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 ...

Abu Dhabi University, along with hundreds of other colleges and universities around the world, is taking advantage of mobile technologies in the classroom to aid learning. Research in Motion in the ...

Computers may be the future, but they are killing children’s reading ability. A new study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development published on Tuesday showed that there is a ...

"We [K-12] still fundamentally operate on a [sage-on-the-stage] model that was brought to us 150 years ago by the Prussians. We have not deviated fundamentally from that approach, yet everything has ...

We sat through a recent staff meeting with our smartphones in our hands. As the presenter went through her deck, we took pictures of the slides with the Evernote app, adding our own notes as we went ...

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 ...

New study results by a research team at the University of Cologne show that future teachers increasingly want to use computer games in the classroom. The study identifies particularly relevant aspects ...

Teachers are increasingly using computers for administrative tasks like record-keeping and communicating with parents and peers but that new comfort level doesn't translate to the use of computers in ...

Editors' Note: This is the 28th in a 768-part series on technology in the classroom. Did you know that students are using devices called computers to aid their studies? Well, they are. Along with ...

I have a proposal to improve our K-12 school systems, saving money, time and frustration, and probably improving overall education to boot. Rip out all the computers. Take them away. Throw the cutesy ...