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The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
When Nicholas Carr wrote the infamous article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” (2008), he made waves in the education community who had bought into the Marc Prensky vision of today’s students as “digital natives” (2005). While making impetuous decisions about technology integration in schools, Carr halted everyone into thinking maybe we should be a bit…
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Literacy is NOT Enough by Lee Crockett, Ian Jukes and Andrew Churches
Literacy Is NOT Enough: 21st Century Fluencies for the Digital Age by Lee Crockett My rating: 3 of 5 stars Andrew Churches has been one of my professional development gurus ever since he developed the Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy https://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloo… . This is my first encounter with the other two authors and I think they’ve….watered down…
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Research methods and methodologies in education by Larry V. Hedges
Research Methods and Methodologies in Education by Larry V. Hedges My rating: 4 of 5 stars A qualitatively comprehensive guide to research methods in education. I guess education by nature is a social science so my only disappointment with this book is that it didn’t make me any better at math. I was hoping to…
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Karen Martin says “Research is a tool of colonialism”
Martin’s research is so refreshing! I can’t seem to find the link to the actual chapter online but here are a couple of the places you can find her work: http://www.isrn.qut.edu.au/pdf/members/researchers/Martin.member.pdf http://www.e-contentmanagement.com/books/283/please-knock-before-you-enter-aboriginal “Research can help understand problems, or it can perpetuate problems. This is particularly evident in research that involves Aboriginal people because the power…
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Grown Up Digital: How the net generation is changing your world
Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation Is Changing Your World by Don Tapscott My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’m so glad that Don Tapscott is Canadian. Knowing that he’s a local expert and is so prescient in his thinking made this book an even more enjoyable read. I actually listened to it on…
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Tuned out: Engaging the 21st century learner by Karen Hume
Tuned Out: Engaging The 21st Century Learner by Karen Hume My rating: 2 of 5 stars If you want a quick snapshot of all that’s happening in educational theory, this is the book for you. At the risk of sounding over-confident, this is exactly why this book was not for me. It’s a basic primer…
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