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The Role of the Internet in Higher Education

By Guest PostNovember 15, 2010Education, Technologyblog, digital studyhall, dsh, education, Facebook, google scholar, hemlock, higher education, India, internet, linkedIn, second life, Twitter, Wikipedia, YouTube

There are many pros and cons to the issue of the Internet’s influences on education, and experts have called it everything from the hemlock of higher education to an innovative boon. While it’s probably neither of these extremes, there are some high and low points of the Internet’s role in higher education that can be observed on their own. By enabling students to take advantage of the positive elements of the Internet for educational purposes and restricting the detrimental sides of the Web, academic success can become a more widespread reality. (more…)

Simulating Human Decision-Making Could Improve Emergency Evacuation Planning

By Guest PostNovember 6, 2010Education, Environment, Naturecomputer simulation, effective law-enforcement, evacuations, seungho lee, traffic management, university of arizona

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—A unique disaster-response planning tool takes real-time human decision-making into account to determine effective law-enforcement strategies during evacuations. A University of Michigan researcher contributed to the development of the tool. (more…)

Bing REDU Aims to Galvanize National Education Discussion

By Guest PostSeptember 8, 2010Education, Technologyadam sohn, administrative term, bing, cameron evans, company’s citizenship, dreamspark, empower people, imagine cup, longstanding programs, redu, stem

*REDU, a new Bing-powered website focusing on education, will help parents, teachers, students and education advocates learn more about the state of education, have conversations about education and take action to bring about change.*

REDMOND, Wash. — Sept. 8, 2010 — When it comes to education, more is more. That’s the idea behind REDU, a new Bing-powered education emporium that gives students, parents, teachers and people in general a place to learn, talk and take action.

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Smithsonian and Arizona State University Launch Virtual Classroom

By Guest PostSeptember 1, 20101 commentEducationsmithsonian scientists, video conferencing, vidyo technology, virtual classroom

This fall, Smithsonian scientists in Panama and Arizona State University life-sciences students and researchers will talk by means of Vidyo—video-conferencing technology that transports virtual learning into the field. (more…)

Fixing Wiki: Wikipedia Revision Project Teaches Teamwork, Communication, Chemistry

By Guest PostAugust 27, 20102 commentsEducation, Technologyfixing wiki, wikipedia assignment, wikipedia entry, wikipedia project, wikipedia revision project

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— Halogen bonding, hyperconjugation, electroactive polymers—such subjects are typical fare in graduate-level chemistry courses. But how many classes challenge students to explain the concepts to the whole world? (more…)

Homework Wars: How Can Parents Improve the Odds of Winning?

By Guest PostAugust 20, 20101 commentEducationchildren, daphna oysterman, detroit area, homework, mesmin destin, psychologist, united states, university of michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— Children are more likely to do their homework if they see it as an investment, not a chore, according to new research at the University of Michigan.

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Back to School: Are Teachers Equipped to Teach ‘Digital Natives’?

By Guest PostAugust 16, 20101 commentEducation, Technologyanthony salcito, beth simon, bing, digital natives, educators, k–12 students, liveedu, Microsoft, microsoft education, military, onenote, steve kerr, teacher guides, Technology, university of washington

*Many teachers are using Microsoft tools and training to help prepare their students for the future, and are encouraging their peers to embrace using the technology that students are growing up with.*

REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 16, 2010 — Educators are preparing to go back to school, and they’re starting to do so with more than pencils and books. The “digital natives” that fill their classrooms are restless, and teachers are altering their curricula to keep those students engaged and prepared for the future. Microsoft wants to help.

Digital natives are people who have had access to digital technology for most of their lives—in other words, most of today’s school children.

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How a Summer Internship—or a Weekend Lecture—Can Change a Life

By Guest PostJune 17, 2010Educationarpa-e, arun majumdar, berkeley campus, berkeley lab, center for science and engineering education, csee, department of energy’s advanced research projects agenc, emily chen, janet sheung, julie chao, lab physicist, larry pezzaglia, mark alper, MIT, nano*high program, robert cahn, roy kaltschmidt, susan brady, university of ilinois, urbana-champaign

Emily Chen still vividly remembers the lecture on gecko feet. She was an eighth grader attending Berkeley Lab’s Nano*High program to hear materials scientist Arun Majumdar explain how what he was learning about gecko feet might translate into a new adhesive product based on carbon nanotubes.

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