Comments for Lost in Thought http://tracey7.edublogs.org Another excellent Edublogs.org weblog Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:57:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 Comment on Is Playstation really that bad? by Jane http://tracey7.edublogs.org/2008/08/19/is-playstation-completely-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Jane Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:57:51 +0000 http://tracey7.edublogs.org/?p=14#comment-10 Tracey, OK you got me to search further....! The Austin Group did a review of video games. See http://www.videogames.agigametoys.com/ (iGames and Toys). Apparently Dr Rosser is known as the "Nintendo surgeon". Also further findings in this study were: "Rosser does point out that surgeons perform better with just three hours of video game play per week ... to that child out there that thinks that they got a free pass to play video games carte blanche, I say 'Nooo, sadly mistaken." Jane Tracey,
OK you got me to search further….!

The Austin Group did a review of video games.
See http://www.videogames.agigametoys.com/
(iGames and Toys).

Apparently Dr Rosser is known as the “Nintendo surgeon”.

Also further findings in this study were:
“Rosser does point out that surgeons perform better with just three hours of video game play per week … to that child out there that thinks that they got a free pass to play video games carte blanche, I say ‘Nooo, sadly mistaken.”

Jane

]]> Comment on Time by Is computer latin for ‘con’ meaning ‘consume’ and ‘puter’ for ‘time’? | Mark Clancy's Bloggy Departure Lounge http://tracey7.edublogs.org/2008/10/25/time/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Is computer latin for ‘con’ meaning ‘consume’ and ‘puter’ for ‘time’? | Mark Clancy's Bloggy Departure Lounge Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:23:27 +0000 http://tracey7.edublogs.org/?p=21#comment-9 [...] Basil’s response to Madhu’s podcastmy heart went out to them both. But the current drain on our time that dig. [...] [...] Basil’s response to Madhu’s podcastmy heart went out to them both. But the current drain on our time that dig. [...]

]]> Comment on Learning with a mobile phone! by crinoidea http://tracey7.edublogs.org/2008/08/05/learning-with-a-mobile-phone-2/comment-page-1/#comment-8 crinoidea Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:10:38 +0000 http://tracey7.edublogs.org/?p=6#comment-8 You could use this for all sorts of survey questions. Yes/No questions make for easier comparisons, don't they just? You could use this for all sorts of survey questions. Yes/No questions make for easier comparisons, don’t they just?

]]> Comment on Time by crinoidea http://tracey7.edublogs.org/2008/10/25/time/comment-page-1/#comment-7 crinoidea Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:06:58 +0000 http://tracey7.edublogs.org/?p=21#comment-7 My point is: eventually, technology will make lessons quicker to prepare for...once we 'get over the hump'.... I must say that there are easier programs and there are harder ones too... I mean why can you simply paste a link or some writing (loaded with Word formatting) straight into facebook and it will appear without nonsense formatting language, automatically as a hyperlink, with all pictures viewable immediately, but with dear Edublogs (which we still applaud) this is all not so simple... And the amount of jargon that Facebook and Friendster somehow manage to do away with but Edublogs is loaded with doesn't help either... OOOps... I got started again!! My point is: eventually, technology will make lessons quicker to prepare for…once we ‘get over the hump’….

I must say that there are easier programs and there are harder ones too…
I mean why can you simply paste a link or some writing (loaded with Word formatting) straight into facebook and it will appear without nonsense formatting language, automatically as a hyperlink, with all pictures viewable immediately, but with dear Edublogs (which we still applaud) this is all not so simple…

And the amount of jargon that Facebook and Friendster somehow manage to do away with but Edublogs is loaded with doesn’t help either…

OOOps… I got started again!!

]]> Comment on Time by crinoidea http://tracey7.edublogs.org/2008/10/25/time/comment-page-1/#comment-6 crinoidea Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:46:13 +0000 http://tracey7.edublogs.org/?p=21#comment-6 It used to take me ages to produce an assignment using Word, with tables and figures and pictures inside it... I mean hour after hour of frustration with out of control formatting issues. But now it is soooo much quicker. It shouldn't take nearly as long once we've got our systems in place and we've planned and taught these lessons with technology once or twice. Pretty much like any lesson. The trick is to be able to use pre-made electronic/digital resources where possible and modify these as needed (of course respecting the copyrights of the authors) As months turn into years, we could incorporate technology increasingly more, as time permits. NOT TO SAY THAT I'VE NOT FELT SOME FRUSTRATION OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME TAKEN UP TOO!!! It used to take me ages to produce an assignment using Word, with tables and figures and pictures inside it…

I mean hour after hour of frustration with out of control formatting issues.

But now it is soooo much quicker.

It shouldn’t take nearly as long once we’ve got our systems in place and we’ve planned and taught these lessons with technology once or twice.

Pretty much like any lesson.

The trick is to be able to use pre-made electronic/digital resources where possible and modify these as needed (of course respecting the copyrights of the authors)

As months turn into years, we could incorporate technology increasingly more, as time permits.

NOT TO SAY THAT I’VE NOT FELT SOME FRUSTRATION OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME TAKEN UP TOO!!!

]]> Comment on Widening the divide between rich and poor by paulgray123 http://tracey7.edublogs.org/2008/08/10/widening-the-divide-between-rich-and-poor/comment-page-1/#comment-5 paulgray123 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:03:17 +0000 http://tracey7.edublogs.org/?p=10#comment-5 I know we are not meant to comment on parity,income and justice in this course as stated in the first lecture. However with 2.2 billion children in the world and 1 billion living in poverty it does make you wonder about access to technology. The Year 9 class on prac were barely interested in using the computer for anything more than illegally downloading songs and playing games.About 20% of the class weren't even connected to the internet. I know we are not meant to comment on parity,income and justice in this course as stated in the first lecture. However with 2.2 billion children in the world and 1 billion living in poverty it does make you wonder about access to technology.

The Year 9 class on prac were barely interested in using the computer for anything more than illegally downloading songs and playing games.About 20% of the class weren’t even connected to the internet.

]]> Comment on Learning with a mobile phone! by Integrating…Technology…In…The…Classroom | Nico's educational views http://tracey7.edublogs.org/2008/08/05/learning-with-a-mobile-phone-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Integrating…Technology…In…The…Classroom | Nico's educational views Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:45:14 +0000 http://tracey7.edublogs.org/?p=6#comment-4 [...] can also read this post on the use of mobile phones, just to give you a taste of what can be done and how EASY it is (and I mean easy: just let the [...] [...] can also read this post on the use of mobile phones, just to give you a taste of what can be done and how EASY it is (and I mean easy: just let the [...]

]]> Comment on Widening the divide between rich and poor by The digital divide | Madhu at UTS http://tracey7.edublogs.org/2008/08/10/widening-the-divide-between-rich-and-poor/comment-page-1/#comment-3 The digital divide | Madhu at UTS Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:03:15 +0000 http://tracey7.edublogs.org/?p=10#comment-3 [...] Tracey’s blog (Widening the divide between rich and poor, 10 Aug) alerted me to another issue that we as [...] [WORDPRESS HASHCASH] The comment's server IP (72.34.60.86) doesn't match the comment's URL host IP () and so is spam. [...] Tracey’s blog (Widening the divide between rich and poor, 10 Aug) alerted me to another issue that we as [...]

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