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Katie Day

Children's Websites: Usability Issues in Designing for Kids (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox) - 0 views

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research children internet

shared by Katie Day on 17 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Summary: New research with users aged 3–12 shows that older kids have gained substantial Web proficiency since our last studies, while younger kids still face many problems. Designing for children requires distinct usability approaches, including targeting content narrowly for different ages of kids.
Roxanne W

For Kids & Teachers | Bill Nye the Science Guy - 0 views

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Science

shared by Roxanne W on 20 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Roxanne W on 20 Sep 10
     
    He has some very engaging videos that kids love
Katie Day

Oxfam Education: Resources index | Your World, My World - 0 views

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united_nations teacher_resources un_day

shared by Katie Day on 30 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Children love learning from other children!  This resource helps pupils to explore their own lives – and the world around them – by looking at the lives of four children from around the world.  The stories of children from Ethiopia, Brazil, Russia, and India, allow discussion of themes such as ‘myself’, ‘helping out’, and ‘caring and sharing’.  The materials link with the Citizenship and PSHE/PSD/PSE frameworks for students aged 4–7.
  • Katie Day on 30 Nov 10
     
    For younger kids - explores the lives of four kids around the world...
Katie Day

Teaching Kids the News - Current event news articles for kids, parents and teachers. - 1 views

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shared by Katie Day on 15 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Katie Day on 15 Mar 11
     
    "Timely, relevant news articles for kids, educators in the classroom and parents at home."
Keri-Lee Beasley

Library | 60second Recap - 1 views

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literature books reading english summary library 60secondrecap technology literacy

shared by Keri-Lee Beasley on 21 Aug 11 - Cached
  • Keri-Lee Beasley on 21 Aug 11
     
    60 second summary videos of major books kids would study at school (e.g. Romeo & Juliet, 1984, Pride & Prejudice). Great idea for tech integration: could do 60 second summaries of a chapter, a whole book, or of a character.  Would be good to show kids too, but had some rather inappropriate ads on some of the ones I saw, which is a shame.
Jeffrey Plaman

Why Parents Shouldn't Feel Guilt About Their Kids' Screen Time - The Atlantic - 3 views

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shared by Jeffrey Plaman on 08 Nov 15 - No Cached
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  • Jeffrey Plaman on 08 Nov 15
     
    "Parents: Reject Technology Shame The advantages of helping kids learn to navigate the digital world, rather than shielding them from it"
Keri-Lee Beasley

How to Provide Kids With Screen Time That Supports Learning | MindShift | KQED News - 0 views

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shared by Keri-Lee Beasley on 16 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • Keri-Lee Beasley on 16 Nov 15
     
    Nice balanced article on young kids and screen time.
Sean McHugh

What teachers really want to tell parents - CNN.com - 0 views

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shared by Sean McHugh on 20 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • we are educators, not nannies. We are educated professionals who work with kids every day and often see your child in a different light than you do. If we give you advice, don't fight it.
  • if you're willing to take early warning advice to heart, it can help you head off an issue that could become much greater in the future.
  • Parents, be a partner instead of a prosecutor
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  • Please, take a step back and get a good look at the landscape. Before you challenge those low grades you feel the teacher has "given" your child, you might need to realize your child "earned" those grades and that the teacher you are complaining about is actually the one that is providing the best education. And please, be a partner instead of a prosecutor
  • never talk negatively about a teacher in front of your child. If he knows you don't respect her, he won't either, and that will lead to a whole host of new problems. We know you love your children. We love them, too. We just ask -- and beg of you -- to trust us, support us and work with the system, not against it.
  • Sean McHugh on 20 Mar 13
     
    "we are educators, not nannies. We are educated professionals who work with kids every day and often see your child in a different light than you do. If we give you advice, don't fight it. Take it, and digest it in the same way you would consider advice from a doctor or lawyer. I have become used to some parents who just don't want to hear anything negative about their child, but sometimes if you're willing to take early warning advice to heart, it can help you head off an issue that could become much greater in the future."
Sean McHugh

