J. Wiley
Monday, October 31, 2011
You don't have to whisper . . .: Carol Smilgin Speaks
You don't have to whisper . . .: Carol Smilgin Speaks: Come meet Carol Smilgin and hear about her new novel, Provenance : "When Jeffrey Lawler inherits a pair of masterworks by two famous Eu...
Thursday, January 6, 2011
NY Times Article: Math That Moves: Schools Embrace the iPad
ROSLYN HEIGHTS, N.Y. — As students returned to class this week, some were carrying brand-new Apple iPads in their backpacks, given not by their parents but by their schools.
A growing number of schools across the nation are embracing the iPad as the latest tool to teach Kafka in multimedia, history through “Jeopardy”-like games and math with step-by-step animation of complex problems.
As part of a pilot program, Roslyn High School on Long Island handed out 47 iPads on Dec. 20 to the students and teachers in two humanities classes. The school district hopes to provide iPads eventually to all 1,100 of its students . . . (More)
Sunday, January 2, 2011
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