Tag: technology
How Repealing Net Neutrality Could Affect Schools’ Internet Access
Richard Culatta, CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education, talks to NPR's Kelly McEvers about the potential impact on classrooms if net...
Software Focus
In addition to the humble book, publishers have launched an array of reading programs
designed to help readers of all types acquire the skills they...
World Languages from National Geographic Learning
¡Exploremos! (1-4, 1A and 1B) offers an innovative approach to language teaching that takes advantage of content the students already know about the world...
Literacy on the Line
Vinod Lobo describes how a California grant is giving adult English learners access to blended education programs on their smartphones
Recent data shows that adult...
Study Links Toddler’s Screen Time to Slower Speech Development
In recent years, young children and toddlers have been increasingly exposed to handheld devices. It’s become commonplace to see babies playing games on tablets,...
Raytheon Deploys Translation Software, Aids U.S. Army
Raytheon BBN Technologies has been awarded $4 million to provide automatic speech recognition, machine translation, text-to-speech, and optical character-recognition software licenses for one year...
Get Real, Teacher! -Virtual Reality Teaching
Rene Gadelha believes that only careful implementation will realize the promise of virtual...
The New Digital Divide
Keith Oelrich argues that teacher preparation and curriculum design are the keys to closing the digital technological opportunity gap
A Gap Emerges
In the mid-’90s, as...
Teaching Tools
To coincide with this month’s annual conference of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), here is a selection of some of the...
Using Smart Technology to Preserve Aboriginal Languages
Recently, the New South Wales (NSW) Aboriginal affairs minister Victor Dominello announced $185,000 in funding for the development of an app to support the...
