As you can see by the comment landed in my post yesterday, a San Diego State University student has already put up a "Chris Didn't Cheat" website to support 18-year old engineering student Chris Avenir in his Facebook appeal hearing taking place today in Toronto at Ryerson University. I don’t know who commenter ‘Davin’ is, and perhaps Chris doesn’t … [Read more...]
What’s the difference between a virtual study group & meeting face to face in the library or dorm room? Policy, please? So far, I've got to side with the students, as this makes no sense to me as a virtual educator… Why does Freshman Chris Avenir (story in the Toronto Star) face possible expulsion from Ryerson University for swapping tips on homework … [Read more...]
Attention Tweenage Breakfast Dodgers! Now you have even more incentive to sip some OJ, grab a banana, and snarf some raisin bran or whole wheat toast before school... A study in the March issue of Pediatrics suggests that adolescents who eat breakfast regularly “tend to weigh less, exercise more and eat more healthy foods than those who skip the meal.” If … [Read more...]
Back up the train. When I started Shaping Youth, I’d been writing in very basic form for the now dormant Common Sense Media blog, using easy explanations to discuss how commercialism and digital ads were influencing kids at undetected levels far off parental radar. Since then, Shaping Youth has evolved to a deeper level of analysis of media messaging, and I realize I … [Read more...]
Before I founded Shaping Youth, I spent years writing for ocean liners, travel accounts and all kinds of 'high end consumer goods.' It always amazed me watching the little tugs help guide the vessels into port, and I learned a lot about 'trim tabs,' rudders, and engineering momentum. It's no surprise then, that I chose the Queen Mary to depict the behemoth media mandate … [Read more...]
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