12 People Poised to Change Education Forever
SEP 26, 2012 by Staff Writers www.onlineuniversities.com If the crisis in higher education and the recent teacher strikes in Chicago are any indication, this is a tumultuous time for education, as...
View ArticleInformation Overload?
Overwhelmed by instant access to news and information? Most Americans like itAugust 30, 2012 by Erin White www.northwestern.edu“Information overload” may be an exaggerated way to describe today’s...
View ArticleThe Common Core Plus—Time to Include New Media Development and Creativity
I am in talks with people about creating a Common Core Plus. More about that as it unfolds; I have an article coming out about this in the near future. For now, we should see Wibbitz as a shot over...
View ArticleInfographic: 16 Students You Meet in College
Every classroom in college is bound to have a student or two that sticks out from the rest. Whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing is in the eye of the pencil holder. Check out our list of 16...
View ArticleThe True Meaning of Change: Quotations
Change, and paradigm shift—what do they mean? The dictionary definition of change in general is "alteration the exchange of one thing for another the passing of one form, phase, place or state to...
View ArticleHow To Create Facebook Posts That Go Massively Viral
Samantha Felix | Sep. 2, 2012, 11:50 AM www.businessinsider.com A viral Facebook post is what digital marketers everywhere dream about at night. It is marketing gold, and better yet, it's free....
View ArticleInfographic: Graduating with Technology
8/17/2012 www.learnstuff.com Technology has become an integral part of our daily lives: we use it to learn, to shop, to pay bills, and to entertain ourselves. Not surprisingly, younger generations are...
View ArticleThinking Tools
Higher Order Thinking Strategies and ToolsThe following Online Interactive Thinking Strategies and Tools are designed to provide a scaffold which enables students to think with more depth and...
View ArticleCreating Art on Tablets Remains a Work in Progress
By Nastaran Tavakoli-Far BBC World Service 22 October 2012 www.bbc.co.uk As publisher of San Francisco based technology news site Gotta Be Mobile, Xavier Lanier spends a lot of time at trade shows and...
View ArticlePew Internet: How Teens Do Research in the Digital World
by Kristen Purcell, Lee Rainie, Alan Heaps, Judy Buchanan, Linda Friedrich, Amanda Jacklin, Clara Chen, Kathryn Zickuhr Nov 1, 2012 www.pewinternet.orgOVERVIEW The teachers who instruct the most...
View Article20 Coolest Augmented Reality Experiments in Education So Far
Sept. 16, 2012 by Staff Writers www.onlineuniversities.com Augmented reality is exactly what the name implies — a medium through which the known world fuses with current technology to create a uniquely...
View ArticleOMG! Cursive Education On the Chopping Block
GREGORY FERENSTEIN Monday, November 12th, 2012 http://techcrunch.com Cursive may be going the way of the Dodo bird and newspapers: Kansas is mulling a decision to cut cursive education and prioritize...
View ArticleTechnology in Kids’ Bedrooms Lead to Poorer Health, Study Suggests
DAVE MCGINN The Globe and Mail Published Monday, Oct. 22 2012, 5:21 PM EDT Last updated Monday, Oct. 22 2012, 11:48 PM EDT Many children go to bed with one or more screens in their bedrooms, and doing...
View ArticleThe Teacher’s Apple (Infographic)
A decade ago, electronics and cell phones in the classroom were considered little more than a distraction. Today, new devices such as tablet computers and smartphones are changing this perception....
View ArticleStory Worldwide’s Storytelling Matrix
Omar Kattan Oct 11th, 2012 www.brandstories.net This excellent video by Story Worldwide has been featured on Brand Stories for a while now. Not sure if you’ve seen it? If you haven’t, it’s definitely...
View Article21 Communication Mistakes That Could Be Holding Your Career Back
September 6th, 2012 www.onlinecollege.org Communication is an essential part of being human, helping us establish relationships, express needs and wants, and live together in society. In the modern...
View ArticleAre You Addicted to Your Smartphone? [INFOGRAPHIC]
September 5, 2012 by Sam Laird http://mashable.com Smartphones are awesome. They keep us connected to friends, help with directions and give us access to the Internet’s infinite wonders. But how...
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