by Sarah Green | Jun 11, 2015 | News, Student Issues
In Switzerland, a team of researchers is working on an education program called CoWriter, in which children help robots learn to write, and thus improve their own handwriting. The concept is simple: children are paired with a robot that wants to learn how to write a...
by Sarah Green | Nov 18, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Teacher Issues
Learning how to read and write are the first big milestones in a child’s education. Rosetta Stone Inc., whom you have probably heard of from their popular foreign language-learning software, has worked in collaboration with the experts at Lexia Learning to create an...
by Sarah Green | Oct 16, 2014 | News, Teacher Issues
It appears that critics of e-readers have more to add to their critiques aside from battery life and aesthetics. During the summer, a study was presented at a conference in Italy which found that readers using a Kindle recalled events in a mystery story significantly...
by Sarah Green | Aug 13, 2014 | Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
It may be a leap to dispute the American Academy of Pediatrics’s recommendation for zero TV-watching (or any media use) for kids younger than two, but surprisingly, there are a variety of studies showing that educational TV can have a positive impact on kids...
by Supporting Education | May 23, 2014 | Guest Author
The first day of school is an extremely daunting experience for everyone involved. For teachers, particularly teachers starting at a new school, it is a daunting experience as it may be their first time teaching a class, or they are unsure how to proceed with their...
