by Supporting Education | Mar 26, 2013 | News
Past posts I’ve written on edtech have emphasized the benefits that digital textbooks, iPads, apps, blogs, and other digital tools can have for the classroom. Some educators have other opinions, skeptical of whether these tools are more distracting for students than...
by Supporting Education | Mar 23, 2013 | Profiles
What if everyone had access to the Internet? How would that change the state of education in the world? Many people, like Atefeh Riazi, Acting General Manager and Chief Information Officer of New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), recognize that not everyone has...
by Supporting Education | Mar 22, 2013 | News
As I strolled out of the grocery store the other day I came to face to face with a group of Girl Scouts selling cookies. Yes, it is that time of year again, and clever they are for selling cookies outside the student dorms around finals week. Stressed spelled...
by Supporting Education | Mar 20, 2013 | News
With busy lives to lead, it’s easy to forget to spend quality time with our families. We have work to do, classes to study for, sleep to yearn for, and not nearly enough time to feel like we’re ever caught up. It is especially hard for those who have kids. But it’s...
by Supporting Education | Mar 19, 2013 | News
Recent in the news, two young boys, ages 9 and 10, helped teach a woman how to perform CPR on her infant, saving the baby’s life. The boys claimed that they learned how to perform CPR from posters in their school cafeteria. This miraculous story reminds us all of the...