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Lego Education Lets Kids Build With Bricks in Space
By Dave Banks January 31, 2012 | 6:15 am www.wired.com/geekdad source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/01/lego-space/ About a year ago, Lego Education announced a partnership with NASA. The goal of...
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College Launches Course Devoted to iPhone Photography
By Judith Burns Education reporter, BBC News A college is planning a new evening course entirely devoted to taking better photographs on an iPhone. The course, in 'iPhoneography' at London's...
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Schools Add Internet Etiquette, Safety to Coursework
By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY As more students spend large chunks of study and leisure time online, schools across the USA are adding coursework focused on privacy, cyberbullying and electronic plagiarism....
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Teacher Who Sprayed Air-Freshener On Boy Suspended
CBC News Posted: Feb 7, 2012 11:14 AM NT Last Updated: Feb 8, 2012 9:54 AM NT A Newfoundland teacher who sprayed one of her students with air freshener has been suspended with pay from her job,...
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Dad Shoots Daughter’s Laptop Over Facebook Post [VIDEO]
by Sam Laird http://mashable.com The disgruntled teenage daughter of a tech-savvy, gun-toting father just got a very public lesson in respecting one’s elders. “That right there is your laptop,” the...
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How a “Tech Break” Can Help Students Refocus
Posted By Jill Barshay On November 8, 2011 http://hechingered.org Psychologist Larry Rosen laments the fact that technology is driving us all to distraction. This past weekend, he spoke at a Hechinger...
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Study: Students With Smartphones Study More Often
DECEMBER 3, 2011 BY MIKE FLACY While more teenagers and college students are utilizing tablets and smartphones in their daily lives, one study finds that students with access to these devices may be...
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5 Essential Classroom Management Tools for Teachers
Feb 11, 2012 by Amy Burke http://mashable.com Classroom management is one of the most important tasks for teachers throughout the school year. With an organized and efficient workflow, and ways to...
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Six Vintage-Inspired Animations on Critical Thinking
by Maria Popova 09 February, 2012 www.brainpickings.org Australian outfit Bridge 8, who have the admirable mission of devising “creative strategies for science and society,” and animator James Hutson...
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'Every Presentation Ever' Has Seen Your PowerPoint (VIDEO)
First Posted: 01/17/2012 2:35 pm Updated: 01/23/2012 3:24 pm www.huffingtonpost.com Ah, the PowerPoint presentation. The bane of every student and business meeting attendee's existence. Whether it's...
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Researchers Debate Gaming’s Effects on the Brain
Scientists caution that more research is needed to prove benefits of video games in education January 11th, 2012 From staff and wire reports www.eschoolnews.com A U.K. study that compared the brains...
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Teens Join Twitter to Escape Parents on Facebook: Survey
MARTHA IRVINE Chicago— The Associated Press Published Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 11:25AM EST Last updated Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 12:03PM EST Teens don't tweet, will never tweet – too public, too many older...
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The Next Digital Casualty: Waiters?
by Peter Nowak Thursday, February 9, 2012 9:55am The National Restaurant Association has released its 2012 industry forecast, which is jam-packed with tons of interesting facts for anyone interested...
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My View: Are electronic media making us less (or more) literate?
February 1st, 2012 10:10 AM ET by Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Special to CNN Editor’s Note: Kathleen Fitzpatrick is director of scholarly communication at the Modern Language Association. She is the author...
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BYOD: Bring Your Own Device Could Spell End for Work PC
14 February 2012 Last updated at 00:00 ET By Fiona Graham Technology of business reporter, BBC News Do you dream of a world where you have your choice of laptop, smartphone or tablet at work; all of...
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Exploring Your Digital Footprint
Finding yourself has a whole new meaning! For most, a digital footprint is an abstract concept, full of dos and don'ts about leaving traces of your presence online. In this workshop, you actually see...
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‘Robotic Custodian’ Saves Schools Money
I Robot, You Student © 2005 Jason Ohler For many people, the future lasts only as long as they do. So, if you are 50 and figure you have a few decades to go, then the future begins to peter out...
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Use Game-Based Learning to Teach Civics
BY ANDREW MILLER 1/27/12 Andrew Miller (@betamiller on Twitter) is a National Faculty member for the Buck Institute for Education, an organization that specializes in project-based curriculum. He is a...
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Answers to Your ‘Flipped School’ Questions
January 30th, 2012 11:00 AM ET by Greg Green, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Greg Green is the principal at Clintondale High School in Clinton Township, Michigan. His guest post on this blog titled “My...
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