Blog Archives for the tag Education

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In 2011: How the Internet Revolutionized Education

As connection speeds increase and the ubiquity of the Web pervades, free education has never been so accessible. An Internet connection gives lifelong learners the tools to become autodidacts, eschewing exorbitant tuition and joining the…

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Watch This Robot Make You Feel Bad For Being Wrong

With one part robot, and all parts attitiude, the 2-XL robot will make you feel like an absolute moron if you don’t answer its questions correctly: Imagine the horror of…

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Play Ludwig Teaches Students Physics with a Game

Let’s be frank; 99% of the education games out there suck. Either the graphics are sub-par, the game play is lackluster, or it’s simply a matter of multiple choice pointlessness….

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Mark Zuckerberg goes back to school

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be visiting three colleges during an East coast speaking tour starting November 8th. He will be visiting Carnegie Mellon University, Harvard University, and…

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MySchoolHelp lets you share your notes

Entrepeneurs are getting younger, but their ideas are getting more focused. Take 18-year-old Ben Lang, for example. When you talk to him about his projects, he speaks about some of…

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ClassParrot lets teachers text students

While listening to some of the companies presenting at ImagineK12 last week, I had a few questions about privacy. I was wondering how teachers and parents were feeling about information…

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The future of education is technology

Last night, I attended a gathering of some of the smartest technology minds focusing on Education for grades K-12. I didn’t know what to expect, other than Newark Mayor Cory…

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Stickery is reinventing mobile gaming an

Stickery, a company that is building a mobile learning platform focused on games for kids, generates progress reports for teachers and parents, using curriculums that are approved by educators. The…

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iPad growth dwarfs competitors

Tim Cook of Apple is talking iPad during todays Apple event, and has some interesting information to share. The iPad is not just for geeks. The growth is amazing, and…

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Will robots replace journalists?

First let me just say that no, robots will not replace journalists. Robots will likely only replace jobs with particularly low cognitive loads. So, maybe press release re-writing bloggers, but not thinking,…