After a week of not having as many interesting links, here I've got quite a few interesting ones.
More TV for Toddlers Equals School Trouble Later. My opinion on this: I think one of the pieces of this research that stuck out most to me was the decreased attention. This is something that many educators struggle with when attempting to instruct the information age generations because kids are so used to being constantly stimulated in multiple directions. While multiple educational methods should always be used, Idon't know that I agree that it's a teacher's job to constantly make kids feel entertained. But I definitely don't think there's anything wrong with a lil TV (I mean who doesn't have a fond memory of Gilligan's Island or Mr Rogers Neighborhood), but it does concern me when I hear and meet individuals who have grown up with the TV as their baby sitter. Putting a child in front of a TV for hours on end as a means to distract them doesn't seem to create individuals who are easily ready to entertain themselves or pay attention for lengthy periods of time.
Facebook: The Evil Interface? and Facebook Glitch Brings New Privacy Worries As a user of Facebook, I have watched the social networking site grow from a fun way to keep in touch with family and friends into a marketing corporation. These newest attempts to barge into my private life as a way to force me to link myself to other individuals and organizations I am not interested in, only is one more strike against Facebook. I have deactivated my account in the past and have seriously been considering doing so again (as one can never truly delete it). For now I have deleted most my photo albums and most the information I had posted to avoid their newest push. Oh and if you haven't checked out the site speakeo.com....you might want to in order to hide a bunch of public information about yourself available to numerous thrid parties. (Although in just checking the site, the website appears to be broken....hopefully it will stay that way.)
Are you interested in cultural comparisons? Then you might want to check out the new Babies documentary that is coming out that looks at four infants and their how the experience of being a baby differs across the globe. Awwww, ewww, Who's a Good Baby? is the NYT's movie review.
How to Go Green: Easily and Cheaply by Forbes. Twelve suggestions for how to easily live a more eco-friendly existence.
President's Report Links Chemicals to Cancer. All I can say about this is: FINALLY!!!
Preventing Cancer: 9 Practical Tips by Environmental Working Group.
And if the Gulf of Mexico being overtaken by oil wasn't enough for the oil companies....Here's a blurb on their desire to take over a good chunk of the Amazon and displace undisturbed tribes: Photo Released to Prove Uncontacted Tribes Exist
Thursday's New York Times used to be my favorite because of the Home & Garden and Fashion sections. Interesting article that showed up during this week. Fabulous concept and the home is really fashioned from local resources and artisans. In Costa Rica, a Home Without Walls.
And one more home idea: Living Walls Go Mainstream, Hit the Home Sections. We've seen living roofs, but now that idea is being transmitted over to walls inside of homes too.
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