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Moms' Middle-School Blues - WSJ - 3 views

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moms wsj

shared by marilow on 18 May 16 - No Cached
  • marilow on 18 May 16
     
    "Mothers feel most stressed about parenting when their children are in middle school, new research shows"
Jill Bergeron

Why Coding Is Your Child's Key to Unlocking the Future - WSJ - 1 views

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coding WSJ article

shared by Jill Bergeron on 30 Apr 15 - No Cached
  • “What’s fascinating about computer science is that it requires analytical skills, problem solving and creativity, while also being both foundational and vocational,” says Hadi Partovi, co-founder of Code.org
  • Not every child who learns to write will become a novelist, nor everyone who learns algebra a mathematician, yet we treat both as foundational skills that all children should learn. Coding is the same
  • Understanding that in the future no profession is untouched by machines means admitting that coding is part of the liberal arts, and therefore a core skill every child must possess.
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  • Everyone I interviewed observed that the best way to reach young children was to get them to create games, or to treat learning exercises as a form of play.
Jill Bergeron

Can Handwriting Make You Smarter? - WSJ - 0 views

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handwriting notetaking note-taking writing

shared by Jill Bergeron on 15 Apr 16 - No Cached
  • handwriting appears to focus classroom attention and boost learning in a way that typing notes on a keyboard does not, new studies suggest.
  • Students who took handwritten notes generally outperformed students who typed their notes via computer, researchers at Princeton University and the University of California at Los Angeles found.
  • Compared with those who type their notes, people who write them out in longhand appear to learn better, retain information longer, and more readily grasp new ideas
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  • something about writing things down excites the brain, brain imaging studies show.
  • laptop note-takers tested immediately after a class could recall more of a lecture and performed slightly better than their pen-pushing classmates when tested on facts presented in class.
  • Any advantage, though, is temporary. After just 24 hours, the computer note takers typically forgot material they’ve transcribed, several studies said. Nor were their copious notes much help in refreshing their memory because they were so superficial.
  • those who took notes by hand could remember the lecture material longer and had a better grip on concepts presented in class, even a week later. The process of taking them down encoded the information more deeply in memory, experts said. Longhand notes also were better for review because they’re more organized.
  • The problem is a typist’s tendency to take verbatim notes. “Ironically, the very feature that makes laptop note-taking so appealing—the ability to take notes more quickly—was what undermined learning,” said Dr. Kiewra.
  • Jill Bergeron on 15 Apr 16
     
    Taking notes by hand with pen and paper helps students to retain information longer and understand it better than typing notes on a laptop.
Jill Bergeron

Homage or Theft? A Closer Look at the 'Blurred Lines' Verdict - Law Blog - WSJ - 0 views

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remix fair use digital citizenship

shared by Jill Bergeron on 30 Mar 15 - No Cached
  • Jill Bergeron on 30 Mar 15
     
    Lesson for digital citizenship that fair use has major implications. Thicke and Williams had to pay $7.4 million to Marvin Gaye for his song.
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