EDUCATION
Jun
Blended learning: the facts
Blended learning is a bit of a buzzword right now, and as important as blended learning is in the classroom, so are the facts surrounding it. Teachers are irreplaceable, no amount of technology can replace a human being – blended Read More
Jun
Hack Reactor scholars, sponsored by Pearson
Have you heard of Hack Reactor? This coding hothouse offers, and we quote, ‘twelve insanely productive weeks’ to turn rookie student programmers into the real deal in San Francisco. Pearson, we are delighted to tell you, is sponsoring two of Read More
Jun
Ghana’s Raspberry PI lab
Student-led charity, The Best of Both, have built two computer labs in rural Ghana using Raspberry PI technology. Raspberry PI also has the ability to act as a server known as RACHEL (Remote Area Community Hotspots for Education and Learning). Read More
Jun
STEM pop-ups
STEM pop-up centers are taking to the streets of New York – literally popping up on the pavement, as well as parks and libraries. The two organisations behind “bringing STEM to the masses” are Think Thank and the Uni Project. Read More
Jun
US to give 99% of students access to high speed digital connections.
The US has signalled a major step forward in the EdTech arena, with President Obama announcing the launch of the ConnectED initiative. The new programme will aim to connect 99 percent of America’s students to the internet through high-speed broadband and Read More
Jun
3D – coming soon to a world near you.
The wonders of 3D have moved on from the popcorn munching days of a Jaws matinee. Three-dimensional printers are now creating things we can wear, eat, drive… the list is increasingly endless. Martha Mendoza takes us through some of the Read More
Jun
Top 10 disruptive edtech startups
Top 10 edtech startups that you need to know about: 1) Top Hat Pearson partnered with Top Hat earlier this year, and they continue to grow from strength to strength. 2) Learnist This startup enables students and teachers to curate Read More
May
Coursera unleashes ten new pilot partnerships
Silicon Valley MOOC startup Coursera is angling for mass online education domination with a new raft of university partners. Instead of the elite and Ivy League focus they had previously favoured, Coursera has just launched pilot projects with universities and Read More
May
Sprechen Sie Code?
Economists, compsci teachers and high-profile tech heads like Bill Gates have been reading the tea leaves on the connection between coding and innovation for a while now. Their message is clear – ‘coding, programming and computer science will be the Read More
May
You and your big digital print
By 2014 (that’d be next year, readers), we humans will generate five billion gigabytes of data every 10 minutes. That’s equivalent to the total amount of data the human race generated between when we first started recording data and 2003. Read More