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Online Literacy Students Learning to Adopt Internet Academics
The findings of a survey of teach- ers conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, in collaboration with the Col- lege Board and the National Writing Project, show that the Internet has opened up a vast world of information for today’s students, but digital literacy skills need improvement. Three-quarters of Advanced Placement and National Writing Proj- ect teachers say that the Internet and digital search tools have had a “mostly positive” impact on their students’ re- search habits, but 87 percent say these technologies are creating an easily distracted generation with short atten- tion spans, and 64 percent say they do more to divert students’ attention than to help them academically. The good news is that 99 percent
of teachers in the study agree with the notion that, “The Internet enables students to access a wider range of resources than would otherwise be available,” and 65 percent agree that, “It makes today’s students more self- sufficient researchers.”
Read the full report at
Tinyurl.com/ TeenResearch.
Nordic Order Sweden Running Out of Garbage
Sweden’s successful recycling program ensures that only 4 percent of the coun- try’s waste ends up in landfills, while the other 96 percent is reused. But this means incinerators that burn waste to create heat and electricity are running short on fuel. As a solution, Sweden has recently begun to import about 800,000 tons of trash
every year from other European countries, most of it from neighboring Norway, which finds it a cost-effective option.
Find details at
Tinyurl.com/SwedishWaste. natural awakenings April 2013 13
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