Student surveys harness new data from classrooms
New technology in the area of student surveys may make them more readily available for use in contributing to teacher evaluations.
Technology
Learning doesn't last if there are too many distractions
News flash: Low-tech is better for learning, and the old way of doing things in the classroom gets better results than the new.
FCC modernizes E-rate
The FCC expanded the 18-year-old E-rate program to provide more Wi-Fi, especially for tablets and other modern devices, less for pagers.
Should we build a cell tower near a middle school?
Cell towers give off radiation, but we still don't know how dangerous it is to build one near a school, where students spend several hours every day.
Taking notes on paper is better than using technology
Even though most people type faster than they write, there's still a lot to say for taking lecture notes by hand.
Top education is surprisingly low-tech in Finland
The movement to increase the level of technology in our schools may serve business purposes while failing to boost education outcomes much.
Printing a pink prosthetic arm for a girl, 13
Students at Washington University in St Louis used a 3D printer to make a prosthetic arm for a 13-year-old girl, making it pink at her request.
Math can help make mobile maps easier to read
Researchers at a German university have developed mathematical algorithms that will reduce the clutter on smartphone maps.
inBloom will shut down
The cloud-based student database inBloom will be shutting down. The $100 million project was criticized by data privacy advocates.
App-ocalypse in Middletown
Women's Final 4 Part 1 (U Md.): computer science and the meteoric rise of an app, a simple game that had too short a life for its millions of fans.