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Will Computers Replace Human Tutors?

Shauna Wright — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:00:32 +0000

Human tutors are usually good teachers — but what if a computer program could do the same thing, right down to identifying students’ emotions and boredom levels? Researchers from the University of Notre Dame, the University of Memphis and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have collaborated on programs they call the “AutoTutor” and “Affective AutoTutor,” [...]

Worst Passwords of 2011

Jami Bond — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:00:29 +0000

We have passwords for everything these days and we usually try to make it easy and something we can remember, but some aren’t such good choices. SplashData has released it’s list of the worst internet passwords of 2011. “Password” ranks first on the list of worst internet passwords. “Passw0rd,” with a zero, isn’t much smarter, [...]

Prestigious Waldorf Private School Keeps Computers Away from Kids

Shauna Wright — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:00:03 +0000

The 160 Waldorf private schools in the United States boast an impressive student body: the children of tech luminaries from firms like eBay, Google, Apple, Yahoo and Hewlett-Packard.

But what makes Waldorf a seemingly odd choice for such parents is that until kids are in the eighth grade, the school is completely unwired with not a computer screen to be found.

The Scary Statistics on How Much We Use Phones and Computers [INFOGRAPHIC]

Shauna Wright — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:00:41 +0000

It’s no secret that a lot of us these days practically live on our computers and smartphones — but what exactly do we do with them? According to this infographic created by Online Schools, the answer is “practically everything.” Some highlights? About a third of smartphone owners check our phones before we even get out [...]