tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46592409397682480572024-03-12T16:01:59.707-07:00Problems of Youththe problems of youth in societyCody Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229432755138606127noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659240939768248057.post-43312721510766302222011-05-02T23:01:00.000-07:002011-05-02T23:34:33.819-07:00Healthy Kids!<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Get Involved!</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt; margin-left:0in;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0in;mso-outline-level:1"></p><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Create a School Health Advisory Council at your neighborhood school</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Apply for the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:";"><a href="http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/healthierUS/application.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">The Healthier US School Challenge</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(HUSSC)</span></span></li></ul><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt; margin-left:0in;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0in;mso-outline-level:1"><span style="mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:18.0ptfont-family:";font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt; margin-left:0in;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0in;mso-outline-level:1"><b><span style="font-family:";"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt; margin-left:0in;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0in;mso-outline-level:1"><b><span style="font-family:";"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt; margin-left:0in;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0in;mso-outline-level:1"><b><span style="font-family:";"><a href="http://www.letsmove.gov/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Let’s Move</span></span></a></span></b></p><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 81px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGxHOUcpefFqgbHB6ttl9UxVw3O6BTYrL4k8Ac-E4i5AEWr9zT9VwbnAyIOM9laokLipQ2AZghTSMUml6LYsmIfVvk2V-V7VEGIPemCudBzBG0NSD6iIjmsPUinsTLU37dz2BsHfcWl6NG/s320/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602371749331056914" /><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Let’s Move!</span></span></i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">is a comprehensive initiative, launched by the First Lady, dedicated to solving the problem </span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">of </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">obesity within a generation, so that children born today will grow up healthier and able to pursue their dreams.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"> (-from </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.letsmove.gov/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">www.letsmove.gov</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;">)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://www.walkingschoolbus.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>Walking School Bus</b></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A walking school bus is a group of children walking to school with one or more adults. If that sounds simple, it is, and that’s part of the beauty of the walking school bus. It can be as informal as two families taking turns walking their children to school to as structured as a route with meeting points, a timetable and a regularly rotated schedule of trained volunteers. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">(-from </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.walkingschoolbus.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">www.walkingschoolbus.org</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:";"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:";"><a href="http://www.healthychildrenhealthyfutures.org/moneysaving.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>Healthy Children Healthy Futures</b></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 141px; height: 113px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuXYILwYCWPyORljCk-Jg1mAj7bdngPhra2PH_l82wKNF1oKuMuwTIrHOPvTVVqZjd0RegcF117gQPVCa-W_8XF9QFTvsDyNSr2BEovXukQiaaIamH74QqYmiRlZDPvgWyJqb67VIV2uko/s320/piggy_bank.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602368546420855554" /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Great ideas on how to include kids in the grocery shopping process as well as money saving tips! <a href="http://www.healthychildrenhealthyfutures.org/moneysaving.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Click here</span></a> for more information. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>Lesson Plans</b></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> <!--StartFragment--> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/resources/mypyramidclassroom.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">MyPyramid</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> for kids is a great place to download lesson plans that incorporate nutrition into a variety of subjects.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Times New Roman"font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span></span><p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Laurelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05276823969510068349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659240939768248057.post-58717693359583730602011-05-02T22:06:00.000-07:002011-05-03T15:42:43.692-07:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/58418149@N06/5681191913/" title="techtitle by codyis007, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5143/5681191913_9ed6da5ed0_z.jpg" width="640" height="189" alt="techtitle" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: left; "><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><br /></div><div style="text-align: left; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Did you know?</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Earth has 6.8 billion people. About 5 billion have cellphones and 365 million have computers!</span></div></span><div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Student Cell phone Stats</span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/58418149@N06/5681207353/" title="teensowncells by codyis007, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5069/5681207353_cfb32fcc47_z.jpg" width="504" height="360" alt="teensowncells" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/58418149@N06/5681199901/" title="collegeowncells by codyis007, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5110/5681199901_85d16d1e97_z.jpg" width="504" height="360" alt="collegeowncells" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">With boom of smartphones and social networking sites, these numbers are quickly rising!