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How to Combat the “Hey Look! A Squirrel!” Syndrome

Jigsaw Interactive

We all see students in television shows and movies sitting in neat little rows, listening attentively to the teacher, and answering questions. Studies have shown that young children ages 4 to 9 have an attention span of only 8-27 minutes, ages 10-13 of only 20-39 minutes, and ages 14-18 of only 28-54 minutes. A Squirrel!”

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My First 72 hours with the Blackberry Playbook

mLearning Revolution

I enjoy listening to music and watching videos on YouTube. The Music and Books Services. One thing I really like about Apple and Google is that they both have a single user id and password for just about every service, so once I setup my device, it knows who I am and I can begin purchasing apps, music, movies etc.

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Ted Nelson’s Unbook

Jay Cross

Last night I attended a celebration of the publication of Ted Nelson’s autobiographical unbook , Possiplex: Movies, Intellect, and Creative Control. Her symphony and song, To such a deep delight ’twould win me, That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air, That sunny dome! A new unbook. Be forewarned.