FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2011

100+ iPad Apps Perfect For High School

If you’re a student, teacher, or administrator at a high school looking into adopting iPads for educational purposes, it’s important to know that the iPad is more than just an easy way to…

Texting while driving even more dangerous than previously thought

By DANIEL MILLER

Last updated at 4:48 PM on 6th October 2011

Texting or emailing while driving is far more dangerous than previously thought and more than doubles a person's reaction times a new study has found.

Researchers from Texas A&M…

Visual literacy and visual communication are two things which are often taken to be as one. Though they are closely related yet they have many differences. But before talking about the differences let us see that what actually is meant by Visual Literacy and …

By Erik West

November 21, 2011

Technology-rich learning environment improves retention rates over traditional learning environments

A study released on Monday by the Rochester Institute of Technology found using a technology-rich learning environment in many undergraduate engineering-technology…

What is Visual Thinking?

Visual thinking, also called visual learning, is a proven method of organizing ideas graphically - with concept maps, mind maps and webs. Scientifically based research demonstrates that visual learning techniques improve memory, organization, critical thinking and planning.

Visual thinking is an intuitive and easy-to-learn strategy that works for many academic and professional projects. The more complex the task or idea, the more…

[by Tom Kennedy]

In an era of  maximum image saturation, where every iPhone is a camera and no aspect of human activity goes undocumented, no matter how mundane, new questions emerge as to the value and utility of photography as a means of understanding human experience.

As someone who began as my career as a newspaper photographer and then worked for a…

M Saraswathy / Mumbai Nov 07, 2011

You would expect a pre-school to engage toddlers with the customary building blocks, colours, alphabets and numbers. In a bid to stand apart from the rest, many schools now sport digital blackboards, tablet PCs, digital audio-visual mediums and interactive boards — replacing the abacus, blackboards and charts. Enter the age of ‘smart classrooms’ for toddlers. Leading the way are schools like EuroSchool, Vibgyor, TreeHouse, KidZee and Kangaroo…