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"Every smartphone in the world has an FM tuner built in. But here in the US, just one-third of them actually works, even though the Federal Emergency Management Agency says radio can save lives in an emergency. "We know that if Internet networks or cell phone networks go down, FM still works so long as you have a battery to turn the device on," says agency spokesman Rafael Lemaitre."

"She demanded that all participating staff members surrender their phones and other such personal devices. The book you hold in your hands would not exist had high school been a pleasant experience for me… It was on those quiet weekend nights when even my parents were out having fun that I began making serious attempts to make stories in comics form. - Adrian Tomine, introduction to 32 Stories Computer Science Professor Calvin Newport's recent book, Deep Work, posits that all that shallow phone time is creating stress, anxiety, and lost creative opportunities, while also doing a number on our personal and professional lives.Author Manoush Zomorodi's recent TED Talk on how boredom can lead to brilliant ideas, below, details a weeklong experiment in battling smartphone habits, with lots of scientific evidence to back up her findings."

"Our smartphones enable-and encourage-constant connection to information, entertainment, and each other. They put the world at our fingertips, and rarely leave our sides. Although these devices have immense potential to improve welfare, their persistent presence may come at a cognitive cost. In this research, we test the "brain drain" hypothesis that the mere presence of one's own smartphone may occupy limited-capacity cognitive resources, thereby leaving fewer resources available for other tasks and undercutting cognitive performance. Results from two experiments indicate that even when people are successful at maintaining sustained attention-as when avoiding the temptation to check their phones-the mere presence of these devices reduces available cognitive capacity. Moreover, these cognitive costs are highest for those highest in smartphone dependence. We conclude by discussing the practical implications of this smartphone-induced brain drain for consumer decision-making and consumer welfare."

"It has me thinking about what it would mean to improve online classes. A few ideas come to mind: Use multiple platforms. I'm not against using an LMS as a central hub. However, I think it's valuable to experiment with the types of productivity tools you will actually use outside of a classroom. Use Google Docs to share ideas, create surveys, and ask questions. Use Google Hangouts to meet as a group. Go project-based. I haven't figured this out entirely with my first class but my hope is that we can go fully project-based in the same way that my face-to-face class is. In fact, the asynchronous nature of online classes actually means there is a better potential of creating a project-based culture that mirrors the way people actually work on projects. Make something together. I use a collaboration grid with co-creating and communicating on separate spectrums (x-axis) and multimedia and text on another spectrum (y-axis). This has been an effective way to think through collaborative tools that allow students to co-create. Embrace a synchronous/asynchronous blend: I love using Voxer because students can speak back and forth in the moment. However, if they miss it, they can listen to it later. The same is true of using a Google Hangouts On Air. Make it more connective. We tend to treat online instruction as if it is a linear process and we don't do enough to link things back and forth and connect ideas, resources, discussions and content creation in a seamless, back-and-forth nature. Incorporate multimedia. It's a simple idea, but I create a short video at the beginning of each week and I encourage students to create video and audio as well. This has a way of making things more concrete. There's something deeply human about hearing an actual human voice. I know, crazy, right? Go mobile. I don't simply mean use a smart phone. I mean assign some things that allow students to get out in the world and create videos, snap pictures, or simpl

"En Ushuaia, como en otras ciudades, el consumo de alcohol a la hora de conducir es un problema que pone en riesgo la seguridad de todos. Con el claro objetivo de concientizar, ayudar e informar a adultos y adolescentes, los estudiantes de 5º año del Colegio Nacional de Ushuaia, junto con la docente Irina Busowsky, emprendieron el ambicioso proyecto de desarrollar una aplicación móvil que permitiera determinar el índice de alcoholemia de una persona y a su vez prevenir el consumo excesivo de alcohol. Esta experiencia pedagógica se gestó desde la asignatura Biología. Para eso, los chicos investigaron sobre toxicología y los efectos que genera el alcohol en el organismo. Cuando todo estaba encaminado se encontraron con un pequeño obstáculo: no contaban con alguien que pudiera programar la aplicación. Pero eso no resultó ser un problema, más bien fue un impulso para que el alumno Lucas Perreta se adentrara en la web para aprender diseño de aplicaciones. Después de un largo y arduo trabajo, a fines del 2015, se presentó Testcoholemia y actualmente está disponible para descargar en dispositivos con Android y Windows Phone."

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Un par de personas deliberan sobre cómo se usaría un teléfono (viejo, a disco)

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"Estas son tres representaciones diferentes de la tabla periódica que muestran el consumo irracional de muchos materiales utilizados en aparatos electrónicos: la primera muestra el riesgo de escasez de cada elemento químico, la segunda el impacto en la minería y la tercera cuánto se reciclan. Este 2019 fue designado por Naciones Unidas como el Año Internacional de la Tabla Periódica de los Elementos Químicos, pues se cumplen 150 años de su creación por parte del científico ruso Dmitri Mendeleev. La tabla periódica de la escasez La tabla periódica del impacto en minería La tabla periódica del reciclaje"