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There are few people who doubt the ability of technology to help improve education, whether that be at the primary or secondary level.
Education Elements Raises $6M To Help Schools Accelerate Learning With Technology | TechCrunch
Edmodo is a startup looking to disrupt the education industry with its social networking tools for the classroom. Today Edmodo is opening up its API and providing a platform for third-party developers to publish educational apps to Edmodo’s 6 million users and 70,000 schools. Edmodo brings Facebook-style social tools to K-12 classrooms.
Edmodo Launches Third-Party Platform For Education Apps - Forbes
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1 Out of 5 Textbooks Digital by 2014
Today, digital textbooks for higher education and career education account for only 0.5% of all textbook sales in the United States. According to a new study by social learning platform Xplana , this could soon change.
The iPad in Education: Colleges Give iPads to All Incoming Stude
Seton Hill University plans to give every first year undergraduate student a 13" MacBook and an iPad. Just last month, George Fox University in Oregon also announced that it plans to give its new students a choice between a MacBook or an iPad.
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Gartner: Most Kids Will Use PCs With Touchscreens by 2015
The iPad may indeed be the future of computing, at least when it comes to the way you interact with it. According to IT research company Gartner, more than 50% of PCs purchased for users under 15 years of age will have touchscreens by 2015. Leslie Fiering, research vice president at Gartner, thinks kids will pave the way, with the corporate world lagging behind.
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Higher Education Reimagined With Online Courseware - Education L
She begins by opening a colorful hatbox. Dressed in an elegant suit and scarf with her hair swept back into a chignon, Professor Diamond pulls on a pair of latex gloves and reveals the box’s contents: a human brain.Updated Jan. 29, 2010