Source: dailymail.co.uk
An interesting article about gender difference in education. Myself, I know deep down that I need challenges and competition to thrive. I would not do well in a competition-free environment. I would quickly become bored and disinterested.
Source: washingtonpost.com
When Education Firms Say No, Rural Schools Find It Hard to Obey 'No Child'
In the last couple of weeks, I’ve talked about applications, news stories and trends that touch on or are a part of distance learning. So distance learning is the ability for a student to take part in a class without having to physically attend it.
Source: Pravda
Funny article on how regular intercourse can make you smarter.
Source: look-sprachreisen.de
sehr günstig und gut gegenüber deutschen Sprachschulen. Es wird empfohlen nicht unter 2 Wochen anzureisen uns sehr kleine Gruppen oder Einzelunterricht zu buchen.
Source: latimes.com
Food for thought for all of who think our education system needs drastic changes
Source: sciam.com
A new study reveals that 10-month-old infants can link words and objects, but only if the object is already interesting to them.
这是我的先文件在中文。 我一点会说中文， 可是，我会说英文因为我是美国人。 我在《New York City》生的， 可是， 我妈妈在《New Jersey》生的。我要学印度文因为我会说印度文不好，可是， 今天我不会学。我喜欢
Source: assortedstuff.com
Interesting blog geared towards educators who use technology. Can't actually find 101 sites here, but the ones listed are worth reading about, nay actually checking out
In a few weeks I’ll be finished with my associate degree in business. I decided on business because for that level of degree there really isn’t much else.
Source: Quantum Biocommunication
In our second podcast we introduce you to Dean Radin and Bill Harris. Dean Radin is a pioneer in the field of consciousness, intuition, and psychic phenomena.
Source: aarp.org
Lovely review of Friedman's The World is Flat, from a very different angle that most reviews of the book...
Source: nature.com
This is a very readable article summarizing research on memory that offers some concrete suggestions for those of us who want to improve our memorization abilities.
Source: encarta.msn.com
A look at the two approaches to the quest for souped-up learning.
For the past week, I have been in Belize, a small, English-speaking Central American country. Although I was largely out of touch with modernity, occasional Internet access brought me to Newsvine's homepage and up to speed with the world.
Source: MWC News
Accredited Remote Learning (ARL) enables maximum access, minimum cost, high quality college education for all anywhere in the world and hence more teachers, elevated global literacy and decreased global avoidable mortality (45,000 per day) and under-5 infant mortality (30,000 per
Source: macobserver.com
Lynda.com starting 'HOWTO' podcast series.
Source: encarta.msn.com
If you wonder if you're too old to learn you probably wouldn't be curious enough to read this. I'm always looking for clever articles that address ageless learner issues and found this one terrific, funny, and easy to read.
Source: encarta.msn.com
If you've ever bought a toy because the box said it was education, this article is for you. It's a bit more educational than most of those toys.
Source: fastcompany.com
If you're interested in improving the culture in your organization (any sort of organization!) you might enjoy this article.
Source: fastcompany.com
Explores ways to increase your ability to communicate and educate through the use of visuals and graphics in your writing and design.
When Americans think of education, they inevitably think of school. Americans assign educational value to symbols like high school diplomas, college degrees, and other school certificates.
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
This is the first real part of my series of articles on my experiences learning Ruby on Rails. They can act as a guide for those in a similar position, but are mainly a document of how easy it is to pick up Ruby on Rails, and throw out a decent web application with it.
If you are a Mac user, you know Apple spends time thinking up great ways to improve computing. It is no different when it comes to their dot mac service. For a years worth of service, it costs $99.95. Included with the service is 2Gb worth of space on Apple's server.