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A roundup of the most interesting stories from other sites, collected by the staff at MIT Technology Review. 
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Beyond increasing the amount of information that students can access, the new abundant economy of information has far greater implications. It represents both a shift in the way that future classrooms will operate as well as in the student behaviors that we will value and expect.
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Facebook acquired Oculus Rift because it believes virtual reality could be the next big thing after mobile.
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Cigarette smoking has decreased over 20% among American adults since the 1960s. This doesn’t mean, however, that we’ve turned our back on our addictive tendencies. Instead we’ve found other vices to consume us. Via Brian Yanish - MarketingHits.com
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Thanks to technology, our brains are being rewired -- for better or worse.
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Going through a paradigm shift into the technology era definitely has multiple changes and reactions to such technology when it comes to the human brain. Such as constantly using technology from the time we wake up to when we go to bed. In this article, “8 ways Tech has completely rewired our brains” by Rebecca Hiscott shows how even when we sleep we dream differently. Showing how individuals that grew up with black and white televisions which more so dream in black and white to the younger generation who dream in color due to our progress in technology. This distinct example shows how the paradigm shift for our generation is just beginning. Hiscott, Rebecca. 8 ways Tech has comepletely rewired our brains. New York City: Mashable, 2014. N. pag. American Psychological Assocation. Web. 31 Aug. 2014. <http://mashable.com/2014/03/14/tech-brains-neuroplasticity/>.
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Among the highlights: Emerging markets continue to lead in the 8% year-over-year growth in global Internet users, with China adding the most (264 million users
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"The latest installment of Edutopia’s Big Thinkers Series highlights the role of writing in the new Digital Age. There is a great short video that highlights the changing role of writing in the modern world: the writing/editing process, publication (including the rise of self-publication), and collaborative writing and analyses processes."
7 1/2 minute video features Elyse Eidman-Aadahk, Co-Director of the National Writing Project Via Jim Lerman
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" FROM HASTAC: This came through over a listserv - I thought group members might be interested: Media@McGill’s Participatory Open Online Course (POOC) on The Participatory Condition is now open for registration (http://www.pcond.ca/pooc/). ... "
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The world of social media is increasing and has a powerful role to play in the future. In 2012, more than 63% of online users visited more number of social media websites than any other types, and that number is expected to continue going up through 2013. View this infographic to find more statistics about online behavior and the use of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest and Instagram across the globe... Via Lauren Moss
Angie Mc's curator insight,
January 26, 2014 10:13 AM
Making friends worldwide is one of the best parts of participating in social media. I especially love how Twitter makes it easy to connect across time zones. 
Lydia Gracia's curator insight,
February 14, 2014 5:20 AM
La Guia completa del Social Media en el Mundo
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Clay Shirky, author of the just released "Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations" speaking at Harvard Law School's Austin Hall o...
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What is the connection between Social Networks and Being Lonely? Inspired and Based on the wonderful book by Sherry Turkle - Alone Together. Also Based on Dr.…
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Robin Good's curator insight,
March 30, 2014 1:37 PM
This short but quite interesting video update looks at emerging news curation apps designed to gather and select the most relevant news for their users. The video covers also the value of curation over original journalism and issues of copyright and fair use. Interesting. Informative. 7/10 Original video: http://youtu.be/Gf3SYrt2Jgw 
Bob Boynton's comment,
March 31, 2014 12:51 AM
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socialcompany's curator insight,
May 23, 2014 9:04 AM
stories behind circa, inside, newsy, good short videos.
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Hucksters for innovation play down its political, economic, and environmental costs.
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45-year-old Chris Dancy is known as "the most connected guy in the world."
John Shank's insight:
Is this a glimpse into the future of a "connected human"?
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Advocates of a free and open Internet could see this coming, but today's ruling from a Washington appeals court striking down the FCC's rules protecting the open net was worse than the most dire forecasts.
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In a new book, Howard Gardner and Katie Davis say social media may be pushing young people to prematurely cement their identities.
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Keynote for Wikimedia UK GLAM-WIKI conference, British Library, London, April 12, 2013. https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI_2013 Also presented at the Natio
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MIT Professor Alex "Sandy" Pentland - Keynote at the Campus Party event at the o2 Center - http://blog.prezi.com/latest/2013/9/11/big-data-is-changing-everything-top-data-scientist-shows-us.html
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John Shank's insight:
Lots of Web 2.0 Sites.
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Under “Koomey’s law,” it’s efficiency, not power, that doubles every year and a half.
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