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Even elementary teachers are being affected by this cell phone love affair.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><embed src="http://cf.komonews.com/jwplayer/mediaplayer-5.4-licensed-viral/player.swf" height="360" width="640" bgcolor="0x000000" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="&backcolor=0x000000&controlbar=over&file=http%3A%2F%2Fkvalbim.s3.amazonaws.com%2FWF16x9N_RE-159TU_NS_MORE%20STUDENTS%20USING%20CELL%20PHONES%20IN%20HALIFAX_CNNA-ST1-1000000000624bff_211_0W.flv&frontcolor=0x9b9b9b&gapro.accountid=UA-9711042-2&gapro.height=360&gapro.visible=true&gapro.width=640&gapro.x=0&gapro.y=0&googima.ad.position=pre&googima.ad.tag=http%3A%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fpfadx%2FKATU2%2FHOME%3Btile%3D1%3Bsz%3D320x240%3Bord%3D46498243&googima.height=360&googima.position=over&googima.visible=true&googima.width=640&googima.x=0&googima.y=0&lightcolor=0x000000&plugins=googima%2Cviral%2Cgapro&screencolor=0x000000&skin=http%3A%2F%2Fcf.komonews.com%2Fjwplayer%2Fova.jwplayer.5x%2Fstormtrooper.zip&viral.callout=none&viral.functions=embed&viral.oncomplete=false&viral.onpause=false"></embed></span></span></div><div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">More than <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">1/3 of children</span> own a cell phone by the time they are <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">eight years old</span>.</span></span></span><!--EndFragment--></div><div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Observations</span></span></span></b></div><div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><!--StartFragment--><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“It’s a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">popularity contest</span>,” Abernathy said. “And it really increases the amount of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">gossip</span>.” Abernathy is among many teachers who are feeling the harmful affect that these cell phones have on the classroom environment. </span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/58418149@N06/5681765204/" title="beibertext by codyis007, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5182/5681765204_2e3f71c61a_z.jpg" width="504" height="360" alt="beibertext" /></a><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The increasingly younger ages of cell phone users could also impact their <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">social development</span>, according to a recent study conducted by Carnegie Mellon University. Technology use leads to small but significant increases in <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">loneliness</span> and a decline in overall <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">psychological wellbeing</span>.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><!--EndFragment--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">According to a <b>Texting Study</b> conducted at the University of New Hampshire...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/58418149@N06/5681199825/" title="collegeusephones by codyis007, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5224/5681199825_e6a3b86933_z.jpg" width="504" height="360" alt="collegeusephones" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">According to the study, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">business students</span> text in class more than other students and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">women</span> are more likely than men to text during class.</span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Texting Experiment</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> conducted by Mandy </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Gingerich, an assistant professor of psychology at Butler University:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">1/2 of the class texts during a lecture </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">vs</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> 1/2 class does not text</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After the 10 minute lecture, students took a multiple-choice quiz.</span></span></li></ul></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Results (67 students over the past three semesters):</span></span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Texting students average score = 60%</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Non-texting students average score = 79%</span></span></li></ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Conclusion:</span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Texting <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">impairs comprehension</span> of the material, which is consistent with the findings that people rely on inflexible memory systems while <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">multitasking</span>, which can <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">impair learning</span>, and that people lose time when switching from one task to another, especially when the tasks are complex or unfamiliar.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Student Laptop Stats</span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/58418149@N06/5681199515/" title="teensownlaptop by codyis007, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5030/5681199515_712ac87940_z.jpg" width="504" height="360" alt="teensownlaptop" /></a></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/58418149@N06/5681199137/" title="collegeownlaptops by codyis007, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5187/5681199137_2c5836c4ff_z.jpg" width="504" height="360" alt="collegeownlaptops" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Professors are beginning to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">ban laptop use</span> in classrooms. Laptop distraction has become so serious you can find videos online of instructors confiscating students' laptops to destroy them in front of the class!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Observations</span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/58418149@N06/5681200929/" title="classuselaptops by codyis007, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5143/5681200929_4259485589_z.jpg" width="504" height="360" alt="classuselaptops" /></a></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Like cell phones, students are absorbed in their computers with the help of social networking sites, online videos, instant messaging, etc.