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Uche Amaechi

Roca : Strategy - 1 views

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  • 1) Pre-contemplation: The young person is not thinking about or has explicitly rejected change; 2) Contemplation: The young person is now thinking about change and perhaps seeks out a youth worker or some other program; she or he may respond to some suggestions from staff; 3) Planning: The young person and case manager talk about what it would take to make change happen and what the young person wants for the future; 4) Action: The young person begins to take positive steps toward improving his or her life through practice (trial and error) in the context of a plan that has been discussed in detail between the young person and case manager; and, 5) Sustaining: Through continuing staff support during difficult times and new cooperative efforts, the young person is able to achieve concrete improvements in his or her life, move demonstrably toward achieving a self-sustaining lifestyle, and is living in safety.
    • Uche Amaechi
      Uche Amaechi on 27 Aug 09
       
      Precontemplation Contemplation Planning Action (Reflection) Sustaining
Miyoung Park

Social networks and kids: How young is too young? - CNN.com - 1 views

www.cnn.com/...index.html

technology social networks young children

shared by Miyoung Park on 02 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Miyoung Park on 02 Nov 09
     
    social networking and young children
Eric Kattwinkel

Testing, the Chinese Way - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...12rosenthal.html

shared by Eric Kattwinkel on 15 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • In Asia, such a march of tests for young children was regarded as normal, and not evil or particularly anxiety provoking.
  • Professor Cizek, who started his career as a second-grade teacher, said the prevailing philosophy of offering young children unconditional praise and support was probably not the best prescription for successful education. “What’s best for kids is frequent testing, where even if they do badly, they can get help and improve and have the satisfaction of doing better,” he said. “Kids don’t get self-esteem by people just telling them they are wonderful.”
  • Eric Kattwinkel on 15 Sep 10
     
    A mother from New York who raised young children in China argues that the high-pressure testing that made them "feel bad" about themselves at the time was a good thing in the long run.
Bridget Binstock

Experts Wary of New Tablet for Babies, Toddlers - 1 views

www.edweek.org/...04mct_catablet.h31.html

Emerging Technology children development tablet

shared by Bridget Binstock on 21 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Bridget Binstock on 21 Sep 11
     
    How young is TOO young to get technology in front of children? Baby Einstein DVDs are used as early as a few weeks old to "babysit" (entertain, soothe, and occupy) a baby - is the tablet just the newest "babysitter" on the market?
  • Stephen Bresnick on 24 Sep 11
     
    That's WAY too young to "babysit". We have been learning in Joe's class this week that parents using media as a means of parental substitution can have deleterious effects on a child's emotional development and ability to internalize good media messages and reject dangerous media messages. Giving babies tablets when they are that young reeks of lazy parenting, in my opinion. Unless the tablet becomes that "Transitional Object" that we are reading about in Turkle/Resnick's class....Gotta love when all of the class readings converge into similar ideas!
Heather French

Steve Ballmer and Microsoft announce Youth Spark - 0 views

www.microsoft.com/...youthspark

Emerging Technology educational_technology online youth spark Microsoft

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  • Heather French on 21 Sep 12
     
    Quoting directly from the company-wide email (to Microsoft) "Microsoft YouthSpark is a new companywide initiative that will create opportunities for 300 million young people around the world over the next three years. We know young people everywhere face real challenges....Yet, this is more than philanthropy. We are mobilizing the company. From Partners-in-Learning to Office365 for EDU to Skype in the Classroom, we're marshaling a wide range of company's programs to support youth. As Steve said this morning, "We believe that working with our partners we can help empower young people to change their world, and we are committed to using our technology, talent, time and resources to do that."" (Personal Communication)
Chris Dede

How to Choose the Best Apps for Young Learners -- THE Journal - 4 views

thejournal.com/...t-apps-for-young-learners.aspx

young children apps

shared by Chris Dede on 20 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Chris Dede on 20 Sep 13
     
    raises interesting developmental issues about kids and apps
  • MANIT JAIN on 21 Sep 13
     
    "Toy vs Tool", simple and powerful idea
Mirza Ramic

Online Courses Attract Degree Holders, Survey Finds - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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nytimes educational_technology MOOC learning online Education

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  • Mirza Ramic on 23 Nov 13
     
