To prep for an Ecology 101 field trip, you might tell your students to strap on some hiking boots and grab a waterproof notebook. But how about a fully-charged smartphone? As mobile devices and computer programming become ...
Ecology
Sep 5, 2016
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GreenPal CEO Bryan Clayton came to realize he had to scrap his company's $90,000 website.
Business
Aug 17, 2016
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Ethan Keiser, 24, is founder of StudyTree, a mobile app that connects college students for on-demand peer tutoring. The student-to-student solution creates a marketplace enabling students to either make money as a tutor or ...
Software
Oct 8, 2015
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With even preschoolers using computers and video games, students at all levels now expect to modify and control their own experiments and receive immediate feedback. Responding to that trend, a trio of New York University ...
Engineering
Jun 17, 2015
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Mobile devices are ubiquitous—including in the college classroom. Instructors across disciplines now compete with a host of electronic stimuli for students' attention. But to what extent is messaging interfering with student ...
Social Sciences
Jun 9, 2015
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Banning cellphones in schools reaps the same benefits as extending the school year by five days, according to a study co-authored by an economist at The University of Texas at Austin.
Social Sciences
May 18, 2015
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Mobile devices as teaching tools are becoming a more and more common part of the American education experience in classrooms, from preschool through graduate school. A recent Pew Research Center survey found that 58% of U.S. ...
Social Sciences
Mar 31, 2015
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It's official. In 2015, the keyboard has began to genuinely challenge the pen for dominance in the classroom.
Social Sciences
Feb 12, 2015
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Teenagers who own smartphones spend more time online - also during the night, which may affect their sleep. A new University of Basel study on more than 300 students reports that teenagers' digital media use during the night ...
Other
Feb 2, 2015
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Mobile apps have proved to be valuable educational tools, but laboratory instructors thus far have been limited to using mobile devices only for virtual laboratories with simulated experiments. Now, researchers at the NYU ...
Software
Jan 28, 2015
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