News and reflexions about change for good
Three new studies, conducted by researchers in Boston and elsewhere, demonstrate how much sugar-sweetened beverages can expand our waistlines and provide strong evidence in favor of government policies to curb consumption of soft drinks and fruit juices in schools.
The Deborah Hutton Campaign, present a social media Project: Cut Films.
Zamzee®, a pocket-sized activity meter that measures activity and connects to a
motivational game-based website.
Experiments show how technology supports learning, with the
potential to increase student engagement and motivation. Games target all kinds
of subjects and age groups, with different types of gaming from strategy to
simulations to hard-core curriculum topics. Teachers can access an arsenal of
tools, from game consoles to laptops to smartphones.
Ludwig is Game-based learning, a combination of communicating
knowledge and play. To win the game, the players gather knowledge and also
apply it immediately.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publish a
report that show that regular physical activity in childhood and adolescence
improves strength and endurance, helps build healthy bones and muscles, helps
control weight, reduces anxiety and stress, increases self-esteem, and may
improve blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
Nearly three-quarters of iPad owners who read e-books with
their children prefer reading print books with them to e-books; and about half
of children say the same thing. Meanwhile, less than 10% of both children and
parents prefer to read e-books when they read together, according to the study
produced by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, a New York-based
non-profit dedicated to studying and promoting children’s reading.