Web 2.0 is an amazing socialization of the Internet. We are sharing, collaborting and exchanging ideas in ways that were not dreamed of a few years ago. Come and explore the many varied aspects of the ever changing and growing Web 2.0 and its uses for edu
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Website created by Bernie Dodge, PhD., that explains and presents tools for WebQuest projects -- interactive projects that incorporate technology for students.
The online world may provide an alternative means to engage young people and students with suicidal feelings, who are typically reluctant to seek help. We aimed to map, characterise and obtain user evaluation of current online suicide support for this group in order to assess the usefulness of current provision and how it may be improved. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
The traditional notion of hierarchical, top down, government has always been an imperfect match for the decentralized governance system of the US. However, much of what government does requires co-production of policy among agencies that have no formal au
he founded a non-profit organization called “One Laptop Per Child.” He recruited a cadre of geeks and viola! The hundred dollar laptop, designed specifically for poor children, was born.
Gameful learning is a pedagogical approach that takes inspiration from how good games function, and applies that to the design of learning environments. Game...
By Derek Thompson, Jan 23 2014What Jobs Will the Robots Take? Nearly half of American jobs today could be automated in "a decade or two," according to new research. The question is: Which half? "...Frey and Osborne project that the next wave of computer progress will continue to shred human work where it already has: manufacturing, administrative support, retail, and transportation. Most remaining factory jobs are "likely to diminish over the next decades," they write. Cashiers, counter clerks, and telemarketers are similarly endangered."
Computer experts (?) believe supermodel Kate Moss is one of dozens of celebrities who have paid thousands to play down references to their troubled pasts on the world wide web.
This, then, may be a model for use of technology in education: Find or develop technology that allows us to strengthen the basic triangle between teacher, student, and ideas.