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Learning From Mistakes Only Works After Age 12

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:58:01 GMT

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clipper's remarks: With little ones, stay positive.

Eight-year-old children have a radically different learning strategy from twelve-year-olds and adults. Eight-year-olds learn primarily from positive feedback ('Well done!'), whereas negative feedback ('Got it wrong this time') scarcely causes any alarm bells to ring. Twelve-year-olds are better able to process negative feedback, and use it to learn from their mistakes. Adults do the same, but more efficiently.

In children of eight and nine, these areas of the brain react strongly to positive feedback and scarcely respond at all to negative feedback. But in children of 12 and 13, and also in adults, the opposite is the case. Their 'control centres' in the brain are more strongly activated by negative feedback and much less by positive feedback.

Kids don't tell on cyber-bullies

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:03:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Parents' reaction to the news that their child is being cyberbullied is to take away their computer privileges.

Clip Source: www.nzherald.co.nz

Many young people keep quiet about online bullying for fear they will not be allowed to keep using computers, says a bullying expert.

But this approach merely punished the victim.

Clip Source: www.nzherald.co.nz

American psychologist and associate professor of early childhood education at the University of South Florida Ilene Berson said about 95 per cent of sex crimes in the United States were "non-forceable" - the young person knowing in advance the intention of a "real world" meeting with their abuser.

Cyberbullying grows bigger and meaner with photos, video

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:59:45 GMT

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Clip Source: www.usatoday.com

All Ricky, 16, knows is the fuzzy yet distinguishable portrait of him in English class showed up on MySpace, on a page that claimed to be his. And the fake profile, titled "The Rictionary," not only identified his school but also said Ricky loved dictionaries — a swipe at his school smarts — and was gay (he's not), one of the most common schoolyard taunts.

As younger and more kids get their hands on cellphone and digital cameras and nearly ubiquitous high-speed Internet connections, cyberbullying is ramping up and taking new forms.

Online harassment of American young people ages 10 to 17 increased 50% (from 6% to 9%) from 2000 to 2005,

And the number of young people who said they had "made rude or nasty comments to someone on the Internet" increased from 14% to 28% in the same period.

"It's not that bullying is any worse today," she says. "The impulse for cruelty is the same impulse. The only difference is that the tools to achieve that have become more sophisticated."

Hot for Teaching Jobs: More Consider Ed Jobs

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:14:34 GMT

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Clip Source: abcnews.go.com

If you've ever thought about ditching your current job to become a teacher, you've got plenty of company. Forty-two percent of college-educated 24- to 60-year-olds would consider teaching as a career, according to a survey out Wednesday from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation in Princeton, N.J.

Because of retirements, teacher turnover, and enrollment growth, schools will need to hire somewhere between 2.9 million and 5.1 million teachers between now and 2020

Most potential teachers say it's extremely important that their job be personally rewarding (68 percent). The second most common motivation: "contributing to society and making a difference" (54 percent).

Literacy Debate - Online, R U Really Reading?

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:18:43 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

As teenagers’ scores on standardized reading tests have declined or stagnated, some argue that the hours spent prowling the Internet are the enemy of reading — diminishing literacy, wrecking attention spans and destroying a precious common culture that exists only through the reading of books.

But others say the Internet has created a new kind of reading, one that schools and society should not discount. The Web inspires a teenager like Nadia, who might otherwise spend most of her leisure time watching television, to read and write.

Clearly, reading in print and on the Internet are different. On paper, text has a predetermined beginning, middle and end, where readers focus for a sustained period on one author’s vision. On the Internet, readers skate through cyberspace at will and, in effect, compose their own beginnings, middles and ends.

Nearly Every Kid is a Video Gamer

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:08:53 GMT

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Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

It's a common scenario, according to a new national survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project that illustrates just how ingrained games have become in youth culture.

And they don't just play by themselves. Nearly two-thirds play video games to socialize face-to-face with friends and family, while just over a quarter said they play with Internet friends.

"It shows that gamers are social people," says Amanda Lenhart, a senior researcher at Pew who led the report on the survey. "They communicate just as much. They spend time face-to-face, just as much as other kids. They e-mail and text."

For this and other reasons, Ito cautioned parents against negative stereotypes about video games.

Social Networking is the new porn

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:03:06 GMT

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clipper's remarks: More young people are using social networking sites so they don't have time to surf for porn.

Clip Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

CANBERRA - Social networking sites are the hottest attraction on the Internet, dethroning pornography and highlighting a major change in how people communicate, according to a web guru.

Bill Tancer, a self-described "data geek," has analyzed information for over 10 million web users to conclude that we are, in fact, what we click, with Internet searches giving an up-to-date view of how society and people are changing.

He said surfing for porn had dropped to about 10 percent of searches from 20 percent a decade ago, and the hottest Internet searches now are for social networking sites.

"As social networking traffic has increased, visits to porn sites have decreased," said Tancer, indicated that the 18-24 year old age group particularly was searching less for porn.

More Bosses Using Social Media Profiles to Evaluate Potential Hires

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:08:12 GMT

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Clip Source: www.mediapost.com

The thin line between personal and professional social networking just got thinner, as the use of sites like LinkedIn and Facebook to get the inside scoop on job candidates is on the rise.

A new CareerBuilder.com survey found that 22% of all hiring managers have combed through social media profiles to help evaluate potential hires, up from just 11% two years ago. HR execs from media and creative agencies like MediaVest and AKQA weighed in on the practice, identifying LinkedIn as their site of choice for new hire research.

