2010 077 90Professional Studies 3B

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Cooperation

Communication

Cognition

Blog

Social Network

... and web tools that facilitate them

Wiki

"In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad."

~ Nietzsche

“For the first time we are preparing students for a future we cannot clearly describe.” – David Warlick

It looks like nothing before… Like open source Like Social Networks Like blogs and blogging Like wikis and collaborative

writing Like tagging and Digg and…

It looks like Web 2.0

The Internet of 2007

The Concept…

• Learning is centered around the interests of the learner

• This learning is immersive – learning by doing

• The computer connects the student to the rest of the world

Online Learning at the Crossroads

• On the one hand – we have developed tools and systems intended to support traditional classroom based learning

• On the other hand – we could (should?) be developing tools and systems to support immersive learning

• We should be developing for dynamic, immersive, living systems…

Self broadcasting

... Podcasting, video sharing, webcasting, slidecasting...

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Teenage pregnancy has raised a lot since 2007

About 10% of all U.S births in 2006 were to woman under the age of 20

67% of births are to teenage girls 18 and 19More then 750,000 teenagers get pregnant

each year About 3 in 10 teenage girls become pregnant

at least once before age 20

A baby born to a teen is at higher risk of being premature, low weight, or resulting to death

Babies of a teenage mother are more likely to die in the first year of life then a baby born to a mother in her twenties or thirties

The risk’s of the baby dying is higher for a teen mother under the age 15

CausesUse of drugs and alcohol

Lack of knowledge in preventing methods

Teen mothers are more likely to drop out of school

Only 40% of teen mothers under the age of 18 go to graduate high school, compared to 75% of teens from similar backgrounds

With any teenage mother that dropped out of school she may lack certain job skills so she won’t be able to support her child

If you smoked before you got pregnant, you should stop

Get early and regular prenatal care Eat a nutritious and or balanced diet Stop drinking alcohol and doing illicit

drugs Alcohol and drug use limit fetal growth

and can cause birth defectsAvoiding all prescription and over-the-

counter drugs, unless recommended by a health care provider who is aware of the pregnancy

http://unplannedpregnancy.ning.com/ http://teenagepregnancy.ning.com/http://abortionconsequences.ning.com/http://www.marchofdimes.com/

professionals/14332_1159.asp

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