Video game study

Video Games Can Hurt Schoolwork

Young boys with new video game systems don't progress as quickly as boys who don't own such devices, a study found. The new gamers had lower reading and writing scores after four months, and their teachers reported more learning problems, the study found. The biggest gap was in writing. One message from the study is that parents should limit the amount of time their children play video games.
Robert Weis and Brittany C. Cerankosky (2010, March). Effects of Video Game Ownership on Young Boys’ Academic and Behavioral Functioning. Psychological Science.

BookSeer - Book Recommendation Application

Santa Barbara's Cold Spring School Librarian Janet Seer alerted us to Book Seer: "You just type in the title and author of a book you (or your students) liked and it will give you suggestions for other titles you might also like." See http://bookseer.com/

Fill in the blanks...
Child! I've just finished reading by . What should I read next?

Hightlights of Mac World Exhibits

This blogger visited the Mac World exhibits for two days in a row -- lots of cool tools but also way too many fashion "skins" for computers, iPhones, iPods, and other technologies.

I have a stack of literature. Each have a url and notes. Hopefully, I'll get through them all this weekend. See posts on my 2CoolTools blog for more detail on highlights including:

• Storyist (software for novelists and screen writers)
• Delicious Librarian 2 by Delicious Monster
• AssistiveGaming and AssistiveWear

Enjoy!

- Jackie Siminitus, CSLA 2.0 Team project manager