Hooked on gadgets, and paying a mental price
Scientists say juggling eMail, phone calls, and the flood of other data we receive in today’s media-saturated world can change ... Read more
Research
Study explores the future of book digitization
Reluctant faculty members, challenges in scanning old texts with foreign characters, and conflicting ideas about whether information should be commodified or made free on the internet have been…
Not everyone ready for the digital textbook revolution
Don’t let the iPhones and BlackBerries fool you: Research and a recent pilot program that put eReaders in college students’ hands showed that most students aren’t ready to…
Researchers: Even violent video games can be learning tools
You're at the front lines shooting Nazis before they shoot you. Or, you're a futuristic gladiator in a death match with robots. Either way, you're playing a video…
Image-conscious youth rein in social networking
It might go against conventional wisdom, but a new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project is adding fuel to the argument that young people are…
Teenagers text more than they call
OMG, W8 til U read this: one in three teenagers sends more than 100 text messages a day, and 72 percent are now text-messagers, compared with 51 percent…
Are video games the answer to college counseling shortage?
With college counseling dwindling in public schools, University of Southern California researchers have created a video game that lets student simulate the application process in all its complexity.
Study: Cell phone-brain cancer link inconclusive
Cell phone users worried about getting brain cancer aren't off the hook yet, the Associated Press reports.
Ed-tech officials: Video will make schools more ‘efficient’
More than half of education technology officials in K-12 schools and higher-education institutions said they would buy video technology in the next year to make their schools "more…
Half of social networkers post risky information, study finds
More than half of all users of social networks in the U.S. are posting information that could put them at risk from cyber criminals, Computerworld reports.