[MACEP] Dave Moursund's newest free book

[David Moursund]

I have just completed writing a new, free book. It is available in  
both PDF and Microsoft word formats. I would appreciate your help in  
publicizing this book.



Moursund, D. G. (2008). Becoming more responsible for your education.  
Eugene, Oregon: Information Age Education. Access the book and a  
supporting Website at http://iae-pedia.org/Education_for_Increasing_Expertise 
.



This 84-page book was written for students in their early teens. Many  
other students, their teachers, and their parents can benefit from it.  
The content of this book is apt to be useful to all preservice and  
inservice teachers.

Here is part of the preface:

Education, training, and experience prepare you to deal with  
situations you will encounter in the future. However, there is one  
“slight problem.” The problem is a conflict between immediate and  
delayed gratification. Learning uses time that you might be using to  
do other things. Some of the other things will be more fun and less  
work. They will bring more immediate gratification.

Sometimes you may find it difficult to be responsible for your future.  
It is not easy to think about the future consequences of the decisions  
you make every day. It is not each to make plans that will take years  
to achieve. However, this book can help you.

A very important part of your future depends on learning to make use  
of the collected knowledge of the human race. Much of this information  
is stored in physical libraries of books, magazines, maps, and so on.  
However, much is stored in computers—in virtual libraries—that can  
help you access, process, learn, and use the information.

Now, expand your thinking. Think in terms of a computerized robot.  
Such a robot is a computer with some input and output devices it can  
control. Robots have a type of “brainpower” that is a lot different  
than human brainpower. This type of brainpower is called artificial  
intelligence.

Machines with artificial intelligence can do lots of things faster and  
better than humans just using their human brain. Humans can do lots of  
things better than robots. Nowadays, many problems are being solved by  
the combination of human and artificial intelligence. You need an  
education that prepares you to effectively use both human and computer  
capabilities.

This book will help you learn to take more responsibility for your  
informal and formal education. It will help you prepare yourself for  
adult life in our Information Age world.



Dave Moursund
Teacher Education, College of Education
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403
http://uoregon.edu/~moursund/dave/index.htm

Information Age Education Wiki: http://iae-pedia.org/
Information Age Education eBooks: http://i-a-e.org/

Free books and articles by Moursund:
http://uoregon.edu/~moursund/dave/Free.html





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