My Procrastination and Professor Jason
Do you feel that the time we spend on the internet is affecting us in a negative way? Yesterday I read this report (on line of course):
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1891111,00.html?cnn=yes
According to the article, students who spend time on Facebook, average one grade point lower in school. Facebook users, in general, become even more distracted and less focused. There have been other studies too, with similar report results. Earlier this year, Oxford University neuroscientist, Susan Greenfield linked Facebook use with diminished mental abilities.
Personally, I tend to procrastinate way too much when I should be tackling a creative project, such as composing songs for our next two albums. That’s how I know all about Facebook and YouTube.
But I find YouTube especially uplifting! Last week, while on YouTube, I fell in love with Professor Jason’s YouTube lessons. This amazing, amazing guy has made available, almost 40 teaching videos teaching grammar points in Spanish and Portuguese. It seems that I'm not the only one in love with Professor Jason. He has more than 2,000 subscribers to his video series and they come from all over the world. You can check him out at:
http://www.YouTube.com/languagenow
posted by Sara Jordan @ 11:54 AM
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Thanks, Sara, for this link. We watched a few of Professor Jason's lessons. I especially enjoyed the one about numbers -- it's just nice to listen to a gringo sound so fluent with Spanish numbers.... sort of gives me hope that if I keep practicing, I might get better, too!
We are enjoying Bilingual Songs, volumes 1 & 2 (from our local library). We are trying to nudge them to purchase more SJ products -- all of them would be fantastic! ;)
Everyone out there -- if you LOVE Sara's stuff, but you think your own budget is tight this year, put in a request at your local library and ask them to purchase these products. Even if you can afford to buy them, why not let your library know about them? That way, more kids and parents can learn all this great stuff that the songs teach so well.
Now, stop reading this comment, and get back to writing those lyrics.....
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