Social Networking to Social Learning
As a teacher, internet technologies have always fascinated me simply due to their immense potential in reshaping learning and opening new avenues of knowledge sharing. I can confidently state that I have observed increased interest and motivation in students due to the change in the …
Read MoreLearning with Facebook Games
You may often hear in popular media about using games for educational purposes. The old school of thought may seriously questions the very idea of using games for learning and maybe rightly so. Games back then were seldom conceived for making people learn. They were …
Read MoreReview – How to Lie with Statistics
In his book, “How to Lie with Statistics”, Darrell Huff highlights the problems associated with statistics. He reveals some of the problems such as those of sampling procedures, the ambiguity of the term “average,” the problems of size, the validity of measures, and pictures or …
Read MoreReview – Understanding Media, the Extensions of Man
“Understanding Media, the Extensions of Man” is a wonderful book to read. Its author Marshall McLuhan seems to be searching for important issues such as the meaning of media, relationships between the media and the electronic age, and the psychic and social consequences of media …
Read MoreReview – Communication Technology: The New Media in Society
Communication Technology: The New Media in Society by Everett Rogers’ is an interesting book that focuses on the importance of the new technologies and their relationship to the old technologies. The author thoroughly discusses the uses of technology and their significance to any research in …
Read MoreReview – Television in America
George Comstock’s Television in America is a wonderful book that mainly describes the roles which the television medium has played in the American culture. The author keeps the reader engulfed in reading the book by narrating the chronological development of television in America. He describes …
Read MoreLove at first sight!
You must have heard the famous phrase; first impression is the last impression. To reword it a little differently first impression leaves a lasting impression. Surely, it is not only the first impression that lets us earthlings decide how we perceive a myriad of mundane …
Read MoreBrain Plasticity
Our brain’s ability to change and adapt is simply amazing. Brain plasticity is the ability of the brain to change continuously throughout the life. Brain has the extra-ordinary ability to organize and re-organize itself as new connections are made between brain cells. I am sure …
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