21st Century Learning and Teaching
586.8K views | +21 today
Follow
21st Century Learning and Teaching
Related articles to 21st Century Learning and Teaching as also tools...
Curated by Gust MEES
Your new post is loading...
Your new post is loading...

Popular Tags

Current selected tags: 'Parents', 'Society'. Clear
Scooped by Gust MEES
Scoop.it!

Smartphone zombie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | #Smombies #ICTSociety #Society #ICT #EDU #parenting 

Smartphone zombie

A smartphone zombie (German: smombie) is a pedestrian who walks slowly and without attention to their surroundings because they are focused on their smartphone. This is now a significant safety hazard since distracted pedestrians cause accidents. Cities such as Chongqing and Antwerp have introduced special lanes for smartphone users to help direct and manage them.

Gust MEES's insight:

A smartphone zombie (German: smombie) is a pedestrian who walks slowly and without attention to their surroundings because they are focused on their smartphone. This is now a significant safety hazard since distracted pedestrians cause accidents. Cities such as Chongqing and Antwerp have introduced special lanes for smartphone users to help direct and manage them.

 

No comment yet.
Scooped by Gust MEES
Scoop.it!

The Teenage Brain: How Do We Measure Maturity? - Association for Psychological Science

The Teenage Brain: How Do We Measure Maturity? - Association for Psychological Science | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it


Bonnie and Scott do make some suggestions. Consider teenage drinking, for example, which is a form of sensation seeking and risk taking. It’s been argued that 18-year-olds should be permitted to drink, since they are considered old enough to go to war and assume other adult responsibilities.


But the teenage brain is vulnerable to the effects of alcohol, and research has shown that the age at which teens start drinking—and the intensity of this drinking—are strong predictors of alcohol abuse and addiction later in life. These scientific insights argue for maintaining the 21-year-old drinking age,


Bonnie and Scott say, and for intensifying efforts to keep teens from taking up drinking at all.


Gust MEES's insight:

 

Check also:

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Binge+drinking

 

No comment yet.
Scooped by Gust MEES
Scoop.it!

Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know? | Critical THINKing about Society by Music & Video

Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know? (Official Video) Subscribe for more Arctic Monkeys videos - http://www.youtube.com/ArcticMonkeys Do I Wanna Know? The first..


Critical THINKing about Society by Music & Video.


Learn more:


http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Critical-Thinking

Gust MEES's insight:

Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know? (Official Video) Subscribe for more Arctic Monkeys videos - http://www.youtube.com/ArcticMonkeys Do I Wanna Know? The first..


Critical THINKing about Society by Music & Video.


Learn more:


http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Critical-Thinking


No comment yet.