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When it comes to improving education, many have pointed to the importance of technology in the classroom. Using computers is supposed to make students more excited to learn, enable them to absorb ...
"We [K-12] still fundamentally operate on a [sage-on-the-stage] model that was brought to us 150 years ago by the Prussians. We have not deviated fundamentally from that approach, yet everything has ...
We sat through a recent staff meeting with our smartphones in our hands. As the presenter went through her deck, we took pictures of the slides with the Evernote app, adding our own notes as we went ...
'Oh no! I've got double Grand Theft Auto with Mr Brown!' Good news for truancy officers. There may soon be fewer pupils bunking off as teachers in the UK have given their backing to a scheme which ...
"They just need the same resources as other children." — -- A Philadelphia principal is determined to raise money for new classroom computers -- and she's running the extra miles to prove it.
Hello! I cover the Northtowns for 7 News WKBW. If you have a story idea, please email me at Eileen.Buckley@wkbw.com BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — As part of National News Literacy Week, it's our chance to help ...
During the summer, I taught a computer science course for educators at the Krause Center for Innovation at Foothill College. Funded by Google’s CS4HS grant, this was a four-day intensive “crash course ...
A new study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development published on Tuesday showed that there is a negative correlation between the use of computers at school and children’s reading ...
• In Blacksburg, Va., Virginia Tech's engineering college is requiring all 1,400 incoming freshmen to purchase tablet PCs, and the college is recommending that they buy from Fujitsu. In 1984, the ...
When it comes to improving education, many have pointed to the importance of technology in the classroom. Using computers is supposed to make students more excited to learn, enable them to absorb ...