Thing #8

OOooh, there are so many things I can do on Picasa: organise my photos, tag them, create albums, edit photos, make collages, share them with others...

Thing #12

3 Google Reader feeds:
1. Autism News
2. Social Psychology Network
3. All the blogs from the 23 Things group

Add-ons (at least I think they are)

Gutil (got this one from Tim's blog)
Fireshot (assuming this is an add-on)
Remember the milk (hoping this really will change my life - as claimed)
Cooliris (hmmm...)
Corrector para Portugues Europeu (porque falo portugues...)

Thing #7

Thing #5

Finally... Thing #3

In this programme, distinguished scientist Baroness Susan Greenfield explores the influence of "junk culture" on children's behaviour. Greenfield argues that more research is needed in order for us to understand how new computer technologies - based on vision and sound and offering rapid stimulation - are affecting children's brains. She questions whether the rise of these new technologies accounts for some of the increase in hyperactivity amongst children and asks how education should harness such technologies for the best.

http://www.teachers.tv/video/5085

In a further podcast, she suggests that the modern obsession with social networking sites like Facebook could literally be changing the brain of the next generation. She fears that today's children and teens could grow up with an inability to empathise with other people and a shaky sense of identity. She finds it interesting that many people in the autistic spectrum are very comfortable in this virtual environment where real life skills, such as picking up on tone of voice, body language and understanding what others are thinking, are not needed.

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