August 2010
8 posts
“Teachers have found that Kodu builds critical thinking skills and creativity in...”
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Kodu Kamp for Kids | Stories | Fuse Labs
“Unlike a rake, a pen, or even a jackhammer, a digital technology is programmed....”
– OR Books — Program or be Programmed: Ten Commands for Digital Age, by Douglas Rushkoff
I’m not a fan of absolutes, like his title, but I’m going to pre-order the ebook and hear him out. I expect there will be good insights.
“When journalists get attacked from the left and the right, they take it as...”
– Jay Rosen on the media: Seven questions for Jay Rosen | The Economist
“Infection by a Toxoplasma gondii could make some individuals more prone to some...”
– may influence human culture (Mind-controlling parasites go back millions of years - Technology & science - Science) (via Instapaper)
“Why do we enjoy things like bitter foods and horror films? And are we the only...”
– Why Do We Like What We Like? : NPR
“Reporting in Science, researchers describe how the sense of touch influences the...”
– How The Sense Of Touch Influences The Mind : NPR
“programming should be used as a means to introduce kids to ways of thinking and...”
– Computational Thinking, Programming…and the Google App Inventor – SmartBean
“[With the advent of photography] The ‘value’ of painting a family portrait...”
– Modern Journalism? « Rosenblum TV 