Playtime and Screen Time Pokémon Go was the viral sensation of the summer, engaging kids and adults alike in the pursuit of rare digital creatures across neighbourhoods and parks. Now, another nostalgic brand has launched a product to catapult kids into the digital world. With a new app that brings plasticine sculpture to life inside a virtual world, Play-Doh Touch is part of a trend that blends digital play with real world experiences. The app is hitting the market not long after American Association of Pediatrics released its updated recommendations on screen time for our quickly changing digital world, in part to help parents navigate this new wave of hybrid experiences. "Children learn best by doing and, traditionally, screen time has been largely passive and inactive," says Paul Darvasi, a media studies expert who uses game-based learning strategies in his teaching at Royal St. Matthew Johnson is the Director of Education for Media Smarts and a member of the Canadian Pediatric Society's Digital Task Force.
The best gift—Mini Pocket Sax – Wiseho Related Products Boston's EMPath Program Uses Science to Fight Family Poverty - The Atlantic “The Family Carpool Lane Tool,” meanwhile, helps parents and their children align individual and family goals. Working together, they can avoid traffic and cruise through the fast lane. Intergen mentors visit participating families and facilitate conversations that prompt both adults and children to make future-oriented and contextualized decisions, ones that take into account other important domains. Their goal is to help the adults in the families become mentors for themselves and their children. Eventually, they hope, they make their own contributions obsolete. Stephanie Brueck, the senior coordinator of the Intergenerational Mobility Project, recently sat down with a single mom, Ginnelle V., who asked her last name not be used to preserve her family’s privacy, and Ginnelle’s five children, four girls and one boy who range in age from kindergarten through college-aged. Over the last year, Brueck has helped the family think through both personal and family goal-setting.
The latest dangerous "addiction" parents need to worry about: Mobile devices Follow me at @drClaire For parents of teens, “addiction” is a scary word. It brings to mind all sorts of things we never want to have happen to our children, from overdoses to arrests — and so we talk to our kids about drugs and alcohol. But is there another addiction we should be worrying about, too? The Merriam-Webster definition of addiction is “a strong and harmful need to regularly have something (such as a drug) or do something (such as gamble).” Using that definition, you could make a real argument that many teens are becoming addicted to their mobile devices. You could make the same argument about their parents — and plenty of other people, too. Common Sense Media recently published a report on a survey they did on 1,240 parents and teens (620 parent-child pairs). This is pretty powerful. Now, I don’t want to seem to say that constantly checking Instagram is the same as shooting heroin. Devices displace. We need more research to understand all those implications.
The Influence of a Digital Math Game on Student Number Sense Abstract This study sought to determine if playing a digital math game could increase student number sense (mathematical proficiency in numeracy). We used a pre- and post-assessment to measure the number sense of two groups of third grade students with the same mathematics teacher. One group played the game Wuzzit Trouble and the other did not. Persujen ampumaharjoituskohu vain jäävuoren huippu, puolueen natsiyhteydet perattava maanlaajuisesti – Varis Julkaisimme keskiviikkona 10. heinäkuuta 2019 artikkelin, jossa esiteltiin äärioikeistoa yhteenkokoa Kansallismielisten liittoumaa (KL). Tekstissä kerrottiin, että KL on järestänyt muun muassa salaisia leirejä, joissa on ollut mukana niin perussuomalaisten aktiivijäseniä kuin uusnatseja Pohjoismaisen Vastarintaliikkeen (PVL) johtajaa myöten. Ainakin viimeisimmällä puolijulkisella leirillä ohjelmaan on kuulunut mm. ampumaharjoituksia jousipyssyillä ja ilmakivääreillä. Järjestön itse kirjoittamassa leiriraportissa kuvataan natsijohtaja Antti Niemeä ampumassa ilmakiväärillä, kun taas toisessa kuvassa näkyy ihmiskasvoista tehdyt maalitaulut, joista kasvot oli sensuroitu hymiöillä. Vertailemalla maalitauluissa olleita sensuroituja kuvia poliitikkojen kuviin näyttää siltä, että maalitauluina olivat opetusministeri Li Andersson (vas.), antisemitististen salaliittoteorioiden vakiokohde George Soros ja pääministeri Antti Rinne (sdp). Katso myös:
Memories Can Be Inherited, and Scientists May Have Just Figured out How In Brief Our life experiences may be passed on to our children and our children's children - and now scientists report that they have discovered that this inheritance can be turned on or off. What is Epigenetics? Epigenetics is the study of inherited changes in gene expression…changes that are inherited, but they are not inherent to our DNA. The question, of course, is how are these genetic “memories” passed on? This is the question that a Tel Aviv University (TAU) was seeking to answer when they reportedly discovered the exact mechanism that makes it possible to turn the transference of environmental influences on or off. Understanding the Mechanism According to their study, epigenetic responses that are inherited follow an active process as it gets passed on through generations. “We previously showed that worms inherited small RNAs following the starvation and viral infections of their parents.
