Monday, August 26, 2013

Sounding Off: Is using technology in the classroom beneficial?

Sounding Off: Is using technology in the classroom beneficial?
Dave Lapka, Southlake: Classroom time is precious, and in the presence of good teachers, the technology is nothing but a distraction — and one that most kids will most likely be exposed to outside of the classroom. So I don't believe they add value …
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Home Technology Firms Strike Six-Way Merger
It took 20 months, but a half dozen household-technology firms have pulled it off, folding themselves into a single company called Via International. The deal ties up Engineered Environments, which operates in San Francisco, Hawaii and Houston …
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Education Technology Trends – Part III – Adaptive Learning, Legacy Systems
The concept of adaptive learning originated in the 1970s with the artificial-intelligence movement. The availability of adaptive learning technology platforms has increased in recent years due to education technology development companies such as …
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Amazon glitch hits Instagram and AirBnB
AirBnB (above), Instagram and Twitter's Vine video-sharing app were among sites affected. Photograph: screengrab. Several popular websites suffered outages or slowdowns on Sunday when Amazon's unit that runs web servers for other companies …
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