“What she attempts to do in her book is offer “a systematic way of looking at our old twentieth-century habits so that we can break them,” and she does so by looking at the latest brain science concerning attention… This is an important and necessary addition to the conversation about how the Internet is affecting … Jack Covert Selects – Now You See It on 800ceoread
“As long as we focus on the object we know, we will miss the new one we need to see,” Davidson writes. “The process of unlearning in order to relearn demands a new concept of knowledge not as thing but as a process, not as a noun but as a verb.” The challenge of meeting … The Daily Beast, August 17, 2011
“It’s the oldest trick in the book: If you have a boring task, make it seem like fun…For younger children especially, physical activity can help kids concentrate on the activity…Making kids take responsibility for their own conduct also works…Making schoolwork relevant to to a child’s larger community, family or neighborhood is another tactic teachers use … The Wall Street Journal, August 15, 2011
“As Ms. Davidson puts it: “Pundits may be asking if the Internet is bad for our children’s mental development, but the better question is whether the form of learning and knowledge-making we are instilling in our children is useful to their future.” In her galvanic new book Now You See It, Ms. Davidson asks, and … The New York Times, August 8, 2011
Reblogged from hastac.org, written by Cathy Davidson. I am an Edu-Traitor. I am a college professor. What I am about to say may well be perceived as supporting attitudes thought to be against the interests and well-being of college professors. Here goes: I do not think going to university should be the be-all and end-all … Inside Higher Ed, August 9, 2011
This post originally appeared in The Huffington Post. Kids Are Wired Differently By John M. Eger, Author and Lecturer on Creativity and Innovation, Education and Economic Development In a book to be released later this month (August 18) called Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, … "What Dr. Davidson started turned out to be a tsunami in the use of technology in education. Today we know a lot more about how kids learn and what we need to do to reinvent the curriculum."
Reblogged from “Bookish,” a book blog with Maggie Galehouse Allegedly, summer reading is frothy. But for some reason, this summer has brought more than its share of books on the brain and brain science — fascinating stuff but far from the breezy love on the beach stuff we’ve all come to expect when the weather heats … "Now You See It" named one of top three "Brain-y Books" for summer reading
A preview of the future from an educational innovator. Davidson (The Future of Thinking, 2010, etc.), who codirects the annual HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning competitions, describes an experiment where most of a group told to count passes between basketball players in a short film fails to spot a person who walks through the … NYSI in Kirkus Reviews
Five New Members Join the National Council on the Humanities
WASHINGTON (July 14, 2011) — Jim Leach, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), today swore in five new members of the Endowment’s advisory board at NEH headquarters. The board, called the National Council on the Humanities, consists of 26 distinguished citizens. The five new Council members, Albert J. Beveridge III, Constance M. Carroll, Cathy N. Davidson, Paula Barker Duffy, and Martha Wagner Weinbergwere nominated by President Barack Obama in September and December of 2010 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 26, 2011. The new members begin their terms today at the Council’s summer 2011 meeting on July 14-15.
Bull City Mutterings is the personal blog of Reyn Bowman, President Emeritus of the Durham (N.C.) Convention & Visitors Bureau. Opinions expressed here are those of the author. TUESDAY, JULY 05, 2011 Better to Transform Than Whine I’m sorry but with 14 million Americans out of work, I found it hard to listen to people … Bull City Mutterings: Better to Transform than Whine