Best Docu on Kids and the Internet

my sister always asks me what she should allow her kids to do online. It's a difficult question to answer, because she doesn't really understand what's going on so everytime i end up explaining here what this or that service is in the first place.

But as a good uncle i do reflect quite a bit about what my nephews and nice should be doing online and from a professional perspective i am really intrigued to understand how they can exploit the net for learning and "contextual intelligence booster'(checking wikipedia etc.).

Anyways PBS has produced a really good documentary about the reasons why kids love their online lifes and what's good and what's bad about it. I really have to say that this is probably the best docu on the subject i have ever seen!

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kidsonline/view/main.html

Goooo Barack!! Groovy Obama Vibes

The US elections end race is really giving me goose bumps and shivers. Depending whether i hear and think about the positive vibes and epochal advancement should Obama win, or whether i think about what a sad and scary scenario will unfold in case the world has to deal with a new rendition of a conservative commander in chief fear-monger.

Well, next week we'll know - that much is for sure. For now check out these pretty groovy Obama support songs:

Yes We Can - Will.i.am (Black Eyed Peas)


Coco Tea - Barak Obahama



PRINCE THOMPSON - Obama Reggea



GOOOOOO Barack!!!!!

I love these Statistics

I usually argue for qualitative analysis, because i believe that statistical data might be good in describing trends, but it does not determine the individual case (which is what is IMHO most relevant most of the time).

In this TED video Hans Rosling presents some amazing data very nicely animated and passionately commented:




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVimVzgtD6w