Log In | Register
Social networking lures teenagers to internet
Seeded on Wed Jul 8, 2009 5:46 PM EDT (The Age)
AUSTRALIANS aged 16 and 17 are spending an average of 3½ hours every day on the internet, new research reveals, with social networking the overwhelming favourite reason.
For Colleges, Small Cuts Add Up to Big Savings
Seeded on Sat Jun 20, 2009 10:22 AM EDT (The New York Times)
College life may look different in the not-so-distant future: Students squinting out dirtier windows, faculty offices with full wastebaskets and no phones, sporting events in which opponents never meet, and paper course catalogs existing only as artifacts of the wasteful old days …
Schools' data to go on the web
Seeded on Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:30 PM EDT ()
A WEBSITE to allow parents to compare their children's school with other similar schools will be launched this year after education ministers agreed to make a range of school performance and population data public.
Australians desert MySpace for Facebook
Seeded on Thu Feb 5, 2009 3:25 PM EST ()
Facebook celebrates its fifth birthday this week and the company has much to crow about, as new figures reveal the social network has twice as many monthly users in Australia as its nearest competitor, MySpace.
How I Made a 1,474-Megapixel Photo During President Obama's Inaugural Address
Seeded on Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:04 PM EST (davidbergman.net)
My final photo is made up of 220 Canon G10 images and the file is 59,783 X 24,658 pixels or 1,474 megapixels. It took more than six and a half hours for the Gigapan software to put together all of the images on my Macbook Pro and the completed TIF file is almost 2 gigabytes.
Is That an Emoticon in 1862?
Seeded on Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:42 PM EST (The New York Times)
Were they using emoticons back in the era of Abraham Lincoln?
The Onion from Jan. 2001: Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'
Seeded on Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:45 AM EST (The Onion)
Bush concluded his speech on a note of healing and redemption.
Teens flaunting sex and drugs on MySpace
Seeded on Tue Jan 6, 2009 5:40 PM EST ()
Christakis said many teens are unaware of how public and permanent Internet information can be, while parents often do not know what their kids are up to. "No one says, "Whoa! Why are you putting that up there?'" Christakis said. In a second study, the researchers identified 19 …
Homework is fun on an iPod touch
Seeded on Sun Jan 4, 2009 6:49 PM EST ()
A PILOT program in which teenagers used iPods for school work has increased attendance and increased enthusiasm for homework.
In One Ear: iTunes U Puts iPods to Good Use | Edutopia
Seeded on Thu Oct 9, 2008 8:25 PM EDT (edutopia.org)
Boylan says he's excited to share his Keynote tutorials through iTunes U because experience has taught him that technology makes classrooms more engaging and effective. "I love it," he says of the opportunity to educate teachers in Pennsylvania and beyond.
Ed Tech's Conversations
Ed Tech has not initiated any private discussions.
Ed Tech
Members: 19
Established: 11/2006
Group Type: Public
A group for those interested in educational technology and related issues.
Ed Tech's Members
Articles & Seeds By Tag
Ed Tech's Feeds
Subscribe to Ed Tech's content using the feeds below. Use RSS for your newsreader and JSS to insert onto your own blog:COMPANY STUFF:
LEGAL STUFF:
- © 2005-2009 Newsvine, Inc. |
- Newsvine® is a registered trademark of Newsvine, Inc. |
- Newsvine is a property of
