Teach fractions using LEGO [Image]
If only I learned fractions this way, I'd be more successful in life.
Tag Archives: education
Google launches Google Play for Education Store
What keeps people hooked on smartphones are apps. As if people outside classrooms weren’t already addicted to apps, Google is taking a step further by launching Google Play for Education Store today. With Google Play for Edu...
MPAA and RIAA want to teach grade school kids the “value of copyright and dangers of piracy”
The Center for Copyright Information is currently developing a curriculum in California called “Be a Creator.” Its goal is to teach elementary school students the “value of copyright and dangers of digital piracy...
Yana and Bo bot toys teach children computer programming
Have a curious child that wants to know why computers and web pages do what they do? An option in the future could be the Play-i, an interactive robot that will also help children learn about computer programing as they play. Befo...
Cornell professor hopes to use Google Glass to enhance music experience
The introduction of Google Glass could be used to introduce us as well into worlds and perspectives that we have not experienced yet. At Cornell University, one of their professors, Cynthia Turner, who teaches classical music and ...
Check out the amazing laptops these kids use at their school [Image]
I say "amazing" sarcastically.
The reality of computer classes in school or college [Comic]
What you expect to learn in a computer class probably isn't what you are actually taught.
[iOS] VoiceThread is a tool for starting conversations around videos and documents
There are tons of interesting apps on the App Store. One interesting app I recently stumbled across is a tool that lets you start a conversation around documents and videos. It is called VoiceThread. VoiceThread is an interesting ...
Tencent is offering users 10TB of free cloud storage. You read that right.
Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft and basically any other company that provides users with cloud storage might be ashamed by the following news. Chinese company Tencent is offering a jaw-dropping 10TB of free cloud storage through ...
Apple tries to trademark the word ‘startup’
This past Tuesday Apple did something rather odd (or maybe it isn’t that odd for Apple): the company made an attempt to trademark the word ‘startup’. The plan here seems to be directed at Apple’s various products...
Microsoft launches ad-free Bing search… but for schools
Microsoft wants students and teachers to search the internet without getting bombarded by ads and adults content. And they want to beat Google. So, earlier this summer, the company announced Bing for Schools, a special program tha...
How Google Glass can be used to help improve education [Infographic]
One of the innovations involves allowing shy students to use Google Glass to communicate with teachers.
Australian schools are taking a liking to Windows 8
Windows 8 has failed to take off in ways Microsoft had imagined, but that is not stopping schools in Australia from incorporating the troubled operating system throughout every classroom. The interesting thing about this deploymen...
11 schools in Netherlands will use iPads instead of textbooks starting next month
We are all moving towards paperless schools and workplaces but 11 schools in the Netherlands are taking this concept to another level. In August these so called ‘Steve Jobs Schools’ will begin operation, and educationa...
What teachers do when they confiscate the phone of a student [Image]
Revenge of the Teachers, coming to a classroom near you.