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/58418149@N06/5681200929/" title="classuselaptops by codyis007, on Flickr"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/58418149@N06/5681198815/" title="CollegeLaptopUse by codyis007, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5065/5681198815_028af7ef01_z.jpg" width="504" height="360" alt="CollegeLaptopUse" /></a><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Laptops during class not only distracts those using them, but neighboring students as well with their glowing monitors, and tapping of keys. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Laptop study </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">conducted by Winona State University</span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">students in two large lecture halls were observed</span></span></span></b></span></li></ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Results:</span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Students who used laptops during class had <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">GPAs 5% lower</span> than their classmates who did not</span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">What to do</span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"Be where the students are" and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">incorporate</span> laptops and cell phones into the class curriculum.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Coaches have been using cell phones for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">spreading the word</span> about practices and/or cancellations.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Many teachers are taking advantage of the students having laptops and cell phones by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">keeping updated lists of assignments</span> on the Internet, allowing students to check homework or test dates. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Prakash Nair, RA, REFP refers to computers in the classroom as "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">digital teaching assistants</span>." One of the most important benefits </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">of having these assistants alongside your teaching is it <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">frees up the teacher</span> to spend more time with particular students for help as needed, when needed, without concern that learning in the rest of the class will come to an abrupt halt.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Teachers may ask students to search for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">additional information</span> that would only come through experience or knowledge they lack. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Another innovative way to use cell phones in the classroom is to create an online, interactive poll. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; font-size:large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.polleverywhere.com/free_text_polls/MTE1MTQ2OTI3Ng"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5026/5681268965_ec63ce8ecc_z.jpg" width="640" height="99" alt="polleverywhere" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Reference:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> </span><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: -48.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Deady, B. 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According to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, disengagement, failure and dropping out of school are principal predictors of teen pregnancy. <br /><br />The Campaign, along with the US Dept of Health and Human Services suggests the following five strategies in their manual, <em>Get Organized: A Guide to Preventing Teen Pregnancy</em>, that schools can engaged in to decrease unplanned pregnancies: <br /><br /><br /><strong>Promoting educational success and providing an enhanced sense that life holds positive options</strong><br /><em>Schools and communities must formulate powerful strategies for those young people who live on the margins, who are unsuccessful in school, who do not have nurturing families, and who live in disadvantaged communities. These very high-risk young people must be convinced that delaying parenthood will have benefits, and that not having a baby will improve their chances in life. (p. 78)</em><br /><br /><br /><strong>Helping youth create and maintain strong connections to parents and other adults </strong><br /><em>Some parents have great difficulty communicating with their own children, not just about sex, but about many issues. School personnel, such as teachers, guidance counselors, coaches, school nurses, and other support staff, can play a significant role in helping to fill this gap (p. 80)</em><br /><br /><br /><strong>Providing knowledge, reinforcing positive social norms, and enhancing social skills through various types of abstinence or sex education</strong><br /><em>Young people need the knowledge and skills to make responsible decisions about whether and when to initiate sex, with whom, and under what circumstances. Schools are one of the places where they can receive this information and guidance, supplementing what parents, faith communities, and others teach.</em><br /><br /><br /><strong>Offering contraceptive services (either in school or nearby) or making referrals for them</strong><br /><em>Some schools have chosen to provide direct access to contraception to prevent early pregnancy and STDs. Traditionally, schools are not expected to provide reproductive health care to teenagers, and most school systems do not (p.68) </em><br /><br /><br /><strong>Carrying out multiple approaches through school/community partnerships</strong><br /><em>Recognition is growing within schools and community agencies that partnerships that include schools can go even farther to strengthen initiatives to help children and families. (p. 87)</em><br /><br /><em><strong>What type of program could you initiate the supports one of these strategies?</em></strong>Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12174294143520672429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659240939768248057.post-56159249152455625712011-05-02T18:01:00.000-07:002011-05-02T18:51:33.538-07:00So What Can Schools Do?<div align="left"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">Top 3 Information Agents re: Sex*</span> </strong>
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<br />1. Schools
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<br /><em>*With a close 4th....getting increasingly closer......the Internet. </em>
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<br /><em><span style="color:#009900;">…[T]hat’s a place [school] that I would expect to know what they are talking about, to tell me the truth, to educate me on what I should know.</span></em>
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<br /><span style="color:#009900;">—Indiana, male, 17, Asian , sexually experienced.