"We look at their handles on Plurk or Twitter," Misukanis said. "They can be very telling, because they're quick sound bytes about how a person feels, what they like or don't like, and whether they're a generally negative or positive person.

Student react to Teen who faces charges for explicit phone messages

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:19:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Teens using phones to send inappropriate pictures of themselves to friends

Clip Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Students in Canandaigua reacted to the charges facing one Webster teen. John Sciabia is accused of possessing and sending explicit photos of a teenage girl. The 16 year-old allegedly received those photos from a 15-year-old girl, and then he sent them to another cell phone. News 10NBC spoke with teens who said it happens all the time.

"Parents need to know that is does happen, and I think that they should speak with their kids about it because it does get out there," Cichetti said. "It's cell phones you have unlimited access to everything."

It's Social Networking for Babies - Twitter From the Cradle

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:40:49 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Facebook generation has kids

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

But considering that relatives clamor for updates, she enjoys being able to catalog 10-week-old Cameron’s doings in one Web-accessible place. “Knowing his daddy, it won’t be long before he’s blogging about himself anyway,” she said, referring to her husband, Nathan, 29. He joined Odadeo, a site still in beta that allows dads to blog on behalf of baby as well as meet other fathers.

“We’re seeing a rising tide of parenting interest on social networks,” said Adam Ostrow, the editor of Mashable, a news blog about social networking sites. “Recently, I’ve noticed a lot of Facebook users are adding their children to their profiles.”

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Founders of this new breed of baby sites, for all their networking aspirations, allow parents to choose whom they want to invite to view and share information about their child. Totspot even has a feature that allows users to track who has visited their child’s Web page and when.

Media Literacy Crucial in the age of Internet News

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:55:53 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Why it is important to teach medial literacy to students

Clip Source: www.thenewstribune.com

“There was a time when the only definition (of news) is whatever you read or see on TV or in the newspaper,” Mike Fancher, editor-at-large for The Seattle Times, said at a community forum held Tuesday at The News Tribune. That was when TV and newspapers were the news gatekeepers.

“Print (journalism) is like a term paper,” Brewster said at the forum. “A reporter does his research and presents conclusions.

“But online journalism is much more like a conversation: ‘I’ve found out some things and here they are. What do you think?’ Or: ‘What can you add?’”

He said that truth-seeking in online journalism is more conversational and collaborative. And because the exchange of information is public, in the thread of comments that follows the original report, it can “breed greater confidence in the open-mindedness of the journalism.”

Twittering in a Hurricane

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:27:47 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Chicago Tribune using twitter for citizen journalism

Clip Source: www.chicagotribune.com

Faced with the kind of story that spans hundreds of miles, the Tribune is experimenting with online citizen reporting under the watchful gaze of seasoned journalists.

But after conversing with Gulf Coast residents on the social networking site Twitter—creating the online persona "GustavReporter" to do it—I found myself with 670 followers Monday, and also a duty as the storm rolled past to pass along their factual statements and dampen falsehoods.

The Media Equation - All of Us, the Arbiters of News

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:04:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The impact of the Internet on news media isn't all bad.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Emerging technologies that threaten to destroy the current paradigm can have precisely the opposite effect.

The Web leaks of entertainment that NBC bought and paid for served as a kind of trailer for the real thing.

How much more powerful is that networked intelligence than a reporter with a phone, a Rolodex and the space between his or her ears?

For the last few years, the locus of control has been shifting and consumers not only expect to customize their media experience, they demand it as a condition of engagement.

Consumers have no issue with time-shifting content — in some younger demographics, at least half the programming is consumed on a time-shifted basis — they just want to be the ones doing the programming

NBC’s game of “whack-a-mole”

was doomed to failure because information not only wants to be free, its consumers are cunning, connected and will find a workaround on any defense that can be conceived.

7 Ways Your Email Can Get You Fired

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:18:53 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Email cuts down on productivity. In addition, employees need to know that they don't own their email. Companies have a right to monitor their messages. People should not use company email for personal reasons.

Clip Source: finance.yahoo.com

Though many companies include e-mail rules in their employee contracts, workers continue to send nonwork-related e-mails on the job. Of those who took an msnbc.com survey that asked how often workers send or receive personal e-mails on the job, 14 percent said they do "constantly." An additional 31 percent said "very often." More than 50 percent said they "sometimes or occasionally" use personal e-mail at work, and only 9.3 percent said they "never do."

Even if most workers may get away with it, companies are using e-mail as grounds for firing. According to a survey by the American Management Association and the ePolicy Institute, over half of all employers fire workers for e-mail and Internet abuse. The survey also found that of the 43 percent of companies that monitor workers' e-mail, 73 percent use technology tools to automatically monitor it and 40 percent assign an individual to read and review the e-mail manually.

The Biggest Issue

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:32:46 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Blog about why US is falling behind.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Between 1975 and 1990, educational attainments stagnated completely. Since then, progress has been modest. America’s lead over its economic rivals has been entirely forfeited, with many nations surging ahead in school attainment.

In “Schools, Skills and Synapses,” Heckman probes the sources of that decline. It’s not falling school quality, he argues. Nor is it primarily a shortage of funding or rising college tuition costs. Instead, Heckman directs attention at family environments, which have deteriorated over the past 40 years.

there is a big debate under way over the sources of middle-class economic anxiety. Some populists emphasize the destructive forces of globalization, outsourcing and predatory capitalism.

America rose because it got more out of its own people than other nations. That stopped in 1970. Now, other issues grab headlines and campaign attention. But this tectonic plate is still relentlessly and menacingly shifting beneath our feet.