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iPhone app used to conduct psychology study. The ubiquitous nature of smartphones today can make conducting research studies easier.

It's been said that a wandering mind I think lead to innovation (because it allows the mind time to connect dots). Maybe a better title would have been "Distracted mind not a happy mind" ?

This is exciting news.. Education''s premise is that it will lead to an increase in desired economic returns to the time spent in school. Does the future "happiness" quotient have an impact on the time a student decides to invest in education?

Happy Birthday Ada Lovelace!

For all you English teachers out there who die a little bit inside every time you read shortcut language- I wish you a happy Friday.

Do e-readers aid dyslexic students? They actually could do much more, but the vendors are happy to make claims without building in those capabilities...

Happy Holidays to the kid in all of us! Netbook recommendations for 8-12 year olds. Also link in beginning of article to "being a good tech parent."

Has anyone seen this group? Seems like they are doing what we have been talking about re: blended learning. I am going to dig in for more info....

Steve, I used to work on the external evaluation of the first round of NGLC grants, which focused on colleges and community colleges applying these guiding principles. I know less about their K12 grants and present work but am happy to talk about what I know.

Implementing blended learning in schools, in one awesome visual.

Infographics make me so happy. This one is fantastic!

NSTA's Science Teacher must have known we just spent the class with Paul Horowitz. Jan Mokros (TERC) is an author here

"One teacher commented, "It's hard to manage the class when students become 'click happy' without really understanding what they're doing." However, requiring students to verbally explain and justify their reasoning before proceeding to the next screen was an effective solution."

I just started participating in this research project. Even though its not a learning program, its could be a method to use mobile devices for learning.