Taking a test is not just a passive mechanism for assessing how much people know, according to new research. It actually helps people learn, and it works better than a number of other studying techniques.
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Government Pressuring Publishers to Adjust Pricing Policy on E-Books - NYTimes.com - 0 views
Visualizing Slavery - NYTimes.com - 0 views
10 Ways to Celebrate Banned Books Week With The New York Times - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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A New York Times article that offers some ideas for celebrating Banned Books Week with students and anyone lse who believes in having "the freedom to read."
Test-Taking Cements Knowledge Better Than Studying, Researchers Say - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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students who read a passage, then took a test asking them to recall what they had read, retained about 50 percent more of the information a week later than students who used two other methods.
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What we recall becomes more recallable in the future. In a sense you are practicing what you are going to need to do later
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Taking a test is not just a passive mechanism for assessing how much people know, according to new research. It actually helps people learn, and it works better than a number of other studying techniques.
10 Ways to Get the Most Out of Technology - NYTimes.com - 5 views
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Your gadgets and computers, your software and sites - they are not working as well as they should. You need to make some tweaks. But the tech industry has given you the impression that making adjustments is difficult and time-consuming. It is not. And so below are 10 things to do to improve your technological life.
Technology in Schools Faces Questions on Value - NYTimes.com - 1 views
A By-the-E-Book Education, for $5 a Month - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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A fascinating article on how e-readers are helping to educate some of the poorest kids in Kenya.
The Most Comma Mistakes - NYTimes.com - 3 views
For Libraries and Publishers, an E-Book Tug of War - NYTimes.com - 1 views
Study Finds That Online Education Beats the Classroom - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views
The Web Means the End of Forgetting - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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Another great article about the perils of working within this online world, a world where our online identity can live linger than our memory.
Looking for a Job on Social Networking Sites - NYTimes.com - 3 views
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"Teaching people how to use these new tools is really becoming one of the main things that we do in career counseling offices," said Nancy Richmond, assistant director of career counseling and exploration at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "We're showing them that using social media is a great way to show employers that they're on the forefront of cutting-edge trends. It can be extremely helpful for their careers."
Blekko Tries to Filter Out Web Search - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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NY Times article: New search engine Blekko aims to show search results from only useful, trustworthy sites
Timeline - Israel, the Gaza Strip and Hamas - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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great resource to cover the gaza conflict for yr 12 encountering conflict students. Includes reports, photos and videos. Can be shown in classroom with datashow.
Wi-Fi Overload at High-Tech Meetings - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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"Internet entrepreneurs climb on stage at technology conferences and praise a world in which everyone is perpetually connected to the Web. But down in the audience, where people are busy typing and transmitting this wisdom, getting a Wi-Fi connection is often downright impossible. "
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Interesting to read about this Wi-Fi overload. This is something that didn't happen at the ACEC2010 conference, even though the delegates clobbered the venue network with their hundreds of devices.
E-Book Sales Rise in Children's and Young Adult Categories - NYTimes.com - 2 views
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Teens take over the e-readers market
NYTimes Education Resources Crisis in Japan: Understanding Nuclear Energy and Reactors - 0 views
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Crisis in Japan: Understanding Nuclear Energy and Reactors