Category: Edtech

In a study of thousands of students and hundreds of businesspeople, they found that most retained only half of what they heard — and this immediately after they’d heard it. Six months later, most people only retained 25%.

https://hbr.org/2015/02/everything-you-need-to-know-about-becoming-a-better-listener

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Most of the colleges that are imposing bans are located in Britain, including the University of London and London’s City University. Unfortunately for students with traditional timepieces, the way these schools implement their ban is by requiring that all watches …

There is no doubt technology plays a critical role in education today. With this comes the need for resources, management, and a game plan for putting all of this wonderful technology to use. With that in mind, I have seen …

Flipboard, the newsreading app that has amassed 50 million monthly users on mobile devices, arrives on the web. On the bigger screen, Flipboard is big, beautiful, and responsive. In moving to the desktop, Flipboard hopes to open up a big …

From inspiring life-long learning to empowering teachers, these organizations are taking the education business to school.

http://www.fastcompany.com/3041645/most-innovative-companies-2015/the-worlds-top-10-most-innovative-companies-of-2015-in-educat

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Improving our chance for a common language in discussing existing and emerging learning trends, model, and technology in hopes of innovation in classrooms, and collectively, education at large.

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/learning-models-learning-theories-index/

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This article will provide you with some ideas on how to infuse data literacy skills into the curriculum.

http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2015/02/01/dataliteracy/

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