Study: Parents clueless about kids' internet use - Meris Stansbury, eSchool News- July 1, 2008 Kids say their parents are unaware of their online activities. A recent survey by internet security firm Symantec Corp. suggests that many parents are unaware of their children's internet activity and typically underestimate how often their kids encounter online threats.... The findings show that internet users generally are confident, socializing with strangers online (21 percent of U.S.http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/et/2008/07/study-parents-clueless-about-kids.html Software to students: 'I feel your pain' - Dennis Carter, eSchool News- July 1, 2008 UMass researchers are creating a program that will detect student emotions. Student comprehension is tough to judge for teachers at the helm of a packed classroom, so researchers at the University of Massachusetts are developing a program that can gauge whether students are bored, frustrated, or motivated during computer-based exercises. UMass researchers received a grant of $890,419 this monthhttp://people.uis.edu/rschr1/et/2008/07/software-to-students-i-feel-your-pain.html Nintendo DS teaches English to Japanese kids - eSchool News- July 1, 2008 The Nintendo DS isn't just fun and games anymore for English-language students at Tokyo's Joshi Gakuen all-girls junior high school. The portable video game console is now being used as a key teaching tool, breaking with traditional Japanese academic methods. A giggly class of 32 seventh-graders used plastic pens to spell words such as "hamburger" and "cola" on the touch-panel screen--the keyhttp://people.uis.edu/rschr1/et/2008/07/nintendo-ds-teaches-english-to-japanese.html |