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How Technology Can Impact Children’s Learning

July 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Education

Our colleague at Fablevision, Peter Reynolds, lead an interactive investigation with actor Eric Close at the National Educational Computing Conference to demonstrate how technology can impact learning and excite children about education. The event was hosted by Verizon Foundation’s Thinkfinity.org, which offers elementary through high school teachers resources across eight academic disciplines, from science to [...]

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The transformation of journalism

June 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Psychology

A friend in the news industry sent me this blog posting by Robert Niles (USC Journalism School) that I just got around to reading, “When journalists hate journalism”
Niles’ reports that unlike other industries, such as music, where professionals in the industry are the biggest fans of the industry, that:
Many journalists despise TV news. They hate [...]

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