A study of adolescents finds that violent video games stir up the brain’s emotional-response center while reducing activity in regions linked to self-control.
Month: November 2006
Wikipedia CD Distributed over BitTorrent
“A €œWikipedia CD€? has been made available for download on BitTorrent.com. The CD comprises of over 2500 hand-picked educational articles aimed at helping schools enhance their curriculum and children learn.”
Why Women Leave I.T.
Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year-olds
The study, Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year-olds, examined media use among a nationally representative sample of more than 2,000 3rd through 12th graders who completed detailed questionnaires, including nearly 700 self-selected participants who also maintained seven-day media diaries.
How computers make kids dumb
“A study of 100,000 pupils in 31 countries around the world has concluded that using computers makes kids dumb. Avoiding PCs in the classroom and at home improved the literacy and numeracy of the children studied. The UK’s Royal Economic Society finds no ground for the correlation that politicans make between IT use and education.”
Open-Access Journals Flourish
“As more academic and medical publishers charge authors instead of advertisers, critics fear conflicts of interest will tarnish research.”
http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,67174,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2
‘Geek speak’ confuses net users
Open-Access Journals Flourish
“As more academic and medical publishers charge authors instead of advertisers, critics fear conflicts of interest will tarnish research.”
http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,67174,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2
ITAA Diversity Study: Numbers of Women, Minorities in Tech Too Low
“Women and most racial minorities remain significantly underrepresented in the U.S. information technology (IT) workforce, according to a new study released today by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA). ”
Executive Summary: http://www.itaa.org/eweb/upload/execsummdr05.pdf
Internet transforms modern life
“In 1994, people had to call the bank to check their balances. Or inquire in person, or wait for a paper statement to arrive in the mail. Baseball box scores were found in the newspaper. Weather forecasts came over the phone from the weather bureau, or on TV.”
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/06/23/evolution.main/index.html