Twitter Book Club: S. Craig Watkins (2009) The Young & The Digital - Chapter 1

"Indeed, by the late 1990s the Internet was the primary motivation for purchasing a computer, as the two, (cont) http://tl.gd/2q5v8jless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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Citing a 1995 Carnegie Mellon study by Robert Kraut, "Of all the variables that the researchers (cont) http://tl.gd/2q66qjless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"It turns out that teens were especially attracted (in 1995 study) to the applications that allowed them to (cont) http://tl.gd/2q682sless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"By 2004 more than half of American teens reported that they created content for the Web." Watkinsless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"If you have done any of these things (uploaded a video, crafted a Flickr scrapbook, blogged, or managed a (cont) http://tl.gd/2q6g1cless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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RT @anderscj Twitlonger: "If you have done any of these things (uploaded a video, crafted a Flickr .. http://tl.gd/2q6g1cless than a minute ago via webJill Bromenschenkel
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"It turns out that the (TV) networks aggressively target young viewers not because they watch more (cont) http://tl.gd/2q6ldjless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"In computer-mediated environments made especially for them, children are learning to build, create, and (cont) http://tl.gd/2q6ph0less than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"The truth is that Americans watched television more out of habit than any innate desire for the medium." Watkinsless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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I am finding this to be more and more true for myself. Last week my family got the unique pleasure of being a Nielsen Family. We had to keep a detailed log of when the television was on, if anyone was actually watching it, and which family members were watching it. Our family television set was on an average of 2 hours a day but our individual average was more like 30 minutes of actual television viewing. My 2 year old by far watched the most by watching 2 episodes of Yo Gabba Gabba each day (20 min ea). Everyone else's viewing was eratic. I don't think anyone else watched a whole program from start to finish. I know this would not have been true even three years ago. I remember getting home from school when I first started teaching, being burned out, and watching television sometimes 4-5 hours in a row. But, I feel like I consume far more media today than ever before even though the Nielsen survey showed clearly that I only use the television for 2-3 hours of viewing per week now. Now, how much am I paying a month for this?

@anderscj Link or citation . . . interesting info.less than a minute ago via TweetDeckGregory Thompson
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@akamrt Watkins, S. Craig (2009) The Young & the Digital: wht migration 2 soc ntwk sites, games, & anytime anywhere media means 4 our futureless than a minute ago via Twitterrificanderscj
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Weekly Tech Tip - Metacognition

Weekly Tech Tip:

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Twitter Book Club Lineup

A few people on Twitter have asked me what I plan on reading for Twitter Book Club in the near future. While I reserve the right to change this linup, below are the books I intend on reading as Twitter Book Club reads:




Some of these books are books I have already read, like Experience & Education, and What Schools are For, but did so at a time when my thinking about teaching and learning were different than they are now. I think rereading them now I will find new and different interpretations of them. Others, like Pedagogy of the Oppressed, I know of and am very familiar with the essence of the work but have never actually sat down to read the book myself. Still others, like The Young & the Digital, Hamlet's Blackberry, The Machine Stops, and Deschooling Society are new to me. I am also open to suggestions for future Twitter Book Club readings.

Twitter Book Club - Seymour Papert's "The Children's Machine" Chapter 10

"For many people the restrictions of poverty, prejudice, and our own forms of bureaucracy make a mockery of (cont) http://tl.gd/2pidjdless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"We are living with an educational system that is fundamentally as irrational as the command economy and (cont) http://tl.gd/2pig01less than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"His (Bush) remedies (national system of tests) were the remedies the bureaucratic mind proposes (cont) http://tl.gd/2piiu9less than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"Nervousness about being tested on subjects that feel alien is the surest way to turn off what little (cont) http://tl.gd/2piko9less than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"tests would reinforce in her a very strong and distasteful image of science as a list of facts to be memorized like a ritual." Papertless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"Nervousness about the test could make the teacher reticent about spending time on any but the testable aspects of science." Papertless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"If the tests are inherited from the past or imitated from the rest of the world, they will inhibit us from (cont) http://tl.gd/2pio6uless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"The way to be first, therefore, is not to play catch-up but to take the lead in new directions." Papertless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"I have seen children in 'special ed' classes use it militantly to assert their real identity against (cont) http://tl.gd/2pj42mless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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I was one such child. When I was in 2nd grade I was placed in "special ed" because of my handwriting. By 3rd grade the computer was introduced in the school classrooms and I was able to use it to express myself where I was unable to with my pencil.

"while many alternative schools define themselves by a domain of interest such as art or writing or (cont) http://tl.gd/2pj5cpless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"On their model, researchers should develop large numbers of different ideas, test them rigorously, select (cont) http://tl.gd/2pj7l8less than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"The ridiculous situation where supply and demand exist but cannot meet comes from the commitment to uniformity in schools." Papertless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"The bureaucrat thinks you can make people believe something by issuing orders." Papertless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"This belief is supported by the rationalist, who believes that you can make people believe something by advancing convincing arguments."less than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"A central feature of the little school idea is that it permits a group of like-minded people--teachers, (cont) http://tl.gd/2pjdgtless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"The design of a learning environment has to take account of the cultural environment as well, and it's (cont) http://tl.gd/2pjh4mless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"A typical parent's reaction will be much more positive to a child coming home and saying, 'I did math with (cont) http://tl.gd/2pjjeeless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"Even the always more or less illusory belief that in a large school there is a better chance to have a (cont) http://tl.gd/2pjnj0less than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"public school has paid the heavy price of bureaucratization without adequately protecting those in greatest need." Papertless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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This concludes my reading of Seymour Papert's 'The Children's Machine.'less than a minute ago via Twitterrificanderscj
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Tomorrow I will begin reading S. Craig Watkins, "The Young & the Digital" for Twitter Book Clubless than a minute ago via Twitterrificanderscj
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RT @anderscj: Tomorrow I will begin reading S. Craig Watkins, "The Young & the Digital" for Twitter Book Clubless than a minute ago via TweetDeckJill Bromenschenkel
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@anderscj Twitter Book Club? How did that come about?less than a minute ago via TweetDeckBrian K
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@briankotts Twitter Book Club came about 12 days ago as an experiment of mine to see if I could synthesize soc contruction of knowledge,less than a minute ago via mobile webanderscj
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@briankotts Twitter Book Club has a membership of 1. Its an activity, not a club.less than a minute ago via mobile webanderscj
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@anderscj It just sounded like a great idea.less than a minute ago via TweetDeckBrian K
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