Biochemistry Instructors’ Views toward Developing and Assessing Visual Literacy in Their Courses

Kimberly J. Linenberger and Thomas A. Holme ^*

Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011,…

Taking Classroom Tech Use to the Next Level: Specific Traits to Look For

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“They don’t live in Saskatoon!” a seventh-grade girl says…

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ConnectED Could be a Game Changer for Technology in Schools

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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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

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

Studies Confirm the Power of Visuals in eLearning

Are Multiplayer Games the Future of Education?

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

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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…

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…

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…

5 Ways Rapid Technology Change Impacts Education

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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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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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Optometrist helps train eyes to process information

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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…

Tips for Parents: Nurturing Creativity at Home

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…

Mapping what I’m learning

Posted on November 5th, 2013 by Sacha Chua

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Creating tech-savvier teachers

46 percent of teachers say they lack the training needed to use technology effectively with students

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District Administration, May 2014…

WEDNESDAY, April 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- By the time they're 9 months old, babies can use pictures to learn about an object and later recognize the real thing, researchers say.

The findings from their study of 30 British babies appear in the journal Child Development.

"The study should interest any parent or caregiver who has ever read a picture book with an infant," team leader Jeanne Shinskey, lecturer of psychology at the…