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Eirin Lombardo

We need critical thinking in a world without Uncle Walter | SafeKids.com - 0 views

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  • everything being filtered by a small, elite and typically white male cadre of journalists working for one of only three broadcast networks or one or two local newspapers
  • Today’s news consumers can also be producers thanks to blogs, social networking sites, YouTube, podcasting and microblogs like Twitter
  • harder to come by trusted sources for news and information
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  • watched by a high enough percentage of the population that it created a shared experience
  • We all knew it was true even if we didn’t all agree on how we should interpret the implications of what Cronkite told us happened
  • family shared its media experience, probably because we had only one TV set, one newspaper subscription and no Internet
  • dinner together every night in a room with no TV, a household telephone that almost never rang during dinner hour and no mobile devices that let us exchange text messages with people outside the room
  • value in looking at what we might be missing as we move forward, not to repeat the past but to ensure a better future
  • we have to figure it out for ourselves
  • pressure on us to think critically about what we see, hear, read and say
  • an opportunity – and responsibility – for parents and schools to teach critical thinking
  • learn to “consider the source” of what they take in but also think critically about what they post
  • asking questions such as “Is this true?” and “How do I know it’s true?.”
  • think carefully before they broadcast their own versions of “the way it is.”
  • Eirin Lombardo on 25 Jul 09
     
    This commentary points out critical thinking skills when we read the web and when we publish to the web.
Eirin Lombardo

Internet and Social Skills - Group | Diigo - 0 views

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shared by Eirin Lombardo on 21 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Eirin Lombardo on 21 Jul 09
     
    I also posted this on my blog. Some interesting skills to have in the new Web 2.0 world.
  • Eirin Lombardo on 21 Jul 09
     
    I apologize for the double posting. I had the feed from oldest to newest and didn't see my post.
  • Susan McDonough on 22 Jul 09
     
    a good variety of articles. I particularly like the one "you can haggle on Craigslist."
Eirin Lombardo

How to Behave: New Rules for Highly Evolved Humans - 0 views

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  • Eirin Lombardo on 21 Jul 09
     
    I also shared this on my blog. These are new skills to have in the Web 2.0 world.
Susan McDonough

What is the forum for? - 7 views

Hi. Use this space to post comments. If applicable, enter one of the tags: Benefit, Risk, or Commentary. Thanks!

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Susan McDonough

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. - CyberPsychology & Behavior - 9(5):584 - 0 views

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Benefit

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  • Positive feedback on the profiles enhanced adolescents' social self-esteem and well-being, whereas negative feedback decreased their selfesteem and well-being.
    • Susan McDonough
      Susan McDonough on 17 Jul 09
       
      This seems no different from f2f interaction. Positive feedback makes us happy; negative feedback makes us sad.
  • Positive feedback on the profiles enhanced adolescents' social self-esteem and well-being, whereas negative feedback decreased their selfesteem and well-being.
Susan McDonough

JSTOR: The Future of Children, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Autumn - Winter, 2000), pp. 123-144 - 0 views

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Commentary

shared by Susan McDonough on 17 Jul 09 - No Cached
  • The research findings are more mixed, however, regarding the effects on children's social development. Although little evidence indicates that the moderate use of computers to play games has a negative impact on children's friendships and family relationships, recent survey data show that increased use of the Internet may be linked to increases in loneliness and depression.
  • The authors conclude that more systematic research is needed in these areas to help parents and policymakers maximize the positive effects and to minimize the negative effects of home computers in children's lives.
    • Susan McDonough
      Susan McDonough on 17 Jul 09
       
      This article is from 2000 so probably more research since then. Still there are benefits as well as risks listed.
Susan McDonough

Annals of General Psychiatry | Full text | A cross-sectional analysis of video games an... - 0 views

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Risk

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  • Adolescents who play more than one hour of console or Internet video games may have more or more intense symptoms of ADHD or inattention than those who do not. Given the possible negative effects these conditions may have on scholastic performance, the added consequences of more time spent on video games may also place these individuals at increased risk for problems in school.
Susan McDonough

Internet Usage and Social Skills Correlation - Associated Content - 0 views

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Risk

shared by Susan McDonough on 17 Jul 09 - Cached
  • With the avoidance of face and verbal cues, social risk is largely averted, while communication (for the keyboard-literate) is enhanced and the internet may function as a venue for avoiding intimacy."
Susan McDonough

Teens learn important social skills online - Business news, business advice and informa... - 0 views

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Benefit

shared by Susan McDonough on 17 Jul 09 - Cached
  • The study found young people add media skills, knowledge and "learn basic social and technical skills that they need to fully participate in contemporary society".
Susan McDonough

Is the Internet depriving the social skills of our kids? - ParentDish - 0 views

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shared by Susan McDonough on 17 Jul 09 - Cached
  • I can totally see how the Internet could dent a child's budding social skills. I don't have a whole lot of social skill to begin with, but what little I did have has been mostly eaten by my computer, I'm sure. I find myself sometimes yearning for voicemail over a person, an email over a face-to-face meeting. Why should it be any different for my kid?
Susan McDonough

Effect of the Internet On Social Skills - 0 views

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Commentary

shared by Susan McDonough on 17 Jul 09 - Cached
  • "... when kids are online, they're reading, thinking, analyzing, criticizing and authenticating - composing their thoughts. Kids use computers for activities that go hand-in-hand with our understanding of what constitutes a traditional childhood. They use the technology to play, learn, communicate and form relationships as children always have. Development is enhanced in an interactive world
    • Susan McDonough
      Susan McDonough on 17 Jul 09
       
      This article is a little dated but I think the conclusion still holds true and is not really a modern problem. Parental neglect has never been a good thing - Internet or no Internet.
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