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16 Dec 08

Pew Internet & American Life Project Commentary

There's a 100+ page report just released from Pew titled "The Next Future of the Internet" that can be downloaded from this site.

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new report on the future of the internet.
mobile device will be the primary connection tool to the internet for most people in the world in 2020.

22 Nov 08

UCLA study finds that searching the Internet increases brain function / UCLA Newsroom

Looked at middle aged and older adults to see the effect of internet searching on brain activity.

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Web search activity may help stimulate and possibly improve brain function.
emerging computerized technologies may have physiological effects and potential benefits for middle-aged and older adults,
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- While all participants demonstrated the same brain activity that was seen during the book-reading task, the Web-savvy group also registered activity in the frontal, temporal and cingulate areas of the brain, which control decision-making and complex reasoning.
- Internet searching appears to engage a greater extent of neural circuitry that is not activated during reading
- Compared with simple reading, the Internet's wealth of choices requires that people make decisions about what to click on in order to pursue more information, an activity that engages important cognitive circuits in the brain.

28 Oct 08

Is surfing the Internet altering your brain? | Technology | Reuters

Gary Small, the author of a new book says that human evolution is going to be influenced by technology.

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tech-savvy at the top of the new social order.
- Is this an overstatement designed to grab attention? Or is it already happening? - on 2008-10-28
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- iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind
  - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0061340332/?tag=yahhyd-20&hvadid=42998415511&ref=pd_sl_340mdkxi8o_b - on 2008-10-28
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- digital natives
  - arghh. I hate this term! - on 2008-10-28
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- neglecting human contact skills and losing the ability to read emotional expressions and body language
  - We've been neglecting this even prior to the 21st century and technology pushes. - on 2008-10-28
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29 Apr 08

Characteristics of Information

A companion to the Vision of Students Today, done by the same anthropology class. Not as viral, clearly, but also very thought provoking. Students don't need us to provide information, they need us to teach them how to make knowledge of information.

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