Think with Google
Gender representation & bias in media
5 min · · We’ve conducted global research on gender representation and bias in advertising, film, television, and more. Here’s what you should know. · Shared by 34, including Ines Bieler, Faik Ersoy
The Guardian
The lost art of concentration: being distracted in a digital world
20+ min · · We check our phones every 12 minutes, often just after waking up. Always-on behaviour is harmful to long-term mental health, and we need to learn to the hit the pause button · Shared by 1635, including Gabriele, Andreas Heer, Leo Babauta, Rachel Miller | #InfluencerMarketing, Dominik Grolimund, Harpreet Singh, John Battelle, Thomas Power, fernand0, Stefan Niemeyer, Mark Kaigwa, Ines Bieler, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Mark Little, Sachin Rekhi, Klaus Eck, Josep M. Ganyet, Katja Evertz, Jane, Liliane Ferrari ™
donorschoose.org
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and DonorsChoose.org Supporters Break Records for Classrooms
1 min · · Yesterday was a day for the record books in classrooms across America, thanks to the enthusiasm inspired by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and DonorsChoose.org community. Propelled by a 50% boost… · Shared by 26, including Tim O'Reilly, Tom Connor
The Independent
People who cheat on their partners more than twice as likely to engage workplace misconduct, study claims
3 min · · Researchers use data from Ashley Madison user exposure · Shared by 27
The Cut
Talking Teaching With Elizabeth Warren, the Most Professorial Candidate Ever
20+ min · · She has been instructing students since she was 8 years old. But does America want to be taught? · Shared by 63, including Dr. A.S. Barwich, L. Taylor Banks, 👨🏻💻☕️, Thomas Power, Tris Hussey, Tim O'Reilly, Audrey Watters, Katja Evertz, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl
WIRED
The Radical Transformation of the Textbook
7 min · · Digital-first. Open source. Subscription. The way textbooks are bought and sold is changing—with serious implications for higher education. · Shared by 46, including Paul J. Adam, Ines Bieler, erik spiekermann, Marsha Collier, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
jjbeshara.com
“Mobs” vs “Crowds”
5 min · · “If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking.” –Benjamin Franklin What’s the difference between a “mob” and a “crowd”? It’s a subtle but important distincti… · Shared by 48, including Mark Kaigwa, Balaji, Matthias Lampe, Vikram Dutt, Steven Sinofsky
The New York Times
What Swimming Taught Me About Happiness
4 min · · Lesson No. 1: It’s not about how fast you can go. · Shared by 59, including Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, Jelan Ong, Phin Barnes
Nautilus Magazine
The Flawed Reasoning Behind the Replication Crisis
13+ min · · Here are three versions of the same story:1. In the fall of 1996, Sally Clark, an English solicitor in Manchester, gave birth to an… · Shared by 61, including Matthias Lampe, Tom Connor, marco iacoboni, Timothy Lomauro
Vox
“The $300 textbook is dead,” says the CEO of textbook maker Pearson
20+ min · · On the latest Recode Decode, John Fallon explains why the education company is pivoting to digital textbooks. · Shared by 48, including Thomas Billeter, Ines Bieler, Tris Hussey, prof-g
The Wall Street Journal
College Financial-Aid Loophole: Wealthy Parents Transfer Guardianship of Their Teens to Get Aid
· The Education Department is looking into a tactic that has been used in some Chicago suburbs, in which wealthy parents transfer legal guardianship of their college-bound children to relatives or… · Shared by 46, including trudy, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, L. Taylor Banks, Ian M Calvert, Mathew Ingram, Yvette Dubel
Vox
Can we trust our own eyes? Motivated perception, explained.
9 min · · How desire can literally warp our view of the world. · Shared by 105, including Yvette Dubel, Liliane Ferrari ™, Dominik Grolimund, 瑞拿頭, Brian Resnick, Ines Bieler, Tom Connor
google.com
Google Search
1 min · · Let the games begin! #GoogleDoodle · Shared by 15, including Andrew Shotland, Matthew Turland