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Smart desks make sci-fi a reality in the classroom

Smart desks make sci-fi a reality in the classroom

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 17, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (24) | comments 0

Schools are set for a Star Trek make-over thanks to the development of the world's first interactive classroom by experts at Durham University.





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Interactive animations give science students a boost

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For a generation of students raised and nurtured at the computer keyboard, it seems like a no-brainer that computer-assisted learning would have a prominent role in the college science classroom.


Wimba providing classroom alternative in light of flu outbreaks

Technology / Software

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As U.S. cases of the H1N1 flu steadily rise, colleges and universities nationwide are arranging other means of connecting students with their peers, professors and administrators, should an outbreak occur.


Education Budget Cuts to Cause Increase in Mobile Technology Use

Technology / Other

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As budget cuts in education continue, we will see more use of mobile technologies in the classroom in 2010, predicts Dr. Vivian Wright, a University of Alabama educator.


Digital revolution is happening outside the classroom

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The way we learn is changing, but schools are having trouble keeping up. While technology dominates daily life and work, it still plays a limited role in public schools filled with students who are increasingly ...


Flu pandemic in prison: A model for public health preparedness

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When pandemics occur, correctional facilities are not immune. With more than 9 million people incarcerated across the globe 2.25 million in U.S. jails and prisons alone it is vital that correctional officials and health professionals ...


Research Suggests New Approach to Using Assessment Results to Improve Classroom Instruction

Research Suggests New Approach to Using Assessment Results to Improve Classroom Instruction

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Education researchers at the University of Arkansas have taken an important first step toward better understanding both formative assessment and how to get the information teachers need to ...


Papershow is portable whiteboard, presentation, more

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 1

It all began with the blackboard that lets you write on a large surface for all to see and that can be easily erased. To this day, blackboards continue to be found mostly in schools. It's how teachers communicate their ideas ...


Making the classroom a playground for learning

Making the classroom a playground for learning

Technology / Other

created Jul 10, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Playing computer games in school may sound like the kids rule the classroom. But European researchers have shown that such games can be used to boost learning. What’s more, the special computer games dev ...


Technology helps teach kids with autism

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As a child, Gillian Hayes fainted a lot. Doctors asked her to write down how she felt and what she was doing each time she became woozy.


Intervention reduces children's viewing of violent TV

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A team of Oregon State University researchers has successfully implemented a classroom-based intervention that reduces the amount of violent TV that children watch.



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