software that translates sleep rhythms into music.
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The Global One-Room Schoolhouse: John Seely Brown
An animated highlight of John Seely Brown's Keynote Presentation, "Cultivating the Entrepreneurial Learner in the 21st Century," at the 2012 Digital Media and Learning Conference.
