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Big Book Encyclopedia of Life Update
The second edition of the Smithsonian Institution’s free, online collaborative Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is now easier to use. It also has been vastly expanded, offering information on more than one-third of all known species on Earth, including hundreds of thousands of images and videos. With the updated format, users can easily find species of interest; create personal collections of photos and informa- tion; find or upload pictures, videos and sounds; and share comments, questions and expertise with users worldwide that share similar interests.
EOL.org seeks to become a microscope in reverse, help- ing users to discern large-scale patterns. By aggregating for analysis information on Earth’s estimated 1.9 million known species, scientists say EOL could, for example, help map vectors of human disease; reveal mysteries behind longevity; suggest substi- tute plant pollinators for a swelling list of places where honeybees no longer pro- vide the function; and foster strategies to slow the spread of invasive species. All EOL information is available for reuse and is licensed under Creative Commons and other Open Access free licenses.
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Low Tech Silicon Valley School Eschews Computers
The Waldorf School of the Peninsula, in Los Altos, California, is one of 160 Waldorf schools in the country that subscribe to a teaching philosophy focused on physical activity and learn- ing through creative, hands-on tasks. The New York Times reports that the chief technology officer of eBay sends his chil- dren to this nine- classroom
institution, as do employees of Sili- con Valley giants like Google, Apple, Yahoo and Hewlett-Packard. Yet, the
school’s main teaching tools are anything but high- tech, comprising pen and paper, knitting needles and occasionally, mud. No computers or screens of any kind are allowed in the class- room, and the school frowns on their use at home. Educators that endorse this approach say computers
inhibit creative thinking, movement, human interaction and attention spans. Alan Eagle, a communications executive at Google, whose daughter attends the school, says, “The idea that an app on an iPad can better teach my kids to read or do arithmetic, that’s ridiculous.”
Source: The New York Times
Blogging News Teens See More Kindness than Cruelty Online
As American teens navigate the new world of digital citizen- ship, a new study has found that 69 percent say their peers are mostly being kind to one another on social networking sites. Still, 12 percent say they witness meanness frequently, 29 per- cent sometimes and 47 percent only once in a while; 15 per- cent report that they have personally been the targets of mean or cruel behavior online. The findings are based on focus groups and a national survey of youths ages 12 to 17 and their parents, con- ducted by the Pew Research Center Internet & American Life Project.
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