<br /></span>(Journal of Adolescent Research, March 14, 2011, p. 11)
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<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">Suggestions for Effective Sex Education Courses</span> </strong>
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<br />- Schools typically put the greatest emphasis on condom use. Most schools offer minimal information regarding hormonal contraceptive options and with too great an emphasis on their negative side effects. Schools should try for more in-depth information on hormonal option.
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<br />- Teaching about absitinence and contraception is not incompatible and should both be presented in a comprehensive program.
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<br />- Teens are increasingly turning to the internet for information on sex, so schools should be pro-active in providing students with reliable sources.
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<br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">What was your experience?</span> </strong></em></div>Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12174294143520672429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659240939768248057.post-72024935726652669952011-04-30T17:17:00.000-07:002011-05-02T18:51:08.105-07:00Teen Pregnancy Statistics<div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"><em>Statistics!</em> Boring, I know. But these are statistics about sex! Now, your paying attention.<br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">7%</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#000000;">Seriously, folks. These are some pretty interesting, somewhat uplifting, but then somewhat sobering statistics regarding teen pregnancy in the U.S. According to the </span><a href="http://www.guttmacher.org/"><span style="color:#000099;">Guttmacher Institute</span></a><span style="color:#000000;">, the most recent data (2006) on teen pregnancy rates in the U.S. is 71.5 per 1,000 girls ages 15 – 19, or 7%.<br /><br /><strong>Some history here for perspective:</strong> </span></div><span style="color:#000000;">Pregnancy, and abortion, rates rose steadily from the 1970's – 90’s. But, starting in 1990 both the pregnancy and abortion rates started to decline. <strong>Research indicates that the main reason for this decline is an increase in contraception.<br /></strong><br /><br /><strong>Rising again?</strong><br />However in 2005, pregnancy rates started to rise and continued slightly through 2007. Data is mixed on the most recent trends, but preliminary information indicates a slight continued rise, with unintended pregnancy rates are highest among African American and Hispanic girls. Research indicates that the following may be reasons for the recent increases:<br /><br />• Shifts in the racial and ethnic composition of the population<br />• Growth of abstinence only education programs at the expense of comprehensive programs<br />• Changes in public perception and attitudes about teenage pregnancy<br /><br /><strong>So what's the problem?</strong><br />According to the </span><a href="http://www.marchofdimes.com/"><span style="color:#3333ff;">March of Dimes</span></a><span style="color:#000000;">:<br />• Only 40% of teenagers who have children before age 18 go on to graduate from high school, compared to 75% of teens who don't.<br />• About 64% of children born to an unmarried teenage high-school dropout live in poverty, compared to 7% of children born to women over age 20 who are married and high school graduates.<br />• A child born to a teenage mother is 50% more likely to repeat a grade in school and is more likely to perform poorly on standardized tests and drop out before finishing high school.<br /><br /><strong>The teen pregnancy rate in the U.S. is twice that of any other industrialized nation.</strong> </span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Sweden's teenage birthrate is 7 per 1,000 births, compared with 49 in the U.S. (2006 data). According a US News and World report article, the difference may be attributed to schooling:<br /><br /><em>Since 1956, sex education has been compulsory in Swedish schools, from the earliest grades through high school. Sex is a natural human act, the educators reason, and most people become active before they're 20. Since there is no changing that, the Swedes figure, young people should at least understand sexuality and reproduction, as well as the risks of unprotected sex.</em> (Grose, 2007)<br /><br />References:<br />Grose, T. (2007, March 18). Straight Facts About the Birds and Bees. US News and World Report, website.<br /><br />The Guttmacher Institute website: <span style="color:#3333ff;">www.marchofdimes.com</span><br /><br />The March of Dimes website: </span><span style="color:#3333ff;">www.guttmacher.org</span>Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12174294143520672429noreply@blogger.com0