Brain Rules: How the Internet Affects Reading

Monday, May 10, 2010

How the Internet Affects Reading

I came across some articles having to do with the effects of the internet on reading and thinking. Some you may have read before, but I am listing them here because they certainly give us something to think about.
Yes, the Internet is rotting your brain Laura Miller

Reading in a Digital Age Sven Birkerts

Is Google Making Us Stupid? Nicholas Carr

Why Abundance is Good: A Reply to Nicholas Carr Clay Shirky

Why Abundance Should Breed Optimism: A Second Reply to Nick Carr Clay Shirky

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jdzMay 20, 2010 at 1:25 PM
It is challenging to isolate the impact of google from that of television viewing. Both impact the brain and our connections. But we really do need to sort this out....
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School Hoping for Sweet Smell of Success

Belfast Telegraph--April 23, 2010

A primary school is hoping the whiff of peppermint and the sound of running water can help boost pupils' results.

All Saints Catholic Primary School in Liverpool is taking part in a four-week experiment designed to see if smells and sounds help youngsters' concentration skills and their ability to remember information. The smell of peppermint is being pumped into one classroom, while the other group of children will listen to sounds such as running water and rustling leaves.

The youngsters will take a daily five-minute computer test to see if the experiment is helping their learning.

Discussion Questions for Rule #2

1. Talk about evolution and its meaning. Our mind evolution has made us dominant in our known universe. Mirroring, autism, schizophrenia...how do our interacting minds affect classroom relationships?

2. It has been said that when a teacher "yells" at a student, it takes the whole class 20 minutes to recover from the stress. Any ideas about stress management for ourselves and our classrooms?

3. Speaking of stress, the article "Get Smarter" speaks of an era of rapid change that compares to the changing environment of the Ice Age. As we make the transition from the Holocene epoch into the Nőo epoch, what can we expect? What signs of the Nőo epoch do you already see?

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Monday, May 10, 2010

How the Internet Affects Reading

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