Education 2.0: Never Memorize Again? (10)
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Memorization is a waste of time when Google is only a a few clicks away. That's what Don Tapscott, author of the bestselling books Wikinomics and Growing Up Digital, believes. Tapscott, considered by many to be a leading commentator on our Internet age, believes the age of learning through the memorization of facts and figures is coming to an end. Instead, students should be taught to think creatively and better understand the knowledge that's available ...
gOS Cloud: browser-based OS for Netbooks (4)
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(Credit: Good OS) Good OS, the people who brought you the Linux-based gOS found on the $199 Wal-Mart gPC last year, announced a browser-based OS called Cloud at the Netbook World Summit in Paris on Monday. (You know you've made it as a form factor when you have your very own world summit. Kudos, Netbook!) The Cloud OS features a browser with an integrated, OS X-like dock and a Linux kernel that boots "in seconds," ...
Tannhäuser Tuesday - Good News, Bad News (1)
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Savage Tales PresentsGOOD NEWS, BAD NEWSa tale of thrills and chills in The U-CHRONIC UniverseAct 1 - GOOD NEWSFantasy Flight Games has finally got some new Tannhäuser stuff up on their site. The site is also undergoing a transformation. This is good news.Act 2 - BAD NEWS - This is tempered by the fact that it has taken a year to translate a couple of thin booklets... This stuff is still not actually for sale!!!Act ...
