Tag: schools
How Schools Slowly Embraced Social Media
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Schools are often at the forefront of intellectual thought, but they have sometimes been known to lag behind the rest of society when it comes to learning and adopting new technologies. Such has certainly been the case with social media technologies.
Bill Gates Discusses Education At TED In This Must-See Video
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Bill Gates spent his annual talk at this week's TED event talking about one of the most important issues in America today: education. Not only did he discuss education, he tied in budget issues, where education stand...
Are Your Teacher Evaluations Unfair?
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After reading the below editorial from the Washington Post about how the mayor of the city thinks their teacher evaluations are unfair... it prompted me to pose a question to the Edudemic community: Are your teacher e...
The 25 Best School Websites
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Social media may be free, but implementing a beautiful, easy-to-use, and helpful website for your school is not. Website design is a big expenditure for most schools. That's probably why schools let several years go b...
How Schools Kill Creativity.
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Why don't we get the best out of people? Sir Ken Robinson argues that it's because we've been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers. Students with restless minds and bodies -- far from bein...
Should School Days Be Longer?
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Do you feel as though your classroom is just getting up to speed when BAM it's time to go to lunch. After that, you only have an hour or two to tackle the rest of your lesson plan and then BAM it's time to go home. President Obama thinks the schools days around the country are simply too short. He says extended time in the classroom is an idea worth considering, especially since students in other countries, on average, spend about a month longer in the classroom per year.
Should School Hallways Be Open To Advertisers?
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It's no secret that schools don't have a ton of money. However, where is the line in the sand when it comes to making money? Should classes be cut? What about after school programs? Athletics? What about the sanctity ...
SUPER WI-FI Coming Soon
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The FCC, of all people, is sexing up wi-fi terminology. In just a short period of time, the term '802.11a/b/g/n' will no longer be the way to describe wi-fi. Instead, they're approving the opening of a new whitespace ...
Glenn Beck Starts Own University. You Read That Right.
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We're pretty sure this is a sign of the apocalypse. In his latest stunt, Glenn Beck has announced he is starting a university in his name. So watch out Boston University, there's a new 'BU' in town. Apparently it's ...
PROOF: iPad Can Help Students Collaborate [PHOTO]
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On a recent trip to my school's dining hall, I was pleased to see a table of four students huddled around the latest bit of technology: the iPad. These students were all able to work on the same device at the same tim...