    "Although Coursera's founders have presented their MOOCs as a way to democratize higher education by making it available online, free, to anyone in the world, the Penn survey found that in the United States and developing countries alike, most Coursera students were well educated, employed, young and male."
  • Trung Tran on 24 Nov 13
     
    FYI, I went to Penn last year and was aware of this type of survey. Apparently, if you have a chance to look into their methodology, then they probably select a far larger number of Penn alumni than a representative portion. Considering that many Penn alumni love the idea of taking classes for free at their Alma Mater, I feel a bit skeptical about that reported unusually high percentage of bachelor's degree holders.
  • Molly Wasser on 29 Nov 13
     
    I think that this makes a lot of sense. You have to be very self-motivated with a desire to learn AND have the online resources and time to take a MOOC. That's a lot - and I would guess that people who are highly educated tend to be self-motivated. And then young men probably have more time than working parents. There's a lot of constraining factors despite the 'openness' of a MOOC.
Yang Jiang

Apps to Amuse Children for Miles and Miles - NYTimes.com - 0 views

gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/...se-kiddies-for-miles-and-miles

I-phone young children apps Technology

shared by Yang Jiang on 21 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Yang Jiang on 21 Nov 10
     
    A child as young as 9 months can set goals when playing the apps in iphone. More and more parents let children play with their iphones. I-phones, which consist of many interesting apps and colorful designs, are easy to catch children's attention. Easy apps which can help children develop their basic skills (such as counting skills), do have great market and should be developed and improved.
Seema Marwaha

Media Use by Children Younger Than 2 Years - 1 views

www.pediatricsdigest.mobi/...1040.full

shared by Seema Marwaha on 01 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Seema Marwaha on 01 Oct 12
     
    American society of paediatrics policy statement on media exposure in very young children
Brandon Pousley

Baku FC name 21-year-old as manager based on computer game experience | Metro.co.uk - 0 views

www.metro.co.uk/...ed-on-computer-game-experience

simulation education game massive online

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  • Brandon Pousley on 30 Nov 12
     
    Exciting to see how a massive online computer simulation game has enabled a young internet football manager to gain credibility in a real league. This has important implications for other educational simulations.
Angela Nelson

Autism Rsearch Rhode Island | Groden Research & Professional Presentations | About The ... - 0 views

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  • Angela Nelson on 19 Dec 12
     
    A wearable camera system (Self-Cam) to improve recognition of emotions from real-world faces in young adults with Asperger syndrome  and high-functioning autism 
Junjie Liu

MIT Challenge--Scott Young - 1 views

www.scotthyoung.com/...mit-challenge

MIT_OCW MOOC

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  • Junjie Liu on 08 Nov 12
     
    Scott Young, a recent university graduate, writer, programmer, traveler and avid reader of interesting things, decided to finish MIT's entire 4-year computer science program within 12 months with MIT OpenCourseWare.
Amanda Granger

Code for America | A New Kind of Public Service - 1 views

codeforamerica.org

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  • Amanda Granger on 29 Oct 12
     
    A Teach for America spin-off that encourages young programmers to use their skills to help governments work better.  Some of the featured apps/projects are education related.  I like the idea of supporting people who want to innovate but may not have the resources and/or inclination to go it alone.  
Angela Nelson

Guess who's winning the brains race, with 100% of first graders learning to code? | Ven... - 1 views

venturebeat.com/...estonia-code-academy

Writing Code Tech Literacy K-12

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  • Angela Nelson on 05 Sep 12
     
    Program in Estonia designed to have all students age 7 to 16 learn to write code in a drive to turn children from consumers to developers of technology.
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  • Heather French on 05 Sep 12
     
    I just posted an article from Wired onto twitter about this! http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/09/estonia-reprograms-first-graders-as-web-coders/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=twitterclickthru I wonder how deeply the program goes in coding or if it is more in line with applications like "Move the Turtle".
  • Angela Nelson on 05 Sep 12
     
    I am very curious, as well, and trying to find more information. I think it would necessarily be a program that expands with their comprehension and maturity... starting with very basic "Move the Turtle" applications and then grown with the student, hopefully to real world application, as they go until age 16!
  • Jeffrey Siegel on 06 Sep 12
     
