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Workplace
5 Free PDF to JPG Converters That Anyone Can Use
December 14, 2016Work has changed. The time of typewriters, fax machines, and rotary telephones is long gone. A…
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Social Media
Six podcasts to make you better people in 2017
December 12, 2016While the New Year marks an opportunity to better ourselves, it’s hard to keep up the…
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Education
Why getting children into school can help the world avoid a crisis
December 12, 2016The world is facing a crisis if countries do not increase their education budgets and get…
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Health
Skin-to-skin contact directly after birth gives a better start in life
December 8, 2016Skin-to-skin contact between mothers and newborns immediately after birth can be used to promote breastfeeding and…
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Education
Seven reasons why you should learn a musical instrument
December 7, 2016Ragamuffin Music ukulele lessons is just one of those things we’d all love to do, but…
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Education
Why the ‘time-out’ doesn’t make for better behaviour from children
December 6, 2016Most parents who use time-outs to discipline their kids don’t do it in ways that can…
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Social Media
Why Europe wants Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to crack down on hate speech
December 5, 2016U.S. tech giants including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft will have to act faster to tackle…
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Food
Six celebrations of Christmas around the world you may not know
December 5, 2016When we think of Christmas, we tend to imagine Santa Claus, Christmas trees, holiday decorations, eggnog…
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Technology
Crowd-sourced maps for natural disasters boosted by new algorithm
December 1, 2016Humanitarian workers delivering aid to regions hit by natural disasters might find it a little easier…
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Education
Schools need to use code to empower not pigeonhole
November 23, 2016It’s a simple divide, embedded in the culture and materials of teaching and learning computer sciences…
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Education
Ascend Learning is ‘exploring possible sale’
November 22, 2016Ascend Learning, a U.S. maker of educational software used in sectors such as healthcare, is exploring…
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Education
Seven apps to learn seven new skills
November 21, 2016Skoove is an entertaining and individualized way to learn the piano from your computer. Traditionally, learning…
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Education
Seven reasons why you should learn a second language
November 18, 2016One of the best things you can learn at any age is a new language – we…
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Education
Fewer parents spank their children for discipline
November 15, 2016Spanking and hitting children to discipline them has become much less common in recent decades as…
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Education
Stronger muscles may mean sharper minds for children
November 7, 2016Making sure kids have good muscle fitness might also benefit their school performance, according to a…
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Health
Ten things to think about when considering medical tourism
October 15, 2017Medical tourism is on the rise, with estimates suggesting the industry is growing by 15-25% each…
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Technology
How the Google OnHub router could finally make your school wi-fi usable
November 20, 2015While it’s not specifically marketed to schools or education, the new Google OnHub router looks like…
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Technology
How the Star Wars BB-8 Sphero Droid works (spoiler: it’s amazing)
November 18, 2015I’m about to say something totally unbelievable and completely ridiculous: I love Star Wars. There. It’s…
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Technology
How you screw up your body by staring at your phone at night
March 20, 2015You can’t help yourself – one last peek at the phone before bed, just in case…
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Technology
5 things Steve Jobs didn’t want Apple to do (but they did anyway)
March 19, 2015This is a fascinating video that I’m surprised I hadn’t seen before. It walks you -…
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Technology
Declara could very well become the ‘Google of learning’
March 18, 2015It’s not often that I come across truly innovative ideas that make you say ‘well if…
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Education
Can Big Data make better schools?
March 11, 2015Big Data can do everything these days? It fuels the Khan Academy, Knewton and all the…
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Education
Why museums are awesome
March 10, 2015Whether it be the smashing of ancient antiquities in the Middle East or the rather more…
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Education
How education disruption used to look
March 9, 2015EdTech types won’t stop banging on about disruption, about how they’re revolutionising education. It’s almost as…
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Education
So, what is the digital shift and how can we make it happen?
March 9, 2015The digital shift is real. It’s the evolution of thinking, technology, and how they intersect. The…
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Education
Giving teachers licence to unleash their creativity
March 8, 2015The value of an education system lies in its teachers. That much is obvious. But too…
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Education
The history of education technology (in under 4 minutes)
March 7, 2015Sure, you know about the current trends in education. You know how popular iPads, Chromebooks, and…
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Technology
How to choose between iPads and Chromebooks in the classroom
February 25, 2015The race to be the go-to technology in your classroom is more than heating up. It’s…
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Technology
Do you really have the right to be forgotten online?
February 10, 2015Today is ‘Safer Internet Day‘ and that means it’s a good time to figure out how…
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Education
Ever wonder how dogs smell? This video explains it.
February 3, 2015Most people who have a dog love their dog and think he or she is pretty…
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Education
This powerful video will change how you use social media
January 26, 2015There are a lot of ways social media is changing things for the better. We’re all…