Reblogged from Cosmos Magazine Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work and Learn by Cathy N. Davidson Viking Books 2011 A LOT HAS CHANGED in 50 years. Schools, workplaces and even the nature of how we work has been fundamentally redefined with the advent of … Cosmos – The Science of Everything reviews Now You See It
Reblogged from The Washington Post By Valerie Strauss This was written by Cathy N. Davidson, a Duke professor and author ofNow You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn. By Cathy N. Davidson The outcry against exploitative online for-profit education is growing at roughly the same rate … 7 key questions to ask about ed technology, online learning, by Cathy N. Davidson
Reblogged from Bookface: A Reader’s Online Diary MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2011 Now You See It, by Cathy N. Davidson I began this book tentatively, ready to set it down at the first sign of boredom. Given that it’s a book about the science of attention, this preconception already amused me. My attention, however, never wavered. … Bookface: A Reader's Online Diary
Reblogged from Forbes Lots of articles and columns wax on with advice for business leaders. They usually boil down to one or more of these objectives: how to attract/retain talent how to grow how to be innovative According to consultant Dev Patnaik, these challenges look different but they’re not. They can be achieved with a … The Power Of Hybrid Thinking, Forbes 12/5/11
Tired from All that Multitasking? Blame it on the Revolution. Posted on December 1, 2011 by Jim Sweeney Once upon a time, we went to work for a singular purpose: to do work. We dug ditches, directed traffic, operated machinery, sold insurance, created advertising, designed clothing, milked cows and on and on. And whatever your job was, that … Tired from All that Multitasking? Blame it on the Revolution.
DEC. 1, 10 A.M. The newsonomics of tomorrow What seemed not long ago like science fiction is closer to becoming science fact. How will that change the ways in which we report, distribute, and consume the news? By KEN DOCTOR
High-tech clicks … but only for some schools By JOE ROBERTSON The Kansas City Star KEITH MYERS [A student in Kelly Finn’s high-tech classroom at The Barstow School, 13 -year-old Ryan Olson used his convertable tablet computer as he led a recent discussion for a writers workshop class. The school puts new technologies to work … Kansas City Star: High-tech clicks … but only for some schools
Demonstrators calling for resignations and reforms in the wake of officer pepper-spraying UC-Davis protesters By Lisa M. Krieger lkrieger@mercurynews.com Posted: 11/22/2011 06:32:40 AM PST Updated: 11/22/2011 08:11:58 AM PST Images of police dousing students with pepper spray at UC Davis and jabbing them with batons at UC Berkeley drew national condemnation and set off new protests … San Jose Mercury News: Outrage mounting over UC police treatment of protesters
November 21, 2011 A Plea to College Presidents: Exercise Your Moral Leadership Wayne Tilcock, The Enterprise, AP Images A campus police officer sprays protesters at the U. of California at Davis in an incident that has galvanized the Occupy movement and led to calls for the chancellor’s resignation. Enlarge Image By Cathy N. Davidson On … Chronicle of Higher Education: "A Plea to College Presidents: Exercise your Moral Leadership"
What is wrong with a cop who walks calmly in front of a group of seated students, steadily shaking a can of pepper spray so he can better spread it over them like it’s a bug spray he’s applying to a nest of hornets? That was the question that I asked myself as I watched … Independent Voter Network, Quiet Davis campus set to demonstrate its outrage over pepper spray incident