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Integrated Pest Management More Effective in Reducing Conckroach Allergens in Schools
in Allergies, on May 13, 2009
...yed to assess the level of infestation, settled dust samples were collected in food service areas, classrooms, and other school areas, and the Bla g 1 allergen was quantified by ELISA. Both cockroach ...
SUNY Albany Launches $150 Million Nanotech Expansion
in Nanotechbuzz, on April 2, 2009
...cale Science and Engineering at SUNY Albany add more than 350,000 square feet for offices, labs and classrooms to the Albany NanoTech Complex, for a total of 800,000-plus square feet of space and four...
Fujitsu ST6012 Tablet PC is Seriously Cool
in The Gadgets Weblog, on December 18, 2008
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I am a tablet user. In classrooms and in lectures I use tablets for both information delivery and capture. In fact, hone of my biggest problems being an Apple Fanboy is that (for now) there is no ...
New Study: Personalized Assessments Can Improve Instruction
in The Online Universities Weblog, on October 30, 2008
...ly, they can provide valuable information for the professor. This is especially important in online classrooms, where teaching methodology is still being developed....
Traditional Students Complain About Online Class Requirements
in The Online Universities Weblog, on October 22, 2008
... online teaching usually requires special training. If traditional teachers are pushed into virtual classrooms without any preparation, the results can be disastrous. Teachers new to online learning s...
Some Tips For The Flu Season
in Straightfromthedoc, on October 2, 2008
...on will get the flu this year.
To help, PTA is putting out a call for parents to help clean up classrooms and work together to reduce the spread of germs in schools across the country.
Also, b...
Ning for Learners
in The Online Universities Weblog, on September 30, 2008
...etwork or choose other networks to participate in.
It has a ton of potential for online schools, classrooms, and group projects. Here's what a new Educause report has to say about it: "Ni...
GOOD CLEAN FUN: Tips to Keep Kids Healthy
in Straightfromthedoc, on September 24, 2008
...& Flu Season is rapidly approaching and instead of being fearful, we have ways to help prepare. Classrooms are critical in helping keep kids, parents, teachers and the community healthy. Kids can ...
Are Cell Phones Becoming an Essential Educational Tool?
in The Online Universities Weblog, on September 5, 2008
...ct on teaching.
A well-equipped cell phone with a foldout keyboard could even supplant a laptop in classrooms, says Bill Davidson, senior vice-president for global marketing at Qualcomm, which makes ...
Online Universities
in The Universities Weblog, on August 14, 2008
"We're redefining geography and space," according to author John Zogby. And part of that trend includes a widening acceptance of online education.
The Chronicle of Higher Education reported recently on Zogby's new book, The Way We'll Be: The Zogby Report on the Transformat...
Online Learning With Skype
in The Online Universities Weblog, on August 7, 2008
...y uses the internet to offer national and international phone service at a huge discount. Now, some classrooms are using internet phone companies to enhance their online learning.
A School Library J...
Go Back To School with a Lightscribe Pulse Smartpen
in The Gadgets Weblog, on June 24, 2008
...ke a laptop into a classroom and type their notes. Then, headlines on campuses banning laptops in classrooms started circulating the internet. Now it makes more sense.
The new Lightscribe Pulse Sma...
Online Classrooms Shorten Lecture Time
in The Online Universities Weblog, on June 19, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Matjaz Boncina Video lectures aren't the most dynamic aspect of online learning. Instead of offering a face-to-face discussion, these segments are static and are often considered boring. In fact, I once knew a student who watched his Economics lectures at tripl...
Online Degrees in the Workplace
in The Online Universities Weblog, on June 17, 2008
...sity, said that most treat online degrees as equivalent to degrees obtained by attending classes in classrooms.
Ms. Kryczka said that many employers would cover online education as part of existing t...
Online Students Learning as Avatars
in The Online Universities Weblog, on June 4, 2008
...se teeming with faux worlds devoted to socializing and video games is expanding to include virtual classrooms and universities.
A new trend in online education involves students Acting through...
Creating a Learning Space in Second Life
in The Online Universities Weblog, on May 28, 2008
...through Second Life allow teachers and employers to reach out to students beyond their traditional classrooms and school districts, expose young children to global issues and new friends around the wo...