How Does Multitasking Change the Way Kids Learn? | MindShift - 2 views

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shared by Sean McHugh on 04 May 13 - No Cached
  • “We were amazed at how frequently they multitasked, even though they knew someone was watching,” Rosen says. “It really seems that they could not go for 15 minutes without engaging their devices,” adding, “It was kind of scary, actually.”
  • media multitasking while learning. Attending to multiple streams of information and entertainment while studying, doing homework, or even sitting in class has become common behavior among young people—so common that many of them rarely write a paper or complete a problem set any other way.
  • But evidence from psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience suggests that when students multitask while doing schoolwork, their learning is far spottier and shallower than if the work had their full attention. They understand and remember less, and they have greater difficulty transferring their learning to new contexts.
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  • Under most conditions, the brain simply cannot do two complex tasks at the same time. It can happen only when the two tasks are both very simple and when they don’t compete with each other for the same mental resources. An example would be folding laundry and listening to the weather report on the radio. That’s fine. But listening to a lecture while texting, or doing homework and being on Facebook—each of these tasks is very demanding, and each of them uses the same area of the brain, the prefrontal cortex.”
  • Young people think they can perform two challenging tasks at once, Meyer acknowledges, but “they are deluded,
  • This ability to resist the lure of technology can be consciously cultivated
  • “The good thing about this phenomenon is that it’s a relatively discrete behavior that parents actually can do something about,” she says. “It would be hard to enforce a total ban on media multitasking, but parents can draw a line when it comes to homework and studying—telling their kids, ‘This is a time when you will concentrate on just one thing.’ ”
  • Stop fretting about how much they’re on Facebook. Don’t harass them about how much they play video games. The digital native boosters are right that this is the social and emotional world in which young people live. Just make sure when they’re doing schoolwork, the cell phones are silent, the video screens are dark, and that every last window is closed but one.
Louise Phinney

12 Things Kids Want from Their Teachers | Angela Maiers, Speaker, Educator, Writer - 3 views

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shared by Louise Phinney on 05 May 13 - No Cached
  • Louise Phinney on 05 May 13
     
    simple things we can all do every day
Katie Day

The Power (and Peril) of Praising Your Kids -- New York Magazine - 3 views

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mindset psychology teaching learning

shared by Katie Day on 16 Feb 13 - No Cached
  • Katie Day on 16 Feb 13
     
    A 2007 article in New York magazine by Po Bronson which explores the concept of "mindset" - popularized by Carol Dweck - and its impact on kids.
Sean McHugh

Common Sense Media Census Measures Plugged-In Parents | Common Sense Media - 1 views

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screentime parents

shared by Sean McHugh on 08 Dec 16 - No Cached
  • Everybody knows tweens and teens rack up lots of screen time. But what about parents?
  • the report reveals the tension between what we do and what we want our kids to do
  • when parents are aware of their kids' online activities, they're less likely to worry
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  • On any given day, parents of American tweens and teens average more than nine hours with screen media each day. Eighty-two percent of that time (almost eight hours) is devoted to personal screen media activities such as watching TV, social networking, and video gaming, with the rest used for work
  • The sheer amount of media and tech in our lives makes it tough to monitor and manage our own use -- let alone our kids'.
  • Sean McHugh on 08 Dec 16
     
    On any given day, parents of American tweens and teens average more than nine hours with screen media each day. Eighty-two percent of that time (almost eight hours) is devoted to personal screen media activities such as watching TV, social networking, and video gaming, with the rest used for work
Jeffrey Plaman

My Kid Wants A Facebook Page-Now What? | fearlessweb - 1 views

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shared by Jeffrey Plaman on 19 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Jeffrey Plaman on 19 Apr 12
     
    Suggestions from a mother and employee of security firm Trend Micro on how to support your kids when they set-up Facebook.
Louise Phinney

Beyond Technology, How to Spark Kids' Passions | MindShift - 1 views

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kids spark passions

shared by Louise Phinney on 03 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • Louise Phinney on 03 Jul 12
     
    "The problem now is resisting the notion that technology is the answer to everything - it's clearly not," Robinson said. "But what part of the equation does technology best speak to?"
Louise Phinney

20 best iPhone and iPad apps for kids from June 2012 | Apps Playground - 2 views

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iphone ipad apps kids

shared by Louise Phinney on 13 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • Louise Phinney on 13 Jul 12
     
    Get it now
Louise Phinney

Helping Kids Avoid Digital Mistakes | Teaching Tolerance - 1 views

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helping kids tolerance

shared by Louise Phinney on 07 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • Louise Phinney on 07 Dec 11
     
    We teach children to apologize when something goes wrong, but in the digital world, hurt and humiliation may mean that an apology is only the beginning of a recovery-even  when the mistake is modest. Although childhood is a time for spontaneity, educators must continually identify ways to help students understand the lack of privacy and the need for self-restraint in their digital lives.
Sean McHugh

Are We Raising a Generation of Helpless Kids? | Mickey Goodman - 2 views

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Parenting resilience grit tenacity

shared by Sean McHugh on 30 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • Sean McHugh on 30 Nov 13
     
    The uncomfortable solutions: "We need to let our kids fail at 12 - which is far better than at 42," he says. "We need to tell them the truth (with grace) that the notion of 'you can do anything you want' is not necessarily true."
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