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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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Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine found that use of interactive screen time under 30 months could also impair a child’s development of the skills needed for maths and .

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/01/toddler-brains-research-smartphones-damage-social-development

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Google has announced that Google Earth Pro is now available for free. Google Earth Pro used to cost $399 per year. Google Earth is a geospatial software application that displays a virtual globe, which offers the ability to analyze and …

Technology has the power to transform how people learn – but walk into some classrooms and you could be forgiven for thinking you were entering a time warp.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30814302

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Audible is an excellent website that provides digital downloads of audiobooks and other audio content. These audiobooks cover a wide variety of categories from mysteries to romance. You can use the search functionality of Audible to search for books or …

Students who gain access to a home computer between the 5th and 8th grades tend to witness a persistent decline in reading and math scores,” the economists wrote, adding that license to surf the Internet was also linked to lower …

Acclaim is a web platform for education which facilitates discussion around video content. It allows students and professors to share questions, notes, and feedback by inserting time-specific comments that link to moments in each video.

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2015/01/acclaim-good-tool-to-create.html

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The idea of personalized learning is seductive – it implies moving away from the industrialized form of education that pumps out cookie-cutter students with the same knowledge and skills. After decades of this approach, it is clear that all children …