$225,000 Grant Helps Simmons College Explore Blended Learning Programs
in The Online Universities Weblog, on February 18, 2008
..., often known for their close teacher-student interaction, maintain that bond in the age of virtual classrooms?
more stories like this
It's a question that Simmons College is trying to answer, wi...
New Ideas for Online Classrooms
in The Online Universities Weblog, on January 14, 2008
...ve it a second chance. Online colleges are learning from their mistakes and putting together online classrooms that rival the traditional learning experience. U.S. News and World Report explains: &q...
Allergies in School
in Allergies, on December 21, 2007
...the children wipe down the tables. After continual exposure to cleaning chemicals in the bathrooms, classrooms, art room and gym your child comes home feeling ill. Eyes are swollen, wheezing has start...
Student Paper Criticizes Drexel's Online Classes
in The Online Universities Weblog, on December 8, 2007
...ace to accommodate the students that the University has enrolled, but for which doesn't provide classrooms. This shouldn't be the case." It's important that students know what they si...
Educational Wikis
in The Online Universities Weblog, on November 28, 2007
...lective consciousness. Wikis in Education from Wetpaint is now offering add-free wikis for classrooms. Here's how they describe what their wikis can do: "With the current generation ...
Online Language Learning
in The Online Universities Weblog, on November 18, 2007
...re particularly suited for online learning. When it comes to beginning speakers, virtual multimedia classrooms can often accomplish more than limited class time. Traditional classroom teachers at Mi...
New Podcasting Movement Benefits Online Students
in The Online Universities Weblog, on October 31, 2007
...nt article from the chicago sun times discusses the many ways podcasting is used in college classrooms : "At some colleges and universities, students produce their own podcasts as part of...
Online Learning Convenient Alternative to Traditional Lecture Courses
in The Online Universities Weblog, on October 14, 2007
...tudents is pretty important. But, video and podcast courses can easily do the job of larger lecture classrooms. If you've ever been in a traditional large lecture class (sometime with stadium seat...
What is Blended Learning?
in The Online Universities Weblog, on September 28, 2007
... Not everyone agrees on the definition of "blended learning." Many schools and classrooms use the term, despite the fact that there are so many differing views on what really constitutes a...
A Video Demonstration of Second Life in Education
in The Online Universities Weblog, on September 17, 2007
... More and more classrooms are using Second Life as an educational tool. Some online classes are carried out completely in this virtual world. However, it can be difficult to envision Second Life if ...
Why Do Some Schools Cling to Old-Fashioned Educational Traditions?
in The Online Universities Weblog, on August 29, 2007
...Mail poses an interesting question: "Why, in the Information Age, are students heading back to classrooms?"
Distance learning offers so many opportunities for students to learn in alternati...
Avoiding Allergies and Asthma in School
in Allergies, on August 27, 2007
...hool:
Before school starts, tour the school to identify potential allergy/asthma triggers in the classrooms.
Schedule a meeting with teachers and the school nurse to discuss your child's alle...
Federal Student Loans for Distance Learners
in The Online Universities Weblog, on August 23, 2007
...g that schools qualify as financial aid distributors by offering over 50% of courses in traditional classrooms. In 2006 the law was overturned. Today a growing number of online schools offer federal s...
Canada Threatens to Ban Mobile Phones in Classrooms
in The Wireless Weblog, on August 15, 2007
...u says drastic measures may have to be taken. "The only thing we can do now is ban phones from classrooms completely," he says.
"Released during the commercially frenzied back-to-scho...
Users' Content Tastes Are Changing
in Networking for Pros, on July 6, 2007
... and obsolesce, olleges and universities are looking at delivering video over IP to dormitories and classrooms. More organizations are turning to video conferencing to replace business trips and long-...
Web 2.0 for Students
in The Online Universities Weblog, on June 24, 2007
...ere are dozens of useful tools online students can take advantage of - whether or not their virtual classrooms embrace 2.0 technology. For a list of some of the most helpful tools check out Web 2.0 B...
How to Create a Successful Educational Webinar
in The Online Universities Weblog, on June 18, 2007
...e experience as being in the same room together. However, just as meetings can be unproductive, and classrooms boring, a virtual meeting can fall flat. Weak webinars are doubly frustrating beca...
