Multi-touch screens are very fashionable these days, but there are not many practical applications for them. Now, researchers at Durham University in the UK are using them to develop the world's first ...

Schools are set for a Star Trek make-over thanks to the development of the world's first interactive classroom by experts at Durham University. Researchers are designing new learning environments ...

Researchers designing and testing the 'classroom of the future' have found that multi-touch, multi-user desks can boost skills in mathematics. New results from a three-year project working with over ...

Standing desks are all the rage in office buildings. With more research coming out every day about sedentary lifestyles, exercise and the warning that "Sitting is the new smoking" some offices are ...

In an age where flipped classrooms and student-led learning is all the rage, some suggest it’s time to ditch the desk. Ricky publishes and manages the content on BizTech magazine's website. He's a ...

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCSC) - Students at a school of the arts in the Lowcountry have a healthy appetite for science. But, because they think like artists, they learn differently. That's why their ...

Evidence show that standing desks in classrooms can slow the increase in school children's BMI. Standing desks in classrooms could help children maintain a healthy body weight, a new study suggests.

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Often glurge is long on inspiration but short on truth, so it is refreshing to encounter a tale that reports the facts with little (if any) embellishment. The text that now circulates in e-mail was ...

Having taught on four different campuses over the years and in a few dozen different classrooms, I’ve developed some strong opinions about what my preferred classrooms are like. I imagine that not ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers designing and testing the 'classroom of the future' have found that multi-touch, multi-user desks can boost skills in mathematics. New results from a 3-year project working ...