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April 15, 2009 A mobile computer classroom powered by solar panels atop a modified SUV is providing computer training to 100 students a day in the east African country of Uganda. The Maendeleo ...
When it comes to improving education, many have pointed to the importance of technology in the classroom. Using computers is supposed to make students more excited to learn, enable them to absorb ...
For me, the new year starts in September. As a high school teacher, I can still remember the enthusiasm and the energy I felt coming back to the classroom and facing a new set of students. Speaking of ...
"They just need the same resources as other children." — -- A Philadelphia principal is determined to raise money for new classroom computers -- and she's running the extra miles to prove it.
During the summer, I taught a computer science course for educators at the Krause Center for Innovation at Foothill College. Funded by Google’s CS4HS grant, this was a four-day intensive “crash course ...
Late in the evening, Doug Garfield sits at his computer in the study of his Naperville home and logs on to a California-based computer network. He takes a sip of tea. Then he attends his advanced ...
Cliff Stoll, author of "The Cuckoo's Egg" and "Silicon Snake Oil," teaches physics and makes Klein bottles. He rarely visits Pit 91 because he lives in Oakland. As the new school year approaches, our ...
When it comes to improving education, many have pointed to the importance of technology in the classroom. Using computers is supposed to make students more excited to learn, enable them to absorb ...