Graphing Comes to Google

Google has added graphing functionality to its seemingly ever-growing list of search bar capabilities: now, when users type in a function — for example: sin(x) — the first search result will be an interactive graph allowing users to explore different …

Students with Smartphones Study More

Smartphones at school can be a major distraction. Students are posting on social networks, texting each other, or playing Angry Birds when they should be paying attention in class. The other side of that coin, though, is that students with …

A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute

This is the Waldorf School of the Peninsula, one of around 160 Waldorf schools in the country that subscribe to a teaching philosophy focused on physical activity and learning through creative, hands-on tasks. Those who endorse this approach say computers …

20 Ways Siri May Forever Change Education

Siri is the new iPhone’s built-in personal assistant. Siri can listen, interpret, and respond to user voices, making it a huge leap forward in voice recognition technology. One area where Siri’s capabilities could be extraordinarily useful is in education, and …

Paper.li: best use practices

Twitter provides a wealth of education related content and while I like to read and scan this content through the Flipboard app on my iPad, Paper.li comes to the rescue when I simply do not have time each day to …