Sure, you can use it to talk about the show you’re watching or the type of drink you just bought at Starbucks. But it can do much more. If you’re a student, twitter can be a great way to talk with other students- both here and in other places- about homework you’re trying to figure [...]
A couple of nifty new sites from the big online guys, Bing and Google, that are worth checking out.
One of the challenges with trying to find things through Google is trying to come up with the right words or phrases to use. Bing has come out with a new search tool called “visual search” that [...]
Educational software for cell phones, a suite of tools developed at the University of Michigan, is being used to turn smart phones into personal computers for students in two Texas classrooms. Their Mobile Learning Environment includes programs that let students map concepts, animate their drawings, surf relevant parts of the Internet and integrate their lessons [...]
According to this article, “we need to change the way we teach”. “How”, ask the authors, “do we prepare our students to become not only readers and writers of content, but editors and collaborators as well? Because let’s face it, these are the things employers are looking for.” Among the ideas: employ a social network using [...]
Teachers at some of the most highly-esteemed universities in the country are discovering that students learn better when the large lecture halls of yesteryear are replaced by high-tech classrooms in which students work in smaller groups, with networked computers . Instead of blackboards, the walls are covered with white boards and huge display screens. Circulating with [...]
Do all those hours spent online rewire the circuitry? Could these kids even relate better to emoticons than to real people? These sound like concerns from worried parents. But they’re coming from brain scientists. According to one of the experts cited, when the brain spends more time on technology-related tasks and less time exposed to [...]