Microscope Via USB
in The Gadgets Weblog, on May 8, 2007
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Here's a clever idea that I could see making its way into science classrooms across the world: a Microscope powered by a USB connection. The ProScope HR is a high-resolution hand held...
How to Participate in Online Class Chats
in The Online Universities Weblog, on April 13, 2007
...ct with other students in the chat room, without much time to prepare responses. Unlike traditional classrooms, virtual chat rooms don't give you the chance to see the physical cues or hear verbal...
Home Biz Idea of the Week: Day Care Home Business (Part II)
in Home Based Business, on April 13, 2007
...e entire center convenient for parents to reach, and for children to stay in. You will need classrooms, play areas, rest areas, and waiting rooms. Your center, moreover, has to be located in an area f...
How to Participate in an Online Class Chat Session
in The Online Universities Weblog, on April 6, 2007
... class is a unique experience. Virtual class chats lack the physical cues that exist in traditional classrooms settings. Additionally, class chatrooms often take on an element of formality that...
Common Distance Learning Mistakes
in The Online Universities Weblog, on March 15, 2007
...ct matter. Don't let yourself miss out on the benefits of these relationships just because your classrooms are online. Stay connected through message boards, chat rooms, email, and other virtual r...
More Experts Weigh In On Popularity Of Online Degree Programs
in The Online Universities Weblog, on December 6, 2006
...r a different perspective, though: rather than seeing a division line between 'traditional' classrooms and online environments, they posit that online degrees are becoming more popular as the ...
Enjoy A "Second Life" In Online Classrooms
in The Online Universities Weblog, on November 26, 2006
The computer based game Sims has been popular for a long time. Why not? It's fun to create people and manipulate them into amusing--and sometimes helpful--situations. Now you can have that fun while earning a college degree.
At least that's what students and professors are hoping, and ...
Happy Social Enterprise Day ...
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on November 16, 2006
...assadors to be role models and review how tax relief could be used to help the sector.
"From classrooms to boardrooms, people need to know what social enterprise is and what it can achieve,"...
College Classrooms: The New Corporate Playgrounds
in The Universities Weblog, on October 23, 2006
Just who should decide what material students study in college? Should we go by the classics in instruction and material, learning from past greats? Should we choose innovative ideas? Should we be able to choose for ourselves?
Or, as this article asks, should we let our curriculum be shaped b...
Wi-Fi in the Classroom: Benefits and Challenges
in The Wireless Weblog, on August 21, 2006
...s at the benefits and challenges of Wi-Fi Internet access in the classroom. More than 40 percent of classrooms at colleges and universities had wireless access in the fall of 2005, up from 35.5 percen...
Tri-Beam: Handheld Classroom Solutions
in The Smart PDA, on August 1, 2006
... South Dakota has provided PDAs to its students , geeky teachers must be having dreams of paperless classrooms, where handouts and visual aids are distributed quickly. But since schools and universiti...
Why not a Social Enterprise Corps?
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on July 30, 2006
...s building homes, providing social services and teaching young people in some of the most neglected classrooms in our country. In turn for this commitment, the participants receive support through fin...
Online Degrees Provide Life Balance
in The Online Universities Weblog, on July 26, 2006
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Thanks to the internet and its ability to allow students and academics to work online in virtual classrooms, distance learning students can now choose from a range of options.
Are you searching f...
Art Center Car Classic Presents Great Cars and Famous Designers
in Classical Drives, on July 12, 2006
... Director, Pininfarina. Attendees also have the opportunity to tour Art Center's campus and studio classrooms and see designers of the future demonstrating their craft. Artwork from celebrated alumni ...
Campus Tour Guides Trained Well
in The Universities Weblog, on July 11, 2006
...ing marketing brochures, those campus tour guides, echoing the positive spins on life in the classrooms, cafeterias, libraries and dorms. They're well trained, too, as this New York Times ...
WiMAX in the Classroom
in The Wireless Weblog, on April 24, 2006
...k's Elena Malykhina , some of the first WiMAX deployments in the U.S. may actually be in school classrooms in cash-strapped areas like Milwaukee .
"Facing a use-it-or-lose-it choice o...
Tablet PCs rather than Textbooks?
in The Gadgets Weblog, on April 22, 2006
...le, richer in terms of what it can offer."
