Schools

A Teacher Tried To Ban Student-Brought Pencils And Pens In School

Wendy Scott, a teacher of at North Brookfield Elementary School in Massachusetts, tried to ban pencils and pens in her classroom. It’s completely ridiculous because you sorta need them to do schoolwork and because it’s just a freaking pencil and pen. The crazy teacher’s memo to her students’ parent stated: Students would no longer be…

Tech News Casey Chan Nov 27

These Lucky Tots Go to a School With Blackboards for Walls

Usually, if you draw all over the walls at school, you’re facing a bummer of an afternoon in the principal’s office. But the kiddos at this wonderfully designed school in Spain are lucky—their school’s exterior IS a blackboard. The blackboarded exterior is part of an extension to the school’s structure, crafted with the intention of…

Tech News Sam Biddle Nov 12

Somewhere in Ohio, the Internet Is Ruining Snow Days

The best part about growing up in Michigan, besides my pet wolverine, was the abundance of snow days. But a school district in Ohio is threatening to destroy the sacred snow day by making kids learn. On the internet. A snow day, for those of you who are unfortunate enough to have grown up in…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Oct 25

Private School Hands out 105 iPads to Pupils

Scotland’s Cedars School of Excellence is running a bold tech experiment at the moment, teaching all of its 105 pupils using nothing but Apple’s iPad for taking notes and conducting lessons. The school’s IT man has his own blog, where he informs parents and the rest of the world about the progress of the project—including…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Sep 1

The Idea Behind Stanford’s New Library: Remove All the Books

Stanford University’s new Engineering Library is scheduled to open this August, and when it does it will have 85% fewer books than the one it’s replacing. It’s a big step toward what the school’s librarians envision as a bookless future. It’s not hard to see the trend: students are checking out fewer books than ever…

Books & Comics Kyle VanHemert Jul 10

Student’s iPod Explodes During Class

A Pentucket Regional High School science class got an unpleasant surprise yesterday when one student’s iPod exploded on her desk. But don’t worry! Nobody was hurt, and there’s a perfectly good explanation. While Apple has gotten in trouble in the past for spontaneous iPod Touch combustion, Newburyport Daily News Online commenter “jos” offered some valuable…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 26

NY Vice-Principal Brags About School’s Laptop Spying to PBS

Apparently using laptop webcams to spy on students isn’t an isolated problem. An assistant principal in the Bronx recently not only bragged about doing just that to PBS—he demonstrated it live. Heads up: this gets real creepy. https://gizmodo.com/school-spies-students-through-their-laptop-cameras-5474614 Dan Ackerman is an administrator at Intermediate School 339, in the Bronx, and he appeared in a…

Privacy & Security Brian Barrett Feb 26

At Laptop-Spying School MacBook Use Was Mandatory, Tampering Grounds For Expulsion

Details continue to trickle out about Lower Merion School District, their MacBook loan program, and the unsavory security practices they used to keep those computers safe. The latest: the school-supplied MacBooks were required for classes and students could not use their own personal machines in their place. Worse yet, it was impossible to disable the…

Privacy & Security Kyle VanHemert Feb 23

Robots Teach Korean Students English

Due to a shortage of accredited English teachers, some South Korean schools have begun experimenting with robotic instructors who look a little like cartoon characters. According to pupils, these automated schoolmarms aren’t all bad – in fact, they’re easy graders. After several months of trials, South Korea will spend approximately $45 million to place robotic…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Feb 23

Laptop-Spying School Accessed Webcams 42 Times; FBI Begins Investigation

Surely by now you’ve heard about the high school student suing Philadelphia’s Lower Merion School District for remotely accessing his webcam. And maybe you read the Superintendent’s response and thought, “well, maybe this whole business is getting blown out of proportion.” It isn’t. https://gizmodo.com/school-spies-students-through-their-laptop-cameras-5474614 According to a Washington Post report from early this morning, the…

Privacy & Security Kyle VanHemert Feb 20

All the Jocks at This University Got Macbook Pros, But Are They Happy?

