One of the fastest growing industries the past ten years has been in online learning. Educational institutions at every level and businesses around the world realize the power of anywhere, anytime, any pace learning that can be easily delivered via the Internet.
The use of cellphones, smartphones, ipads, & tablets is growing fast and with it, the controversy surrounding the availability of easy access to the Internet and everything found there. How can today's powerful devices best be used to increase learning?
We live in an amazing period of history with rapid global changes brought upon by technology. What are the new technologies that impact human beings and how are they shaping our culture and quality of life?
How can social media be used to make our lives better, more fulfilled, and avoid loneliness along with the trappings inherent through instantaneous and anonymous communication?
Does gamification increase engagement in education, products, and services? What are the ramifications of integrating game mechanics containing psychological principles designed to influence our behavior, out of game contexts?
In 1920, cubist painter & writer Josef Capek created the word “robota”--meaning servitude or laborer. What will robots do that people won’t, & what rights will they have when they look like us & are capable of learning? Will the warnings of Science Fiction become Science Fact?
Eighteen year-old Duncanville High School (Duncanville, TX) sophomore Jeff Bliss gets mad and gives his teacher a message. It all started he says, when she told him to “stop bitching”. Following the transcript is an investigative news report and a detailed interview with the student that is quite revealing. Watch the “Student Mad at Teacher” [...]
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Digital literacy, internet safety seminar May 7 Flint Community Schools will hold a free presentation on digital literacy for students, families and community members from 5 to 7 p.m. May 7 at Northern High School, G-3284 Mackin Rd. The presentation will be led by Kevin Honeycutt, technology …See all stories on this topic
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From US NEWS & WORLD REPORT Online Learning Outcomes Similar to Classroom Results (Study) Universities with shrinking budgets could consider online education to save money. By RYAN LYTLE A recent study shows similar outcomes between traditional learning and interactive online learning. Critics of online learning claim that students are exposed to an inferior education when compared [...]
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After assault, police remind public of internet safety – KWWL.com A 20-year-old woman is in the hospital after she was sexually assaulted, stabbed and left to die. Cedar Rapids police say the woman was attacked by a man she met online. Now the department is reminding everyone to be safe about what you post on [...]
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SC prosecutor holding town hall on Internet safety LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina's top prosecutor is sitting down some parents and children and talking about how to keep kids safe from online sex predators. Attorney General Alan Wilson is hosting a town hall meeting on Friday at Meadow Glen …See all stories on this [...]
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Young playwright Chelsey Cleminson (left) with actor Natalie Ann Jamieson, who plays Michaela in ‘Michaela’s Mistake’. Dangers of Social Media A play by a 12-year-old schoolgirl warning about the potential dangers of social networking is touring schools across the region. Internet Safety Her script shows the shocking risks that some young people take online, making [...]
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