Tag Archives: Psychology

How Does Google Autocomplete EdTech Terms?

Posted on January 28, 2014 by karen mahon

Did you all see the image online about each state’s biggest stereotype, according to Google’s autocomplete feature in search? If you missed it, here’s the image from the Huffington Post.

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Worksheets: BAD. Technology: GOOD. An Analysis.

Posted on March 24, 2013 by karen mahon

I was skimming through my twitter feed the other day and saw a tweet that stopped me dead in my tracks. I can’t quote it verbatim now, but it said something like this: Worksheets allow teachers to pretend that they’re … Continue reading →

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Game Apps that I Love to Hate

Posted on March 19, 2013 by karen mahon

Do you guys have games that you play on your smartphones or tablets that drive you crazy? You know, the ones that, for the life of you, you can’t figure out WHY IN GOD’S NAME you are wasting your life … Continue reading →

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Is Free Will Really Free?

Posted on November 30, 2012 by karen mahon

I’m sure I’ll live to regret this, but I have the itch to write about free will today.  What the heck, it’s Friday, right?  I was reading The Desire for Autonomy on one of my favorite blogs, The Creativity Post.  In that … Continue reading →

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Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation…a false dichotomy?

Posted on July 3, 2012 by karen mahon

I had a fascinating “debate” of sorts with some of my Twitter colleagues two weeks ago. We were discussing the recent article, Freakonomics Goes to School and Teaches Us the Right Way to Bribe Kids, that appeared in The Atlantic … Continue reading →

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What ever happened to Errorless Learning?

Posted on April 13, 2012 by karen mahon

Lately it seems like I’ve been seeing a bunch of tweets and blog posts talking about errors being good for students because they learn from their mistakes.  WHAT??  When did this trend start?  And how? I’m not saying that kids … Continue reading →

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