Addiction, concentration, performance… ce que l’on sait (ou pas) des effets du smartphone La recherche est encore balbutiante sur les effets de l’hyperconnexion aux smartphones, un phénomène récent à l’échelle de l’histoire de l’humanité. LE MONDE | • Mis à jour le | Par Céline Mordant Il y a dix ans, le 9 janvier 2007, le patron d’Apple, Steve Jobs, présentait le premier iPhone. Dans le flot des études et publications parfois contradictoires qui dressent soit une inquiétante liste des dégâts, soit une ode très optimiste aux facultés d’adaptation de l’être humain, difficile de s’y retrouver. Peut-on devenir dépendant à son smartphone ? La plupart d’entre nous ont le sentiment de maîtriser entièrement son rapport à son smartphone. « Le smartphone agit comme un doudou virtuel, estime Laurent Karila, addictologue, porte-parole de l’association SOS Addiction. Pour la communauté scientifique internationale, l’addiction au smartphone n’est pourtant pas reconnue comme telle. Le téléphone portable rend-il plus performant ? Pas vraiment.
Device Use at Bedtime Bedtime use of cellphones or tablets by children — even just having access to them — is consistently linked to excessive daytime sleepiness and poor sleep, researchers say. They called on teachers, health care professionals, parents and children to be educated about the damaging influence of device use on sleep. The portable media devices have entered the bedroom, giving children unprecedented access to technology and media before researchers have had a chance to explore the positive and negative impacts. To explore whether there's an association between use of, or access to, media devices and sleep quantity and quality, researchers reviewed 20 sleep studies involving 125,198 children aged six to 19. The way device use leads to poor sleep is thought to be light emission. 'Teachers will be the first to recognize the signs of day-time sleepiness. "We are presenting results that highlight that it looks likely there are also other causes," Carter said in an email. Stop 90 minutes before bed
Kultahippu.fi | Tarinoita kullasta ja ohjeita kullankaivajalle Four neuromyths that are still prevalent in schools – debunked | Teacher Network It is no surprise that many teachers have an interest in neuroscience and psychology since areas such as memory, motivation, curiosity, intelligence and determination are highly important in education. But neuroscience and psychology are complex, nuanced subjects that come with many caveats. Although progress is being made towards understanding what helps and hinders students, there is still a disconnect between the research in labs and what happens in many schools. Many “neuromyths” are rampant in our classrooms, and research suggests that people are often seduced by neuroscientific explanations, even if these are not accurate or even relevant. Lia Commissar, a project manager at the Wellcome Trust, says there are several reasons why neuromyths gain traction: “They seem to persist because they are easy to understand, fit everyday observation, are heavily promoted or are easy to implement. Such myths are a drain on time and money, and it is important to explore and expose them.
Is Social Media the New Addiction? Not only do social media consumers visit their favorite social sites throughout the day, but almost one-half (48%) of them check Twitter or Facebook during the night or as soon as they wake up in the morning, according to a survey from Retrevo. Younger social media users are most likely to check in with social sites at night: 19% of those under age 25 check in with Facebook or Twitter whenever they wake up during the night, compared with 11% of those age 25+, the study found. Below, other findings from Retrevo's Gadgetology Report. Social media connections are on peoples' minds early in the morning: 42% of social media users check in with Facebook or Twitter as soon as they wake up in the morning, and 16% say social media provides them with their morning news. Some 61% of social media consumers under age 25 check Facebook at least once a day, including 18% who check it every couple of hours. iPhone Owners More Social Interruption by Text Message
Screen Time and Storytelling Allison S Henward, University of Hawaii Recently, at a child’s birthday party, I overheard a conversation between parents discussing their concern about “screen time.” Phones, computers, iPads and the good old television are all around us. And this can be a source of anxiety for parents, caregivers and teachers. A recent report from the American Academy of Pediatrics suggests the amount of time young children spend viewing television and movies and playing on handheld devices is increasing. As an early childhood media researcher, an early childhood teacher educator and a parent, I understand these concerns. My research shows that children are creating complex oral stories through the characters they see on screen. Educational opportunities in “screen time” A number of studies show how viewing television and other media can contribute to children’s learning. How are children interpreting television show characters? Children learn from superheroes as well How should adults monitor screen-time?