This is the athletic department of the University of South Florida and every single person in it was given a Macbook Pro by the school. But judging by some expressions in a close-up shot, not everyone’s entirely excited about it. No, really. Click on this second picture for a closer view. I can’t be imagining…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Dec 9

Top Schools for Supervillains

With Labor Day weekend here, it’s time for students to turn their thoughts back to school and classes. But what if your area of study is supervillainy? We look at the top schools for aspiring supervillains. Empire State University (Marvel) Location: New York City Notably Villainous Alumni: Harry Osborn (Hobgoblin), Victor von Doom (Dr. Doom),…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis Sep 5

Apple’s iPhone Developer University Program Hits, Will Cost Unis Nothing

Apple’s recently revealed its iPhone Developer University Program: it’s aimed at higher educational institutions who wish to introduce an iPhone/iPod touch developer curriculum, and supplies the iPhone SDK free of charge for up to 200 students. Basically it’ll mean that a class is a small developer company, able to share development apps within the team…

Tech News Kit Eaton Sep 24

Crossing Guards Become Big Brothers

If you wanted a sure sign that the Orwell-ization of Great Britain is underway, then look no further than this. Lollipop ladies, those kindly old women who man the main roads next to school, similar to the US crossing guard, have been issued with video cameras to record lollipop rage—as school-side road rage is known.…

Gadgets AddyDugdale Apr 30

Teachermate Handheld Educational Computer Costs $50, Launches in Chicago

Innovations for Learning just announced a blue GameBoy-like handheld computer designed for schools. It’s got directional buttons, a few face buttons, a 2.5-inch LCD, USB sync, SD card storage, AC/USB charging, and a 3.5-hour battery life. Inside the teachermate is a “complete reading and math curriculum that is aligned with all of the major reading…

Gadgets Jason Chen Mar 13

Student Catches Principal Fighting With Student on Cellphone Camera, School Responds By Banning Cellphones

Way to go, Caddo School Board. You’ve won yourself the Gizmodo luddite of the week award. See, when a student films the principal of your Huntington High School fighting another student, the correct response isn’t to ban cellphones, it’s to make sure principals don’t fight with students. It was only after the student showed the…

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 21

Healthy Vending Machines Tells Mom When You Eat Another Twinkie

Horizon OneSource is a program targeted at trimming the fat from today’s youth. This is an advanced system that manages what kids eat at school, but more interesting is their Internet-enabled vending machines. These are run-of-the-mill vending machines designed for schools, but with a twist. Parents can log into a child’s account online and see…

Gadgets Travis Hudson May 9

Hitachi ED-X10 Projector Protected Against Five-Finger Discount

There are lots of schools and businesses who are getting sick and damn tired of projectors walking off on their own, so Hitachi offers the ED-X10 projector that looks like it’s wearing a jailhouse jumpsuit. Not only is it colored a garish signal orange, it has a host of security features built in to keep…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 28

Japanese School Kids + Roboguards = Crazy Delicious

An elementary school in Tokyo has hired a 3.2-foot, 66-pound yellow guard robot to protect against baddies… and more importantly, it can scan students. Get within 13 feet of the lovable robotyke, and it’ll hold out its hand to ask for retina scan and blood sample your school ID that has an imbedded IC chip.…

Tech News Travis Hudson Feb 17

A Teacher Tried To Ban Student-Brought Pencils And Pens In School

These Lucky Tots Go to a School With Blackboards for Walls

Somewhere in Ohio, the Internet Is Ruining Snow Days

Private School Hands out 105 iPads to Pupils

The Idea Behind Stanford’s New Library: Remove All the Books

Student’s iPod Explodes During Class

NY Vice-Principal Brags About School’s Laptop Spying to PBS

At Laptop-Spying School MacBook Use Was Mandatory, Tampering Grounds For Expulsion

Robots Teach Korean Students English

Laptop-Spying School Accessed Webcams 42 Times; FBI Begins Investigation

All the Jocks at This University Got Macbook Pros, But Are They Happy?

Top Schools for Supervillains

Apple’s iPhone Developer University Program Hits, Will Cost Unis Nothing

Crossing Guards Become Big Brothers

Teachermate Handheld Educational Computer Costs $50, Launches in Chicago

Student Catches Principal Fighting With Student on Cellphone Camera, School Responds By Banning Cellphones

Healthy Vending Machines Tells Mom When You Eat Another Twinkie

Hitachi ED-X10 Projector Protected Against Five-Finger Discount

Japanese School Kids + Roboguards = Crazy Delicious

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