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Everything Bad is Good for You
 

Everything Bad is Good for You

by Steven Johnson

In his fourth book, Everything Bad Is Good for You, iconoclastic science writer Steven Johnson (who used himself as a test subject for the latest neurological technology in his last book, Mind Wide Open) takes on one of the most widely held preconceptions of the postmodern world--the belief that video games, television shows, and other forms of popular entertainment are detrimental to... (read more)

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Edu -Tech (Technology in Education?) 33 books / 70 members / 45 posts Technology and education are such a fantastic topic! Recently someone relayed this little anecdote:

Rip Van Winkle, after sleeping for 200 years awakens in 2007 and begins to walk around. He shudders as an airplane flies by and wonders what this huge metal bird could be. He comes to a road and is almost killed by whizzing metal boxes with wheels carrying people by at great speeds. Exhausted and frightened he walks into a school and here he finds comfort because almost everything is as it was, except maybe the chalkboard is a different color.

I know there are some exceptions to this, a few schools that have had the funding or beneficiaries to put in computers (at least in the library) but really is education keeping up with the times. How do you think we can better education using technology? Should we change the way our children are learning?

Let's start a lively discussion and start choosing books to enrich the experience.

I hope you will join me to discuss this very important topic!
Pop-Culture Junkies 445 books / 109 members / 669 posts Pop-culture junkie bibliophiles of the world unite. This group is for those of us who are proud to let the fangirl/fanboy flag fly and happily admit to our pop-culture junkie status. If you own enough movies to open up your own rental store, have more books than you do shelves, have ventured into a comic store more than once in your life, find yourself quoting a book, movie, or television show at least once daily, and thank the tv gods that DVR/Tivo was ever invented...then this is the group for you. We'll discuss the latest in pop culture media and have a good time. The group promises to be a chock full of hoot and a lil bit of nany. Possibly even legend...wait for it...ary.
Pepperdine OMET 14 books / 1 members / 0 posts This group is created as a forum enabling Pepperdine's OMET students to share their favorite books with one another. Feel free to discuss/add books about action research, collaboration or any other intriguing book about technology and education.
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