In June 2013, President Obama announced the ConnectED initiative intended to equip schools with the best technology available to improve the nation's education system. The administration secured pledges of over $2 billion from…

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8th Global Conference: Visual Literacies (March, 2015: Lisbon, Portugal)

8th Global Conference: Visual Literacies (March, 2015: Lisbon, Portugal)

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8th Global Conference: Visual Literacies

Wednesday 18th March – Friday 20th March 2015

Lisbon, Portugal

Call for Presentations:

In a…

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Informal education: What students are learning outside the classroom

AUGUST 20, 2014

Informal education: What students are learning outside the classroom

By Annie Murphy Paul

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Toledo Museum of Art Hosts International Visual Literacy Conference Nov. 5-8, 2014 Home » General News » Toledo Museum of Art Hosts International Visual Literacy Conference Nov. 5-8, 2014 The Chines…

Toledo Museum of Art Hosts International Visual Literacy Conference Nov. 5-8, 2014

Home » General News » Toledo Museum of Art Hosts International Visual Literacy Conference Nov. 5-8, 2014

The Chinese proverb about pictures being worth a thousand words is truer today than…

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Studies Confirm the Power of Visuals in eLearning

Posted by Karla Gutierrez on Tue, Jul 08, 2014 @ 11:23 AM

We are now in the age of visual information where visual content plays a role in every part of life. As 65 percent of the population is visual learners, images are clearly key to engaging people in eLearning…

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Are Multiplayer Games the Future of Education?

Are Multiplayer Games the Future of Education?

A new classroom approach tries to bring more competition into the classroom.

MELANIE PLENDA

JUL 11 2014, 8:00 AM ET

It was just supposed to be a quick trip to Beijing, a touristy group thing to take in the sights. It wasn't supposed to go down like this. There wasn't supposed to be…

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Why schools’ efforts to block the Internet are so laughably lame

Why schools’ efforts to block the Internet are so laughably lame

By Annie Murphy Paul

As schools around the country have rolled out one-to-one computer initiatives, handing out tablets and laptops to their students, a sour note has often intruded on the triumphant fanfare heralding these programs. Within…

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What Were The Breakthrough Technologies For 2014?

What Were The Breakthrough Technologies For 2014?

Whether you’re a proponent of technology, are wary but willing, or against it entirely, it’s impossible not to be intrigued by its rapid development.

While “technology” is a relative term, and thus always been a cultural factor, we have become a obsessed with it as a planet. So whether you’re watching how it develops in celebration or morbid curiosity, keeping tabs makes sense. Which is…

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5 Ways Rapid Technology Change Impacts Education

08/23/2012, Terry Heick

Rapid technology change is here to stay. No sense in trying to change the way the world works–at least when you’re messing with the wallets of major…

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Innovative Education: Make Room for "What Ifs"

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Innovative Education: Make Room for "What Ifs"

JUNE 6, 2014

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Words are dead. Here's what will replace them.

by Jessi Hempel @FortuneMagazine JUNE 4, 2014, 3:40 PM EDT

Pictures are doing most of the talking these days—changing culture, technology, business as we know it. Fortune explores the…

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The Flipped Classroom

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Optometrist helps train eyes to process information

Optometrist helps train eyes to process information

Brenda Wade Schmidt, bschmidt@argusleader.com 11:07 p.m. CDT May 27, 2014

In the past year, Stacy Haber has watched her daughter score her first soccer goal, catch a ball with her hands instead of her body and ride a bike without training wheels.

Sabrina Haber, 9, also switched from reluctant to…

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Tips for Parents: Nurturing Creativity at Home

Tips for Parents: Nurturing Creativity at Home

Rivero, L.

Davidson Institute for Talent Development

2014

This Tips for Parents article is from a seminar hosted by Lisa Rivero. Ms. Rivero summarizes the key points in which parents can encourage and facilitate creativity in their…

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What students really think about technology in the classroom

What students really think about technology in the classroom

By Sarah Garland

The grownups who make and debate education policy disagree about a lot of things, but they often take it as a given that kids love technology. And tapping into that love of gadgetry and games is a way to make students “more engaged” in…

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