‘Education Technology’ Archives
Ways Educators Are Embracing Social Technology
The modern American school faces rough challenges. Budget cuts have caused ballooning class sizes, many teachers struggle with poorly motivated students, and in many schools a war is being waged on distracting technologies. In response, innovative educators are embracing social media to fight back against the onslaught of problems. [...]
Apple technology to aid Pamlico students
BAYBORO — Pamlico County Primary School students will have some of the latest technology at their fingertips when iPod touch devices from Apple Inc. are delivered to the school. The Pamlico County Board of Education unanimously approved an informal bid on Saturday to purchase the devices and other Apple technology using part of a $1.25 [...]
TED Talks for Teachers to Watch
TED Talks provide viewers with insightful and thought-provoking commentary and ideas. The contents of many TED Talks can be directly or indirectly applied to your classroom practices. While you're on holiday break, you may want to watch one or all of these TED Talks. If you're interested in learning more about using TED Talks in your [...]
3-D technology is Becoming Increasingly Popular in Education
The automobile, moving pictures, personal computers, cell phones, and social networks—all of these technologies, once considered frivolous, have made such a huge impact on our culture that our daily lives would change dramatically without them. Could 3-D video be next? It's a question made relevant by new improvements (and falling costs) [...]
Students and Educators in the World of Digital Citizenship
Digital Citizenship is a concept which helps teachers, technology leaders and parents to understand what students/children/technology users should know to use technology appropriately. Digital Citizenship is more than just a teaching tool; it is a way to prepare students/technology users for a society full of technology. Too often we are seeing [...]
Education 3.0 ~ How some schools are taking 21st-century teaching and learning to the next level
Education 3.0 is a term that has been used to describe a level of transformative capabilities and practices for education in the 21st century. Professor Derek Keats, of the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, used the term in 2007 to apply to the use and impact on education of collaborative and personalized learning, [...]
Conference : Learning Innovations in Higher Education
12 – 13 August 2009 Conference Open University Malaysia (OUM) will be hosting the Ninth International Conference on Information (ICI9) this year. Our co-organisers are the Esterhazy Karoly College, Eger, Cadi Ayyad University Marrakech, Morocco and Delta Academy of Science, Egypt. The conference will be held in Kuala Lumpur [...]
