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How Has Google Affected The Way Students Learn?

MindShift

A 2008 study commissioned by the British Library found that young people go through information online very quickly without evaluating it for accuracy. Internet searching, Small says, is like a brain exercise that can be good for our mental health. The few studies available, however, do not seem to bode well for the Google generation.

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Flocabulary: Hip-Hop Learning That is Out of this World!

The Daring Librarian

Longtime Flocabulary Fangirl I've been a Flocabulary & Week in Rap fangirl since they came on the scene and have blogged about them back in 2009 and 2011.and Every week, sites, companies, and startups email me trying to get me to blog about their product - and while that's really flattering, this blog can't be bought! What's COOL?

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How a Flipped Syllabus, Twitter and YouTube Made This Professor Teacher of the Year

Edsurge

He has also been named a Master Educator by Course Hero , an education technology company that produced a short film on Boyer. . We also use a lot of maps from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection. If you try to have regimented exercises, every single person has to do the exact same thing. How did that come about?

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