July 2009
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June 2009
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“The old-style lecture, with the professor standing at the podium in front of a...”
– Edge: THE IMPENDING DEMISE OF THE UNIVERSITY By Don Tapscott
“Ideas themselves are perhaps the ultimate social software, evolving via the...”
– Tom O’Reilley
“Now, though, for the first time in its history, young people are watching less...”
– Check out this great article from Edge.org on the “cognitive surplus” and how we can take advantage of it. Be sure to read the articles and watch the video too!
Edge: GIN, TELEVISION, AND COGNITIVE SURPLUS A Talk By Clay Shirky
National Center for the History of Electronic... →
This is an excellent resource on the history of video games. I recommend reading the PDF file at the bottom of the page, “Concentric Circles: A Lens for Exploring the History of Electronic Games”.
It’s not often that we think of video games as artifacts of history, but they have been integral to modern cultural, aesthetic and educational development. This institution does us a...