bookmarks for January 5th, 2011 through January 7th, 2011

Online Game Teaches Citation Skills – The Chronicle – Yeah, ok, maybe. I wonder if the game gets in the way of really reading the work for anything but relevance and cred. Might be teaching to the task rather than leaning. The emphasis seems to be less on learning from the reading and more on deciding whether it's worth reading later. And for those, like me, who shake our heads in sorry contempt at competition, the matter would be a distraction. – (bibliography reference hulahoop distraction flashinthepan )
myth: instant communication is shallow » Cyborgology – Good entry point to the ongoing discussion on digital comm, education, et al. "Ultimately, putting down ways of communicating foreign to you as inherently less deep, real and worthwhile is a claim to power. It is a way to reduce the ‘other’ as less fully human and capable." – (linguistics cultofamateur )

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