    Who initiated this ProgreTiiger program? The Estonian government? Local IT companies? Concerned parents who disparately wanted their children to learn to code? Estonia is very wired country and it's economy has found a niche in IT services, so much so that it's even been dubbed "eStonia" (http://e-estonia.com/). This program seems to be an example of market forces guiding educational policy since there are clear incentives for it's population to be technologically literate to ensure it's competitiveness and dominance in the tech sector (see: The Many Reasons Estonia Is a Tech Start-Up Nation (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303734204577464343888754210.html) A little blurb on how "plug-in" Estonia actually is: "The geeks have triumphed in this country of 1.3 million. Some 40 percent read a newspaper online daily, more than 90 percent of bank transactions are done over the Internet, and the government has embraced online voting. The country is saturated in free Wi-Fi, cell phones can be used to pay for parking or buy lunch, and Skype is taking over the international phone business from its headquarters on the outskirts of Tallinn. In other words, Estonia - or eStonia, as some citizens prefer - is like a window into the future. Someday, the rest of the world will be as wired as this tiny Baltic nation." (http://www.wired.com/politics/security/magazine/15-09/ff_estonia) p.s. I hate sensational titles like "Guess Who's Winning the Brain's Race" Learning coding doesn't automatically make your brain bigger or necessarily increase your intelligence. Sure, it's a very useful skill, but I wonder what classes will be cut out to make time in the school day for coding. Coding vs recess: Tough call.
  • Irina Uk on 06 Sep 12
     
    Hmmm.... I read about Estonia being very plugged in as well. I wonder if there is research on whether the kids are actually learning better as a result. I think that you have a point Jeffrey. It depends what the cost is. If kids are missing some critical lesson because they are coding at such a young age, there may be a trade-off. On the other hand, maybe the skills they are obtaining from coding are more critical. I wonder...
  • Angela Nelson on 06 Sep 12
     
    Ideally, the tech skills would be used to enhance and deepen some of the other curriculum areas. But, yes, 7 years old may be young.
Lindsey Dunn

Augmented Reality Event - ARE 2012 Keynote Speaker: Miles Ludwig - VP Digital Group at ... - 0 views

augmentedrealityevent.com/...will-redefine-learning-and-fun

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  • Lindsey Dunn on 11 Sep 12
     
    Augmented reality on Sesame Street? Pretty incredible! I do wonder how kids will interact with this type of technology at such a young age. 
anonymous

Kid apps explode on smartphones and tablets. But are they good for your children? - 0 views

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  • anonymous on 30 Nov 11
     
    How young is too young to use a smartphone? In a growing number of families across the country, infants and toddlers are deftly swiping and tapping away even as they wobble toward their first steps.
Maung Nyeu

Israeli Entrepreneur Opens Online University in West Bank - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...05iht-educBriefs05.html

technology t561 online education learning entrepreneur

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  • Maung Nyeu on 05 Dec 11
     
    An online university offer free online education to students in more than 120 countries. The university recruits volunteers from Brigham Young, Columbia, Harvard, Insead, N.Y.U. and Yale. "We're not trying to create Oxford or Harvard...This is low-cost, high-quality education for people who can't afford anything else."
meepokman

Can Screens Help Young Kids Learn? - 1 views

remakelearning.org/...-screens-help-young-kids-learn

education technology online social

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  • meepokman on 13 Nov 13
     
    "Experts" are still unclear on how much or how little children should be using digital media. However, it is clear that contents is important.
Jennifer Hern

Dropout Rates in The United States: 2000, Index - 0 views

nces.ed.gov/droppub_2001

dropout_rate

shared by Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
     
    Since 1990, the gap has remained fairly constant. In addition, Hispanic young adults in the United States continued to have a relatively high status dropout rate when compared to Asian/Pacific Islanders, Whites, or Blacks (table A and table
Yang Jiang

Computers in China to have pre-installed Internet filter to protect minors_English_Xinhua - 1 views

news.xinhuanet.com/...content_11515434.htm

China Internet Green Dam Software Filter

shared by Yang Jiang on 03 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Yang Jiang on 03 Sep 10
     
    This is a hot topic in China last year that all computers, especially those for young kids, should be installed a filter to block unhealth contents. However, the policy turns out to be ineffective at all. At least from what I know, no one around me has actually installed the software to "protect" themselves.
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