A study finds electronic text may disrupt learning techniques.
by Jenn Webb
| @JennWebb | 4 May 2011
Students and professors have anxiously anticipated the replacement of analog textbooks with digital options. As it turns out, however, current technology might actually hinder learning.
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The Ignite format can connect schools and students to their communities.
by Dale Dougherty
| @dalepd | 29 March 2011
As was on display during Ignite Petaluma, the Ignite format offers a great way to bring together students, faculty and members of a community.
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Joe Hellerstein on how enterprise-academic partnerships can help open source.
by Jenn Webb
| @JennWebb | 9 March 2011
Joe Hellerstein, a professor in the UC Berkeley science department, explains how a new partnership model is improving the professional development around an open source project.
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Much of the tech to support school-ready cell phones already exists. Now we need the devices.
by Marie Bjerede
| @mbjerede | 24 February 2011
A variation on the monitoring technology that allows educators to safely use computers in the classroom is also available for cell phones. But there's a hitch: phone manufacturers and chip suppliers will need to create phones that are kid-safe and school-ready.
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Education needs standardized platforms and technical innovation. One framework might serve both.
by Marie Bjerede
| @mbjerede | 21 December 2010
The goal of an educational platform is to standardize at a level that encourages broad adoption of technologies while also allowing new innovations to flourish. Choosing the wrong level can undermine your best intentions.
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Educators discover how hands-on learning can help teach writing.
by Dale Dougherty
| @dalepd | 11 December 2010
When I began talking with folks from the National Writing Project last year, we hit on the idea that getting teachers to see themselves as makers was a great way to encourage making in schools.
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