Ted Talk on Tablets

http://www.ted.com/talks/shimon_schocken_the_self_organizing_computer_course.html

This video gives information on how tablets can give self-study for students instead of a necessary educator.  It also talks about how technology continues to evolve and that tablets give students courage to learn, especially on their own. Check it out!

Tablets vs. Textbooks Summary

What’s so special about tablets?  For starters, tablets can hold over hundreds of books at a time.  For one gigabyte of space, one thousand books can be held, and all the books are accessible all at the same time (2).  Notes can even be made on the tablets in the books; all that has to be done is click where the note goes and type.   Students also learn more material faster through tablets.  Instead of taking ten minutes to search through a textbook, students learn quicker by the technology-based instruction.  According to the US Department of Education, the reduced time it takes students to research learning material is thirty to eighty percent (2).  Tablets cost on average fifty to sixty percent less than textbooks do per year (3).  With tablet prices continuing to decrease due to the newest technology coming out, it would be cheaper for students to have tablets rather than textbooks, that get worn down and sooner or later schools will have to buy new textbooks whereas  tablets are warranted.  One of the big issues with textbooks is that they cause many injuries to students.  Schools want students to learn, yes, but giving them a five to ten pound book is torture, especially having multiple classes with more books.  Tablets are more easy to carry and very convenient to use at any given time.  While on the topic of convenience, files can be downloaded from one tablet to others.  Users can log in to their account on other devices and access all of the information on it.  The information is stored in a program called “cloud” which is what makes your information accessible on equivalent devices (3).

Child Abuse

What is child abuse?  Well, child abuse in a nut shell is the physical, emotional, and sexual mistreatment of children, seems plain and simple, right?  But even the smallest action towards a child may be considered child abuse.  Physical abuse is any non-accidental injury to a child such as kicking, hair pulling, spanking, biting, etc.  Emotional abuse is any attitude or behavior that interferes with a child's mental health and/or social development.  This type of abuse may include yelling, name-calling, negative comparisons to others, shaming etc.  Also may include failure to show or provide support and affection that is necessary for a child's social, physical, and intellectual well-being development.  Sexual abuse is any sexual contact between an adult and a child, which includes: fondling, penetration, intercourse, oral sex, child prostitution, group sex, and forced observations of sexual acts. 
Child abuse may seem like a repetitive topic, but I chose it because I think it's not talked about enough in today's society.  Some people do not fully understand child abuse and may perform one of the listed acts above and think it's okay and that it is a lesson learned; it's not okay though, it is still child abuse!
The different types of child abuse are common sense for the most part, which I had already known, but I personally would like to know more of the "nitty gritty" behind it all.  "Nitty gritty" such as all the statistics, more about the consequences of people who do abuse child and what they deserve and how it can effect the child in their future besides knowing that it has an impact on the social, emotional development; I want to know more about this!

My First Post!

Here we are, blogging now! I would like to share a little information about myself with everyone.  I am the youngest sibling of six and a proud aunt of seven nieces and nephews.  I love children!  I plan on having a career involving children, a Pediatrician to be exact!  I am always the one asked to babysit or take the kids to and from school activities, being very trustworthy.  Well that is what I have planned for my future is to be a pediatrician, but for now I am focused on juggling school and my two jobs full-time!