Saturday, August 25, 2007

Which celebrities do you resemble?

Are you ever mistaken for a movie star? Me neither.
But here's a website - StarsInYou - that claims to match your face with those of celebrities, based on measurements between different facial features. Simply upload a photo from your computer, and the website does the rest.

Apparently I resemble Christie Brinkley and Lindsay Lohan. What you do think?

Whom do you look like? Leave a comment in the "Click to leave a comment" link below this post.


Pauline
teachmeinternet.com

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

New research presented at APA 2007

Just returned from vacation, which included a stop at the annual American Psychological Convention in San Francisco.

I gave a couple of talks with practical tips for communicating with your online audiences. I'll post summaries of these "how-to" presentations in the next week or two .

The APA convention program schedule was the size of a phonebook - dozens of things going on every hour, every day. Here are some highlights:

  • Perfectionists CAN be happy, as long as they don't feel humiliated if they fail to measure up to their own high standards.

  • School shooters are different from one another in many ways, but most share a common personality characteristic - cynical shyness.

  • Managing stress well can increase good cholesterol - more evidence to what we already know: It's not so much the stress, but how we interpret it and handle it that determines how we react.

  • Fad treatments for autism are on the rise. Here's a list of what DOESN'T Work.

  • Nearly 2 years after Hurricane Katrina, gulf coast kids are still suffering from trauma-related emotional problems.

  • For women in the military, the more we can help them with work-family conflict issues, the less likely they will suffer from anxiety and depression after returning home.
See more highlights at the APA website.


Pauline
teachmeinternet.com

Friday, August 10, 2007

For Parents and Teachers

School starts in just a couple of weeks!

How does your local school measure up? If you're in the USA, Check out Standard & Poor's School Matters.

There you can learn about the size, test scores, and Annual Yearly Progress report (required by the No Child Left Behind Act) of your child's school, or prospective school - helpful when you're planning to move.

You can even compare up to 5 different schools.


Are you a teacher, home schooler, or simply interested in your child's education?

Check out The Educator's Reference Desk. It's a comprehensive resource with 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses.


Pauline
teachmeinternet.com