education

U.S. engineering schools to educate 20,000 students to meet grand challenges

Posted in Business on 28th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller

US schools announced plans to educate a new generation of engineers to tackle the most pressing issues facing society in the 21st century.

Teachers Will Learn To Embrace Student Smartphone Addiction In 2015

Posted in Hardware on 4th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

With big investments, 2014 was the biggest year yet in edtech. However, if you thought that was impressive, you havent seen anything yet.

Future of Work: What Skills Will Help Us Keep Pace?

Posted in Software on 26th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

From the growing clamor of voices warning robots will take away our jobs, it is clear we are focusing more on the problems of AI, robotics, and automation than the solutions.

Chromebooks are beating iPads in the classroom

Posted in Hardware on 2nd Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

Dont underestimate how much this might bother Apple. The company has a long history in the education market, going to back to the early 1980s

The future of homework is: video games

Posted in Games on 22nd Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

The snowball effect of stress among teachers, students and parents over homework seems to be increasing with no end in sight.