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The future of intelligence

Learning with 'e's

Futurologist Ray Kurzweil's argument looks beyond these issues, holding that the tools we have available to us as a result of networked social media and personal devices, actually enable us to increase our cognitive abilities. A persistent digital divide exists between the industrialised world and emerging countries.

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Mark Bauerlein on Arguments for and Against Facebook, Google, Texting, and the Age of Social Networking

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join me Tuesday, May 15th, for live and interactive Future of Education conversation with Mark Bauerlein to talk about his new book, The Digital Divide: Arguments for and Against Facebook, Google, Texting, and the Age of Social Networking , and how this reflects our perspectives on teaching and learning. psid=2012-05-15.1018.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350

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The Politics of Education Technology

Hack Education

Facebook is, although Mark Zuckerberg denies it , a media company. Already a key part of many people’s information consumption, Facebook explicitly wants to become an education company, working with a charter school chain to develop education software. Facebook, like Google, is an advertising company. Well, students for starters.