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Notre Dame Class Dons iPads and Nothing Else

In theory, with all its specs and cool features, Apple’s iPad is very much capable of replacing the books and notebooks that students use in the classroom. Now in order to prove (or disprove) this, the Project Management course in The University of Notre Dame is set to switch to the use of iPads in [...]

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Print Version of Oxford Dictionary May Cease to Exist

It’s the end of an era. The Oxford University Press is considering the option of completely phasing out the physical version of Oxford Dictionary’s 126th edition.
Apparently, the digital version of the Oxford English Dictionary gets about two million hits per month with a service fee of $295 a year. Its offline counterpart on the other [...]

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Japanese Kids Get to Learn From Video Games

Finally our American kids will be able to catch up to the mental prowess of the Asians!  With Nintendo DS being implemented in Japanese elementary and middle schools, we are sure to see a decline in studying and a rise in video game sales.  Unfortunately that isn’t the case and the Japanese are continuing to [...]

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Twitter becomes legitimized with entrance into educational curriculum

The presence of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter have thus far been considered frivolous past times and it is without a doubt that the majority of the content on both are how shall I say it? Stupid? However, as the popularity of these networking entities continue to grow, their place in our [...]

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