Tag: Cognitive Stuff
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Why is IQ still even considered?
There are many camps, seemingly more so in the US that believe that IQ is a true measure of one’s potential. So when I saw this story in my reader this morning, I thought it might be something interesting after reading the headline “Why IQ Matters”. But then seeing the graph that is the post,…
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Will Wright, Montessori and toys
GU has a bit part on Wright’s comments from SxSW: I went to Montessori school till 5th grade, and Maria Montessori, her idea was if you build toys and let kids play with them, they explore and discover the principles of the world around them by themselves. The games I make I think of in…
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Bubbl.us Online Mind Mapping
If you have used CMaps, but don’t like it as much as you wanted to, try this. It’s really pretty basic, but also pretty, and that is sometimes all you need to get going dumping ideas out of the old noodle bin. A note of warning, if you are a fast typer, you might not…
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Yahoo Pipes – intro to connectivism
I picked this up from Google News and then from Searchblog – Yahoo Pipes (seems very slow right now). Like the others that are buzzing about this, I think it’s going to be a real groundbreaker – but not for the average user, but for the students and researchers. My take on it is of…
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Innovate Online – Boettcher and 10 Core Principles for Designing Effective Learning Environments
I’ll start with the list: Every Structured Learning Experience Has Four Elements with the Learner at the Center Every Learning Experience Includes the Environment in which the Learner Interacts We Shape Our Tools and Our Tools Shape Us Faculty are the Directors of the Learning Experience Learners Bring Their Own Personalized Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes…