We created a tangible video game learning resource that can be trialed to investigate its value to build social awareness.Valerie GayPeter LeijdekkersAllan PooleyJoint International Conference on Serious GamesV. Gay, P. Leijdekkers, A. Pooley. "Building Social Awareness for Teens and Young Adults...
Connection:Connections with other people, schools, and communities offer young people the security that allows them to stand on their own and develop creative solutions. Character:Young people need a clear sense of right and wrong and a commitment to integrity. Contribution:Young people who contribut...
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There are three basic biobehavioral systems that enable humans to adapt to our complex social environment: the reward system; the mentalizing, or ‘social cognition’ system, which is our capacity to understand ourselves and others in terms of our feelings, desires, and values; and finally the s...
Massachusetts. She advises teens in a library advisory board and coaches a poetry spoken word team. As a teaching lecturer for Plymouth State University, New Hampshire, she teaches children’s and young adult literature with a focus on social justice and diversity. Connect with her on Twitter@an...
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47. The 6 Most Important Decisions You’ll Ever Make: A Guide for Teens (Sean Covey) — 336 pages Written by the son of personal development guru Stephen Covey, this book outlines six key areas your teenage son will have to navigate. These include: ...
“We’ve spent a fortune on collaborative technology, but no one is using it . . . or if they are, it’s for purely social, non-productive activities.” Sound familiar? It’s a lament heard many times from organizations that have raced to bring social media in the workplace. Today mo...
My hope is that a better understanding of why people approach work they way they do will help reduce any irritation, and allow the generations to work together more effectively. X’ers and Y’s have the potential to make a great team—for example, they both use social media and are commi...
t fall into the habit of continually checking for messages or being interrupted by calls, text messages, or social media alerts when I was immersed in exploring the city, learning, and spending time with friends. But technology, in the most unobtrusive of ways, became an integral part of ...