Bouncing Between Zoom Classes

Youngsters have shorter attention spans. That makes learning challenging, and remote learning more challenging. Nat Geo posted that the “right ‘sensory diet’ might help kids focus at home.” 

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Pacing Oneself

Virtual meetings require more of us than meeting face to face. The cues that one usually reads from another are not available online. The National Geographic explained “Zoom fatigue” in a recent post. Stay connected and aim to stay in good health.

A surge of video calls during the pandemic highlights something that’s always been true: virtual interactions can be extremely hard on the brain https://t.co/Cj8IlfuZZV

— National Geographic (@NatGeo) April 25, 2020

Satisfying Thirst for Travel

Museums have been using the internet for years to make holdings accessible to more people. Virtual visits are more common to more places—not only to museums. Mashable tweeted its top selections of museums and sites that can exercise our imaginations while at home.

You can still travel the world from the comfort, and safety, of your home pic.twitter.com/EXCkZEt9rA

— Mashable (@mashable) April 26, 2020

Trusting God Includes Choosing & Acting Wisely

Fear can lead to rash action. The global Covid19 crisis can prompt that. What are people of faith to do? Jesuit Sam Sawyer, an executive editor at America Media responds to the question,

Don’t you trust God more than you fear the coronavirus?” they ask. But that gets the question of trust exactly backward. 

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4%

A Forbes interview revealed that in mid-July 2010 a group stopped counting websites used for porn. Its estimate: four percent. The fraction is small, but the number of webistes sites accessed was not. What to do? How to choose for one-self and for others? Last week Jesuit Michael Rozier asked that question. Along the way he linked to an opinion column about “soft paternalism” to increase readers’ understanding.

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