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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Current Events: 12/28

In the news this week (as in other weeks), is the Stop Online Piracy Act...  so have at it! ;)

Lines Drawn on Antipiracy Bills - nytimes.com **

Daily Report: Congress Considers Bills to Prevent Piracy - nytimes.com **

Explainer: understanding Sopa (animated explanation of the issue) - guardian.co.uk **

Daily Report: The Boycott Against SOPA Supporters - nytimes.com **

Piracy vs. privacy in the online world - washingtonpost.com **

Online Piracy and SOPA: Beware of Unintended Consequences - heritage.org

The news ... illustrated - world magazine's political cartoons **


Interesting thoughts on technology in 2011

2011: The year when it became the norm for the device in your pocket to be the center of your world - washingtonpost.com

Your Brain on Computers, Attached to Technology and Paying a Price - nytimes.com

Your Brain on Cellphones: Effects Present, Consequences Unknown
- technewsworld.com

Your Brain on Computers, Outdoors and Out of Reach, Studying the Brain
- nytimes.com

How Digital Technology Has Changed the Brain, "By their 20s, young people will have spent more than 30,000 hours on the Internet and playing video games. That's not such a bad thing..." - businessweek.com


The articles are in the order I would recommend them read in. I've starred the articles my boys will actually get to choose from. :)

4 comments:

Stephanie said...

I love this. I've been trying to figure out how to introduce current events to my children without overwhelming them with all the negativity in the news. They are just little kids; it seems wrong somehow to burden them with things that are too much for them to handle emotionally yet. How do you decide?

J and B Learning "Is The Johnson Tribe" said...

just awesome thank you!! hugs

amy in peru said...

@Stephanie, I've just put my VERY lengthy response in my latest blog post! :)

Thanks for your question! ;)

amy

Pam... said...

You go girl. Charlotte would be so proud! lol!

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