While I will agree that the Gates vision of future classrooms is interesting, I just don't see it happening. Sure you can reuse the Tablet PCs year...
Adults Returning to College Classrooms in Record Numbers
in The Universities Weblog, on April 21, 2006
Welcome to the Credential Era, where degrees are currency. Bachelor's degrees have become standard; without one, it's difficult to rise in any profession. So now the consumer's focus has shifted to the quality of one's degree-hence the obsession with Ivies and such. And more peopl...
Science, Medicine, Microbiology and Biotechnology According to Blogs
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 12, 2006
... . Don't miss the host's entry, Ethical issues in biotechnology: contrasting companies and classrooms and Science and Reason's Cancer Genes Tender Their Secrets .
The best in medical b...
Online Universities: Getting In
in The Online Universities Weblog, on March 28, 2006
...y League--incorporating some sort of online instruction, competition is expected to grow in virtual classrooms.
So what's the best way to learn about, and ensure online admission? This article ...
Five Things I Miss Eating
in Do you like to cook?, on March 18, 2006
... so. All I had to do was wipe them then eat! Perfect for munching on my way to the mess hall or the classrooms.
Thai street food . Sweet and savoury, hot and spicy, sour and pungent. Skewered, serv...
iPods Are The Next Best Tool In Achieving College Admission
in The Online Universities Weblog, on February 27, 2006
... ipods have taken over classrooms all over the world. Now a new development is available: testing center extraordinaire Kaplan is making all sorts of test preparation available through iPods....
American Technology Infiltrates Canadian Higher Education
in The Online Universities Weblog, on February 22, 2006
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With traditional textbooks, classrooms, and professor lectures giving way to DVDs, websites, and iPods so quickly in America, it's no surprise that the trend is quickly spreading to neighbor...
Some Students Say: We Don't Want No Education
in The Universities Weblog, on February 17, 2006
...e world around you.
In a potentially disturbing development, the PC trend is now invading college classrooms.
An Arizona bill is waiting to pass that would allow students to demand alternative cou...
Logility's shares are climbing up!
in Supplychainer, on December 8, 2005
...ecialty (SCHS: 36.84, +0.02, +0.1%), the nation's largest supplier of just about everything for classrooms except textbooks, will use Logility Voyager Solutions software to forecast customer deman...
Guest Entry: Grading Your Child's Teacher
in The Online Universities Weblog, on November 9, 2005
...ool Principals stated that the vast majority of administrators spend less than 10% of their time in classrooms. On top of that teachers rarely receive in class coaching, advice, and guidance from the ...
Kaplan Online at Head of Class
in The Online Universities Weblog, on August 18, 2005
...ale, they're ubiquitous inside -- even carved into the wood floors.
But you won't find any classrooms, chalkboards, professors or backpack -toting students here.
Save for its only camp...
Asthma and high-schoolers
in Straightfromthedoc, on August 11, 2005
...ucts.
Teen smoking and exposure to diesel fuel from school buses also may contribute to attacks in classrooms. (Simao, "One in six US high school students has asthma-study", Reuters/ABC New...
The changing face of higher ed
in The Online Universities Weblog, on May 9, 2005
...me complementary media of information. By putting their courses online, universities can open their classrooms to a global audience of students with little extra costs. While many universities have th...
Bridging the digital divide
in The Online Universities Weblog, on May 10, 2004
... and bridging the digital divide between the technologically rich and poor.
Placing computers in classrooms is essential, but it is just the first step. Technology must become an integral part of t...
Tracking Your Kids with RFID
in The RFID Weblog, on April 20, 2004
...ws parents to keep a remote eye on their children using a system of RFID tag readers and webcams in classrooms. Parents log into a website and enter their child's details, a server at the Kinder...
Using Weblogs in Education
in The Universities Weblog, on March 18, 2004
...d dozens of examples of how blogging can influence teaching and learning. While most relate to K-12 classrooms, some university links do make the "best practices" list.
For those intereste...
Cyber schools showing poor results
in The Online Universities Weblog, on March 15, 2004
...cores indicate that students at those schools are not performing as well as students in traditional classrooms. According to the Center for Education Reform, the number of cyber schools grew from 30 t...