Not sure if it counts in this discussion but also TV programs. I just returned from a 2 week stay in Germany. There were two english channels on most hotel TV's. One of which was "Russia Today" (boring). So I turned to NetFlix where I found "The Good Wife". After watching a number of episodes - I got interested. On returning to the US I can no longer watch the remaining episodes. So it's buy the DVD's or circumvent NetFlix's asinine restrictions. Is there an alternative to NetFlix? The only other program I've found of interest on NetFlix as of late is "That 70's Show".
I'm a competitive fencer and coach fencing. One of the issues we have to deal with is that all too many children and teens do not have the physical dexterity/agility that one should expect. As a result we spend a lot of time playing games whose sole purpose is to get the student to be aware of their own bodies. They can't run, throw, or perform many physical activities at a level you would expect of children at their ages. They quite often do have very agile thumbs and hand eye coordination suitable for playing playing electronic games. I haven't seen any studies on the matter but suspect that this will follow into later life. If you don't develop physical skills as a child will you be able to catch up in later life?
Way too much computer game time and home schooling are my two biggest concerns with current pedagogy practices.
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Not sure if it counts in this discussion but also TV programs. I just returned from a 2 week stay in Germany. There were two english channels on most hotel TV's. One of which was "Russia Today" (boring). So I turned to NetFlix where I found "The Good Wife". After watching a number of episodes - I got interested. On returning to the US I can no longer watch the remaining episodes. So it's buy the DVD's or circumvent NetFlix's asinine restrictions. Is there an alternative to NetFlix? The only other program I've found of interest on NetFlix as of late is "That 70's Show".
I'm a competitive fencer and coach fencing. One of the issues we have to deal with is that all too many children and teens do not have the physical dexterity/agility that one should expect. As a result we spend a lot of time playing games whose sole purpose is to get the student to be aware of their own bodies. They can't run, throw, or perform many physical activities at a level you would expect of children at their ages. They quite often do have very agile thumbs and hand eye coordination suitable for playing playing electronic games. I haven't seen any studies on the matter but suspect that this will follow into later life. If you don't develop physical skills as a child will you be able to catch up in later life? Way too much computer game time and home schooling are my two biggest concerns with current pedagogy practices.