The amount of time young people spend with entertainment media has risen dramatically according to Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year Olds, a new Kaiser Family Foundation study. While researchers have not established a cause and effect relationship between media use and academic performance, it should not come as a surprise [...]
More Media Means Lower Grades. And What You Can Do About It.
Have You Had Your NOVA Today?
If an APPLE-A-DAY keeps the doctor away, could a NOVA-A-DAY keep brain atrophy at bay? To make it easy to keep minds active, Public Broadcasting Service delivers full episodes of NOVA right to your computer. Topics include Cracking the Maya Code, Bone Diggers, The Spy Factory, Last Extinction, Car of the Future, and many more. [...]
YouTube Math Tutor
I just watched an online instructional video and cannot imagine why I ever found exponents daunting. Salman Khan, founder of nonprofit Khan Academy, delivers easy-to-follow, 10-minute clips that explain how to work through math concepts, so you can get on with your homework. Using a simple blackboard format, each video walks the viewer through example [...]
