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Museums exhibit high-tech appeal
Paintings and sculptures long stored away are finding a new audience, as museums strive for mass appeal with high-tech web sites packed with video, podcasts, and interactive elements, Reuters reports.…
On Facebook, love now comes with a drop-down menu
With profiles on the Facebook social networking site, students can define their relationship status with menu choices ranging from "married" to that perennial favorite, "It's complicated." But posting a relationship's…
Social-networking sites confound schools
More than three years after social-networking web sites such as MySpace and Facebook first began cropping up online, school leaders still struggle with how to set policies regarding…
Stop the presses: School newspapers moving online
With the internet taking a more central role in students' lives, schools nationwide have begun moving their student newspapers to the web. Online editions aren't confined by a…
Experts to students: Watch what you post online
Much has been made of the danger of posting too much personal information on web sites such as MySpace.com, where millions of people–including child predators–can, in seconds, find out where…
Study: Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica–at least on science
Wikipedia and other reference sites that allow users to submit and edit content themselves are creating new challenges for educators. Experts say the rise of these kinds of web sites…
Wikis test students’ research skills
Wikipedia and other reference sites that allow users to submit and edit content themselves are creating new challenges for educators. Experts say the rise of these kinds of web sites…
Virtual schools offer clubs, field trips
Contrary to popular perception, students who enroll in cyber education have a plethora of options for interacting socially with their peers. Virtual schools are forming online clubs and organizing both…
District taps community in school reform
Aiming to create a "world-class" school district that will prepare students for the challenges of the 21st century, Kentucky's Fayette County Public Schools have turned to parents and…
My New Year’s resolutions
January is the time for new beginnings, and one of those beginnings is for yours truly. Please allow me to introduce myself. I’m Roger Riddell, and I’m your new online…