Researchers: Math needs a more visual approach
Taking a more visual approach to math instruction at the K-12 and higher-ed levels could dramatically change brain development as it relates to future math success, according to…
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Stanford to issue new medical students iPads
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that incoming medical students at Stanford University will have fewer textbooks to carry this fall after the university distributes iPads to its 91…
Stanford doctoral student seeks peace through technology
The stories are harrowing, but Elizabeth Buckner hopes sharing tales of the constant tension among Palestinians and Israelis through mobile devices will offer perspective to children from both…
Study explores the future of digital libraries
Reluctant faculty members, challenges in scanning old texts, and conflicting ideas about whether information should be commodified or made free online have been barriers to educators and librarians…
Stanford prepares for a “bookless library”
One chapter is closing—and another is opening—as Stanford University moves toward the creation of its first "bookless library."