Astronomía ConTacto: Una Estrategia para la Divulgación de la Astronomía entre Personas con Discapacidad Visual

Due to the large distances, the sense of vision is the main tool available to the observer to contemplate astronomical phenomena, this fact represents a disadvantage for people with visual limitations. Given the above, this work presents the development of a strategy that takes activities from the Sun, the planets, the minor bodies and the Moon, and allows to communicate astronomy to people with different types of visual disability. The methodology focuses on the presentation of morphological characteristics, physical principles and astronomical phenomena that take place in the Solar System. The strategy was applied during four sessions to a sample composed of 15 people in blindness condition and 15 with low vision of the city of Pereira, Colombia. The assessment made was a significant increase in the percentage of the questions posed, which shows the effectiveness of the strategy developed.Debido a las enormes distancias, el sentido de la visión es la principal herramienta con la que cuenta el observador para contemplar los fenómenos astronómicos, lo que representa una desventaja para las personas con limitaciones visuales. Dado lo anterior, este artículo presenta el desarrollo de una estrategia que a partir de actividades alrededor del Sol, los planetas, los cuerpos menores y la Luna, permite comunicar la astronomía a personas con diferentes tipos de discapacidad visual. La metodología se enfoca en la representación de características morfológicas, principios físicos y fenómenos astronómicos que tienen lugar en el Sistema Solar. La estrategia fue aplicada durante cuatro sesiones a una muestra compuesta por 15 personas en condición de ceguera y 15 con baja visión en la ciudad de Pereira, Colombia. La valoración realizada mostró un incremento significativo del porcentaje de acierto a las preguntas planteadas, lo cual evidenció la efectividad de la estrategia desarrollada

Does Technology Change Families? A Tri -Angulation Discussion on the Relation of Family & Technology

Families have moved, or have been moved, from the streets into their homes or more specifically, into their bedrooms. Digital technology – computer games, mobiles & the internet and email are referred to as new technology when they are discussed in relation to Health & structure of families and Many parents, clinicians, researchers, and policy makers are concerned that electronic tools, especially those featuring violent content, may be harmful to individuals especially youths. This article is a documentary study, combination of multiple focus is chosen. In this article, Internet, Mobile and computer games. This article looks into the role of the technology on families. Specifically, it examines how the mediated space that this technology creates matters. Technological change often creates ungrounded fears but also overinflated hopes. In order to minimize risks and to seize chances, systematic, empirical, and ideally experimental research is crucial in all over the world. Major changes in family structure and environments might potentially severely disrupt family functioning, thus diminishing a family’s ability to cope with stress, so by the advent of a technology