Andy Pulman Edublog » wired http://andyp.edublogs.org A blog about my research interests which include E-learning, virtual worlds, blogs, wikis and other web 2.0 technologies Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:20:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 How Health and Social Identity are Connected http://andyp.edublogs.org/2009/10/14/how-health-and-social-identity-are-connected/ http://andyp.edublogs.org/2009/10/14/how-health-and-social-identity-are-connected/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:33:48 +0000 andyp http://andyp.edublogs.org/?p=422 An interesting article in the new UK edition of Wired – “The Buddy System: How Medical Data Revealed Secret to Health and Happiness”. The article discusses how social networks might influence health and happiness and has links to Tajfel’s theory of Social Identity (one of four theoretical frameworks that I’m looking at). It relates to a new book Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives which has just been published and looks like a good read (not out in the UK until 2010 though)…..

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Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives

]]> http://andyp.edublogs.org/2009/10/14/how-health-and-social-identity-are-connected/feed/ 0 The right time to practice is just at the moment you’re about to forget http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/06/13/the-right-time-to-practice-is-just-at-the-moment-youre-about-to-forget/ http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/06/13/the-right-time-to-practice-is-just-at-the-moment-youre-about-to-forget/#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:16:07 +0000 andyp http://andyp.edublogs.org/?p=280 SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you’ve learned. Practice too soon and you waste your time. Practice too late and you’ve forgotten the material and have to relearn it. The right time to practice is just at the moment you’re about to forget…….

Wired Article : Want to Remember Everything You’ll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm

SuperMemo

]]> http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/06/13/the-right-time-to-practice-is-just-at-the-moment-youre-about-to-forget/feed/ 0 Cloverfield Viral Marketing http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/02/01/cloverfield-viral-marketing/ http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/02/01/cloverfield-viral-marketing/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:48:09 +0000 andyp http://andyp.edublogs.org/?p=301 The details on a creative scheme by filmmaker JJ Abrams….

Source : Wired

J.J’S Viral Cloverfield Diary

]]> http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/02/01/cloverfield-viral-marketing/feed/ 0 Coming Like A Ghost Town…. http://andyp.edublogs.org/2007/08/07/coming-like-a-ghost-town/ http://andyp.edublogs.org/2007/08/07/coming-like-a-ghost-town/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:44:51 +0000 andyp http://andyp.edublogs.org/2007/08/07/coming-like-a-ghost-town/ The recent Wired article on Second Life has provoked some controversy – here’s an answer from their editor-in-chief

Why I Gave Up On Second Life

Source : Roo Reynolds

]]> http://andyp.edublogs.org/2007/08/07/coming-like-a-ghost-town/feed/ 0 The See Through CEO… http://andyp.edublogs.org/2007/04/11/the-see-through-ceo/ http://andyp.edublogs.org/2007/04/11/the-see-through-ceo/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:57:15 +0000 andyp http://andyp.edublogs.org/2007/07/23/the-see-through-ceo/ Would you reveal your deepest, darkest secrets online?

Source : Wired

]]> http://andyp.edublogs.org/2007/04/11/the-see-through-ceo/feed/ 0 Virtual Reality Treatment http://andyp.edublogs.org/2006/08/21/virtual-reality-treatment/ http://andyp.edublogs.org/2006/08/21/virtual-reality-treatment/#comments Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:10:55 +0000 andyp http://andyp.edublogs.org/2006/08/21/virtual-reality-treatment/ Great Wired article on a new virtual reality treatment for shell-shocked troops coming back from Iraq with snakes in their heads…..

Read The Article

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