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The development of mobile wireless technologies has generated a considerable amount of excitement among practitioners and academics because it results in shifting the academic environment from traditional settings to mobile learning (m-learning) settings. Read the Full Story
I guess I would characterize my attitude with regard to technology as skeptical. Why should school districts throw all this money into technology when at the same time teachers and others are losing benefits, when teachers are being asked to teach in cities as hyperinflated as San Francisco in an increasing number of unprotected part […]
(AP) — When asked a few years ago if they might someday offer a Mac that works like a Microsoft entertainment PC, Apple executives joked that they were instead focusing on the convergence of computers and toasters.Read the Full Story
SANTIAGO, Nov 16 (IPS) – A school in the Chilean capital has decided to prohibit students from writing their assignments on computers. “The kids just download material from the Internet and hand it in without making any changes. They don’t even read it. Now they will have to write out their assignments by hand, which […]
The first thing many people do with a new PC is not surf the Web, check e-mail, plug in a digital camera or anything else remotely fun. Instead, they install Microsoft Office.Read the Full Story
As an increasing number of school systems weigh the benefits and potential drawbacks of one-to-one computing initiatives, a fledgling consortium of educators and private-sector executives is working to create a list of minimum specifications for educators to consider as they shop for next-generation classroom devices.Read the Full Story
RSS packages up blogs, e-newsletters and research — offering a simplified way to receive information. With the use of a feedreader, RSS feeds can be sent directly to either your inbox, desktop or Website.Read the Full Story
Each year, the members of the EDUCAUSE Evolving Technologies Committee identify and research the evolving technologies that are having the most direct impact on higher education institutions. The committee members choose the relevant topics, write white papers, and present their findings at the EDUCAUSE annual conference.Read the Full Story
After a few years of becoming familiar with the concept of advanced distributed learning (ADL) and the Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) standard, the ADL Implementation Fest 2005 has taken a more direct role by focusing on the hands-on applications.Read the Full Story
Learning to leverage the enormous popularity of video games to help students excel was the core purpose of two events held recently in Washington, D.C. Read the Full Story