Links for July 11th

• The seductive allure of neuroscience explanation
  [via idiolect]
  Tags: neuroscience psychology belief persuasion gullibility
• The Mirror Neuron Revolution: Explaining What Makes Humans Social
  Mirror neurons are activated both when we perform a certain action—such as smiling or reaching for a cup—and when we observe someone else performing that same action. In other words, they collapse the distinction between seeing and doing.
  Tags: brains neurons social science perception action
• 3quarksdaily
  “we … understate the university’s role in converting the primate Homo sapiens into a creature whose interests, aspirations, and achievements extend beyond .. sexual reproduction .. the liberal arts provided the skills necessary for this transformation”
  Tags: arts humanities university academia
• John Connell » Blog Archive » Teaching at a Crossroads
  “while teachers meander into the future with their faces to the past, the very nature of what it means to be literate, to be educated, is shifting around them.”
  Tags: teaching education2.0
• Microsoft Education Product Center: Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
  Educators and students alike capture information, create and deliver notes,projects, and presentations, and share it all with seamless collaboration using OneNote 2007
  Tags: tools schools Microsoft
• Debategraph home
  Our goal is to make the best arguments on all sides of any debate freely available to all and continuously open to challenge and improvement by all.
  Tags: visualization debate mapping tools argument
• Remote Access: Ending the Year with Wordle
  Nice idea for getting a quick visual impression of childrens’ view of the last year.
  Tags: class review wordle
• 20 Abandoned Cities and Towns from Around the World
  Rubber-necking on a larger scale…
  Tags: history abandoned cities geography