Numerous studies over the years have demonstrated that brainstorming doesn’t work, at least not as Osborn defined it. Lehrer quotes Washington University psychologist Keith Sawyer: “Decades of research have consistently shown that brainstorming groups think of far fewer ideas than the same number of people who work alone and later pool their ideas.”
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Apr
12
Does Brainstorming Work?
21
Dec
11
Happy Holidays!
I’ll be taking a week (or so) off–until after the New Year–to play with my children and work on some writing projects with a deadline. I may add a post here or there, or drop in on you-all as you enjoy your holidays, but mostly I’ll be regenerating.
I wish you a wonderful season, safe and filled with family. See you shortly!
Jacqui Murray is the editor of a technology curriculum for K-fifth grade and author of two technology training books for middle school. She wrote Building a Midshipman, the story of her daughter’s journey from high school to United States Naval Academy midshipman. She is webmaster for five blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, a tech columnist for Examiner.com, Editorial Review Board member for ISTE’s Journal for Computing Teachers, IMS tech expert, and a weekly contributor to Write Anything. Currently, she’s seeking representation for a techno-thriller Any suggestions? Contact Jacqui at her writing office, WordDreams, or her tech lab, Ask a Tech Teacher.
Almost a century ago, British anthropologist Alfred Cort Haddon traveled the world seeking samples of human hair, among other curios, for his ethnographic studies of native people. The samples, which lay in a museum drawer for 90 years, included hair from a young Australian Aboriginal man. Now in a paper published online this week in Science, geneticists report that they have extracted enough DNA from that hair to sequence the first complete genome of an Aboriginal. The genome offers the first good look at the origins of Aboriginals, showing that they are one of the oldest continuous populations outside of Africa, the authors say.
02
Oct
11
Google + Usage Skyrockets
Google opened G+ to the public–no invitation required anymore–and visit skyrocketed 1300%. That’s around 15 million US visits according to Experion.
Is FB listening yet?
11
Sep
11
Who Thinks This Stuff Up?
Click the squares
Click image to take you to this amazing musical toy
You really can’t do it wrong 
Jacqui Murray is the editor of a technology curriculum for K-fifth grade and creator of two technology training books for middle school. She is the author of Building a Midshipman, the story of her daughter’s journey from high school to United States Naval Academy midshipman. She is webmaster for five blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, a columnist for Examiner.com, and a weekly contributor to Write Anything and Technology in Education. Currently, she’s working on a techno-thriller that should be ready this summer. Contact Jacqui at her writing office or her tech lab, Ask a Tech Teacher.
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Aug
11
Bing Caters to IE Users
Bing Users Are From Internet Explorer; Google Users From Firefox, Chrome & Safari, according to a new study by Search EngineLand:
Is anyone surprised?
Jacqui Murray is the editor of a technology curriculum for K-fifth grade and creator of two technology training books for middle school. She is the author of Building a Midshipman, the story of her daughter’s journey from high school to United States Naval Academy midshipman. She is webmaster for five blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, a columnist for Examiner.com, an ISTE article reviewer, an IMS tech expert, and a weekly contributor to Write Anything and Technology in Education. Currently, she’s working on a techno-thriller that should be ready this summer. Contact Jacqui at her writing office or her tech lab, Ask a Tech Teacher.
A survey of high school science teachers responded to the question: “What does courageous learning look like in science?” Here are the surprising results:
What Does Courageous Learning Sound Like?
Very cute…
Will, an enterprising hamster, tries building an ingenious and mysterious machinery using his beloved wheel.
–credit Will & the Wheel from Margherita Premuroso on Vimeo.
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Jul
10
Sunday Stats: EBook Sales
Lagardère SCA’s Hachette Book Group earlier this week said that it has sold more than one million e-books written by James Patterson, the best-selling author.
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Jul
09
technorati: take notice
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