News tagged with educational materials
Free software gets an education
Nov 12, 2008 |
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Companies, organisations and citizens spend billions a year on licensing fees for proprietary software. Could that money not be put to better use developing free software alternatives and local expertise?
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Wikipedia operator gets $500,000 foundation grant
Aug 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The nonprofit organization that operates the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia has received a $500,000 grant from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to expand its work bringing free educational content ...
Researchers fight phishing attacks with phishing tactics
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Early findings by Carnegie Mellon University researchers suggest that people who are suckered by a spoof email into visiting a counterfeit Web site are also people who are ready to learn their lesson about “phishing” attacks.
New research shows program effective in educating parents about prevention of shaken baby syndrome
Mar 02, 2009 |
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New studies in the United States and Canada show that educational materials aimed at preventing shaken baby syndrome increased knowledge of new mothers about infant crying, the most common trigger for people abusing babies ...
Cambodian dengue education called poor
Dec 05, 2007 |
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Medical researchers say Cambodian education regarding prevention, diagnosis and treatment of dengue fever is insufficient, underfunded and irregular.
Chalk and talk
Jul 17, 2008 |
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The traditional view of a teacher scribbling on a chalkboard while talking at students has changed in recent years, not only with the advent of net-connected classroom displays and other gadgets but in the sense that educational ...
Seniors target of N.Y. safe sex campaign
Jul 03, 2007 |
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Senior centers across New York recently began receiving free condoms as city officials have refocused their safe sex efforts to include local older citizens.
Study examines how much is too much visual information when it comes to learning
Oct 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It’s been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. But with advances in computer graphics capabilities, more recent cognitive theory related to multimedia learning suggests that very ...
U.S. government produces science kits
Jul 12, 2006 |
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The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven (N.Y.) National Laboratory has developed science education kits for middle school, high school and college students.
CU-Boulder, NASA to launch K-12 experiments to space station Aug. 7
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Aug 03, 2007 |
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For the second time in eight months, a NASA space shuttle will carry a suite of University of Colorado at Boulder experiments to the International Space Station in an educational effort involving thousands ...
NSF Centers Will Use Nano-Interface Control and Bioengineering for Materials by Design
Sep 27, 2005 |
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has established two new Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSECs) at Yale University and the University of Washington, with a combined NSF investment of up to $14 million ...
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