NY school all-in on trend of all-digital textbooks
Around the country, schools are increasingly dumping heavy, expensive printed textbooks and putting the material online.
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Dec 23, 2013
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Convenience of technology comes at a cost
As he rose to his feet from a knuckle-dragging crouch, primitive cave man wrapped his newly evolved opposable thumbs around the handy tools of his time - a club or spear - and instantly his life got easier. Two million years ...
Software
Nov 29, 2013
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Where in the world are young people using the internet?
According to a common myth, today's young people are all glued to the Internet. But in fact, only 30 percent of the world's youth population between the ages of 15 and 24 years old has been active online for at least five ...
Internet
Oct 7, 2013
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Colombia natives get tablets to study in local languages
Some 3,600 indigenous Colombians who dropped out of school have received digital tablets to enable them to resume studying in their native languages, officials said Wednesday.
Social Sciences
Sep 11, 2013
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Teenage password security
Many of us are sharing increasing amounts of personal information through online social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and others. However, according to Charlott Lorentzen, Markus Fiedler and Henric Johnson ...
Internet
Apr 26, 2013
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Research shows texting a compulsion for young adults
(Phys.org)—Stroll through any U.S. college campus today, and you'll see a good percentage of students with noses buried in their smart phones. Many of them are texting.
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Nov 14, 2012
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How social media help save an endangered language
(PhysOrg.com) -- There was a time when everyone living in Michigan grew up speaking the native language of the area's indigenous people. Now less than 10 people born in the state are fluent, yet more than 2,700 people "like" ...
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Feb 21, 2012
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'Talking dictionaries' document vanishing languages
Digital technology is coming to the rescue of some of the world's most endangered languages. Linguists from National Geographic's Enduring Voices project who are racing to document and revitalize struggling languages are ...
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Feb 17, 2012
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College asks students to power down, contemplate
(AP) -- Dianne Lynch wanted to give the students of Stephens College a break from the constant digital communication that pervades their generation. So she asked them to put their phones and computers away and revive the ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Dec 24, 2009
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