Techno-News Blog. Teachers expressed dismay after the Amazon Education company announced plans to “wind down” its personalized math and writing solutions. The news came as a surprise to K-12 educators who use the program for online, personalized instruction. More...
What is the future of online learning in higher education?
Techno-News Blog. With over six million students currently enrolled in online learning programs, there is no future in higher education except in online education. As universities adapt to better serve a growing population of digital learners, there will no doubt continue to be monumental progress made in educating all students, everywhere. More...
Apple Introduces Apple Teacher For Teachers To be Inspired, Build Skills And More
Techno-News Blog. Apart from the hardware and apps which Apple has announced recently, Apple Teacher is an immensely productive tool for teachers. Apple Teacher is basically an online professional learning program for teachers. Teachers will have the ability to improve their teaching through various means. More...
Amid speculation, Amazon continues to inch its way into e-learning
Techno-News Blog. Following the hire of a Stanford University leader in learning science, Candace Thille, speculation rose that e-tail giant Amazon was moving into the e-learning space. A new report by CNBC suggests the company is looking at its cloud to build a corporate training service. More...
Digital Learning Strategies for Rural America: A Scan of Policy and Practice in K-12 Education
Techno-News Blog. For many, discussions of rural America can summon images of rolling farmland, two-lane roads stretching on for miles, community picnics, and baseball. This nostalgia runs in stark contrast to the contemporary phenomenon of “rural America as political football” playing out on television screens each night—unemployment, addiction, hopelessness. More...
With FCC approval, all systems are go for Starlink global internet
Techno-News Blog. Not satisfied with merely ferrying cargo to and from the International Space Station (and putting a red Tesla into orbit around Mars), SpaceX now wants to provide high-speed internet to everyone in the world. More...
5 Technology Tools in the Higher Education Classroom
Techno-News Blog. University students are coming to class with more than just a college-ruled notebook. Modern classes look nothing like what they did just 10 years ago, thanks to an increase of technology in higher education classrooms. More...
Formation des enseignants : 24 universitaires réclament « de longues et larges concertations »
Alors qu'une réforme de la formation des profs se profile, un collectif d'universitaires réclame du temps pour mettre en place une vraie concertation. Les enseignants-chercheurs exigent aussi un allongement des formations sur 3 ans minimum. Plus...
« Le grand projet de l’Institut Henri Poincaré, c’est l’ouverture en 2020 de la Maison des Mathématiques »
Créé en 1928, il est depuis 1995 une unité mixte de service, avec comme tutelles le CNRS et l’université devenue Sorbonne Université, dont l’IHP est également une école interne. Il comprend 25 personnes en tout, dont deux chercheurs. Plus...
30 propositions pour « sauver l’école rurale »
En février dernier, des enseignants et des parents d’élèves, soutenus par leurs élus locaux, protestaient contre des fermetures de classes, prévues pour la rentrée 2018, afin d’alimenter selon eux le dédoublement des CP-CE1 en éducation prioritaire. Particulièrement touché, le Lot, où 12 postes de professeurs des écoles devraient être supprimés, a dans ce contexte accueilli des “États généraux de l’école rurale”. Plus...