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an adult’s knowledge needs to continually grow. The changing nature of today’s society demands the necessity for gaining new skills, new understandings, and new intellectual orientations throughout a person’s life.

You might never fail on the scale I did, but some failure in life is inevitable. It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.

I have learned to value imagination in a much broader sense. Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathise with humans whose experiences we have never shared.

And yet I also learned more about human goodness at Amnesty International than I had ever known before.

When it came time to gauge students' views on bullying last week, Long Middle School decided to take advantage of a device many of the students already had handy - cell phones.

Students have always faced distractions and time-wasters. But computers and cellphones, and the constant stream of stimuli they offer, pose a profound new challenge to focusing and learning.

“Their brains are rewarded not for staying on task but for jumping to the next thing,”

Unchecked use of digital devices, he says, can create a culture in which students are addicted to the virtual world and lost in it.

nternet users are more likely than others to be active: 80% of internet users participate in groups, compared with 56% of non-internet users.

Skype in the classroom is a free directory for teachers who want to use Skype to bring education to life in their classrooms. Join today to share resources, chat with teachers and even pair classes.

The three-year project could result in a useful resource for both mathematicians and theoretical physicists to aid calculations in a variety of fields from number theory to atomic physics. But those hoping t

The microwave isn’t easier for every cooking task

But it simplified simple cooking, and consumers around the world saw it as a necessary piece of equipment

Everyone thought the iPad needed traditional computer programs to be successful

If you are checking your Blackberry while helping your kids do their homework, you are switching tasks that require different perspectives," Hamilton says. "That can be taxing on the executive function of your brain and reduce your ability to use self-control in other areas of your life."

“The Digital Diet: The 4-Step Plan to Break your Tech Addiction and Regain Balance in Your Life.