- A report published last week by the Millennium Cohort Study, a long-term study group in Britain that has been following 19,000 children born in 2000 and 2001, found that those who watched more than three hours of television, videos or DVDs a day had a higher chance of conduct problems, emotional symptoms and relationship problems by the time they were 7 than children who did not. The study, of a sample of 11,000 children, found that children who played video games ? often age-appropriate games ? for the same amount of time did not show any signs of negative behavioral changes by the same age.
- But Dr. Small says we do know that the brain is highly sensitive to stimuli, like iPads and smartphone screens, and if people spend too much time with one technology, and less time interacting with people like parents at the dinner table, that could hinder the development of certain communications skills.
- Conversations with each other are the way children learn to have conversations with themselves, and learn how to be alone,? said Sherry Turkle, a professor of science, technology and society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and author of the book ?Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other.? ?Learning about solitude and being alone is the bedrock of early development, and you don?t want your kids to miss out on that because you?re pacifying them with a device. If you don?t teach your children to be alone, they?ll only know how to be lonely.?
Thursday, October 31, 2013
What Does a Tablet Do to the Child’s Mind? - NYTimes.com
What Does a Tablet Do to the Child’s Mind? - NYTimes.com
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Friday, October 25, 2013
Thursday, October 24, 2013
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Apple launches iPad Air and iPad mini with retina display | Technology | theguardian.com
Apple launches iPad Air and iPad mini with retina display | Technology | theguardian.com
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/22/apple-ipad-5-announcement-key-facts-features
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/22/apple-ipad-5-announcement-key-facts-features
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
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Sunday, October 20, 2013
The big grey box in Leipzig where Amazon staff have found their voice
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/20/amazon-grey-box-leipzig-found-voice
Friday, October 18, 2013
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Why are some times tables harder than others? | Life and style | The Guardian
Why are some times tables harder than others? | Life and style | The Guardian
WelshmanEC2
WelshmanEC2
7 4 1
8 5 2
9 6 3
That's how I visualised the 7 x table. Job done.
There's always patterns. At least, there are for me, I see things in numbers and I see numbers in everything. It's a blessing and a curse, but it makes the times-tables a breeze.
8 5 2
9 6 3
That's how I visualised the 7 x table. Job done.
There's always patterns. At least, there are for me, I see things in numbers and I see numbers in everything. It's a blessing and a curse, but it makes the times-tables a breeze.
The digits in that table, read as rows, show the last digits of each multiple of 7 up to 9 (after 10 it repeats). And the grid itself is simplicity itself to construct, even in your head.
It took me a while to interpret it too!
WelshmanEC2
I'll try - not easy to explain, it's just something I "see" without thinking.
Look on it as two grids, representing the multiples of 7
First grid is the first digit of each multiple
Second grid is the second
0 1 2
2 3 4
4 5 6
and
7 4 1
8 5 2
9 6 3
1 x 7 = first number in each grid = 0 & 7 = 7
2 x 7 = second number in each grid = 1 & 4 = 14
and so on.
It took me a while to interpret it too!
WelshmanEC2
Look on it as two grids, representing the multiples of 7
First grid is the first digit of each multiple
Second grid is the second
0 1 2
2 3 4
4 5 6
and
7 4 1
8 5 2
9 6 3
1 x 7 = first number in each grid = 0 & 7 = 7
2 x 7 = second number in each grid = 1 & 4 = 14
and so on.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
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