"Participation in team sports is associated with fewer depressive symptoms in children, whereas non-sport activities have no association with symptoms, according to a study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, published by Elsevier. The association was found only for boys. The findings suggest that exercise could have anti-depressant effects in adolescents.
"These interesting results provide important clues as to how exercise benefits mood in children and reveals the important role that gender plays in these effects," said Cameron Carter, MD, Editor of Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging."
"Online tool which removes backgrounds from images and makes it transparent. Select the best effect and then tweak by using a green line to show you want to keep something and a red line to indicate it can be deleted. Great for presentations and making resources."
"This is a truly amazing iPad app which replaces a whole TV crew and studio. Capture your video and audio use like adjusting the sound levels, an in-build teleprompter and green screen effects to make spectacular footage. Edit your video directly in the app and add images, websites and Twitter feed as cutaways sections of the screen."
La Revista de Educación Superior en América Latina (ESAL) divulga temas de educación superior, basada en conocimiento científico, académico y profesional de alto nivel. La revista se publica semestralmente, es de distribución gratuita y acceso abierto. Está dirigida a expertos y personas interesadas en la educación superior. El principal idioma de ESAL es el español, pero por ser una publicación de alcance latinoamericano y en procura de ser un espacio de amplia participación, también se publican textos en portugués y, excepcionalmente, en inglés. La evaluación de los artículos está a cargo de los editores, con el apoyo del Comité editorial.
"A video clip editor from Apple with filters, graphics, emoji, music and more. Use it to make video feedback, short instructions for flipped learning, and whatever else your imagination can create."
A great iOS and Android app for editing photos and images to show only selected objects in colour on an otherwise monochrome image. Start with a completely greyscale image and add the colours back by moving your finger over the areas you want.
Important! When accessing Revision History and 'Restoring a Previous Version', no changes are 'eliminated!' The selected version is simply moved to the top of the revision history panel. This is huge: it means that students can't inadvertently (or intentionally) remove edits that form the history of the collaborative document!
This infographic describes how your digital footprint is permanent and how it can positively or negatively affect your future. Videos included in the infographic discuss how college admissions and future employers use the data found. Links to various websites on digital citizenship and safety are found at the end. This is a great lesson to start the school year, especially in a 1:1 district.