http://learn2adapt.com/blog Occasional prattle on life and learning in the 21st century Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:03:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://learn2adapt.com/blog/2008/05/16/learn-to-adapt-links-for-may-16th/ http://learn2adapt.com/blog/2008/05/16/learn-to-adapt-links-for-may-16th/#comments Fri, 16 May 2008 18:00:45 +0000 Jeff Kelly http://learn2adapt.com/blog/2008/05/16/learn-to-adapt-links-for-may-16th/

• How Tetris Makes You Smarter – Blogs Scientific American Community – Julian Lyles Bass-Krueger, 14, of Clinton, NY does a great science fair experiment to show how you new digital environment can effect our intelligence (at least the intelligence tested in spatial questions in IQ tests).
• Microsoft Joins Effort for Laptops for Children – New York Times – OLPC continues to evolve: After a years-long dispute, Microsoft and the computing and OLPC said Thursday that they had reached an agreement to offer Windows on the organization’s computers.
• FRONTLINE: Growing Up Online | PBS – PBS program Frontline always asks: "Just how radically is the Internet transforming the experience of childhood?"
• Predictify, Inc. – Tap Into Collective Wisdom, Make Money by Predicting Future Events – Another example of a prediction market to harness the wisdom of crowds. These collective intelligence sites will have a huge impact on how people learn and discern trends.

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