http://www.edtags.org/ http://www.edtags.org/css/EdTags.jpghttp://www.edtags.org/bookmarks.php/jenn.m.stevens Recent bookmarks posted to Edtags.org 60 http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/03/15/ready_aim____fail/?page=full Looking at the cost of goal setting through the lens of management scholars. jenn.m.stevens Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:52:38 +0000 t545 motivation goals boston globe http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/04/27/090427fa_fact_talbot?currentPage=all Discussion of using/abusing neuro-enhancing drugs (such as) Adderall among college students and professionals. jenn.m.stevens Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:07:06 +0000 t545 adderall provigil ritalin neuroscience neuroenhancers pharmaceutical off label focus adhd attention new yorker concentration ethics college higher education competition booster productivity http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/04/gaming-pathology.ars Video game 'addiction' and troubled children: exploring the relationship. jenn.m.stevens Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:21:27 +0000 video games games t545 national institute media family gambling pathological gentile http://www.futurelab.org.uk/resources A wonderful collection of research papers, blogs, videos and other resources from a UK nonprofit interested in new learning technologies. A great resource for Ed School students looking for research ideas and citations! jenn.m.stevens Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:18:52 +0000 online video games social networking t545 school design mobile devices innovations informal learning assessment http://flux.futurelab.org.uk/2009/03/12/participatory-design-is-it-possible/ Interesting article about the pitfalls of participatory design (viewed through the lens of school construction). jenn.m.stevens Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:04:20 +0000 t545 participatory design ergonomics schools buildings http://smart1to1.blogspot.com/ Great blog on integrating technology into the classroom: he has a very clear view that teachers are the most important part of the equation, and should be treated with respect. jenn.m.stevens Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:43:08 +0000 t545 classroom technology smart services http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2009/090701.html jenn.m.stevens Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:15:35 +0000 video games t545 tetris ptsd stress oxford memory visual memory brain flashback trauma sensory working http://pmog.com/about An interesting twist on a game: this is a Firefox toolbar extension that adds to your web surfing experience by showing you hidden treasure, traps, and links left by fellow players. Their tagline is "Play the web"... it will be interesting to see if this catches on! jenn.m.stevens Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:57:08 +0000 games social networking t545 browser pmog firefox http://www.offworld.com/2009/02/nyc-game-design-inspired-schoo.html "New York's Institute of Play has officially announced the foundation of Quest to Learn, a new school for "digital kids" that will be accepting its first 6th grade class this fall, which "uses the underlying design principles of games to create highly immersive, game-like learning experiences for students." " jenn.m.stevens Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:46:25 +0000 games t545 new york nyc quest to learn institute of play game design rules of play http://consumerist.com/5150175/facebooks-new-terms-of-service-we-can-do-anything-we-want-with-your-content-forever "Now, anything you upload to Facebook can be used by Facebook in any way they deem fit, forever, no matter what you do later. Want to close your account? Good for you, but Facebook still has the right to do whatever it wants with your old content. They can even sublicense it if they want." jenn.m.stevens Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:30:46 +0000 online social networking facebook t545 sharing photo terms of service profile content rights privacy advertising http://googlesocialweb.blogspot.com/ "We think the web is better when it's social. Currently, you have friends locked up in one or more social networks, social applications that work on only a few sites, and multiple usernames and passwords to remember. It can be better, and we are developing tools to make "any app, any site, any friends" a reality." jenn.m.stevens Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:14:59 +0000 social networking t545 google friend connect opensocial social network http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/05/diy-eye-mouse-for-disabled-people/ "Two students from a technical high school in Argentina built a mouse that can be controlled by eye movements, which allows people with total paralysis to use the computer. Named the "Eye Mouse" this idea is not really new but what makes this case so different is that it is a DIY mouse that almost anyone can build with cheap and easy-to-find components. " jenn.m.stevens Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:47:39 +0000 bodily-kinesthetic t545 adaptive udl special needs interface design paralysis mouse http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-01/uor-plt011209.php "Research to be published online January 16 in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin shows that, contrary to popular belief, violence does not make video games more enjoyable." jenn.m.stevens Sat, 17 Jan 2009 02:23:54 +0000 video games games aggression challenge cognitive violent violence motivation engagement http://www.boingboing.net/2009/01/13/internet-is-full-of.html jenn.m.stevens Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:04:53 +0000 t561 internet cyberbullies sexual predators berkman bullying online safety child http://abcnews.go.com/OnCampus/Story?id=6555853&page=1 Parents on Facebook: close relationship with your kids, or an invasion of privacy? To be fair, my mom was on Facebook long before I was... jenn.m.stevens Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:15:58 +0000 social networking t561 facebook online social media social web 2.0