ONLINE TEXTBOOKS UPDATE STUDENT LEARNING
Online Textbooks Update Student Learning.
Electronic books, or e-books, have changed the way many of us read for pleasure. Now digital text books – educational volumes which are read online – are transforming the way many students learn. The Washington region’s largest school system, with 175,000 students, has begun using online course material for its middle- and high-school students.
YANNI’S NORTH AMERICA TOUR, TRUTH OF TOUCH
World-renowned jazz keyboardist and composer Yanni is planning a four-month tour of the United States and Canada. “An Evening With Yanni” will take him to 15 states in the North, East, West and South. Lauded as the top New Age artist of 2011, Yanni will play songs from his most recent album Truth of Touch. It is his first album of original music in years and was the top-selling New Age album of 2011. The tour starts on April 17.
CHILD HEALTHCARE FORUM PRAISED
Child healthcare forum praised – News – Bourne Local.
A new Government forum aimed at improving health outcomes for children and young people has been welcomed by a Bristol-based children’s palliative care charity.
DIAMOND JUBILEE: DIGGING DEEP FOR COMMEMORATIVE WOODS
Organisers of a project to create a series of new woods to commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee hope to plant one million trees during February. Read more…
STEM CELL TREATMENT BREAKTHROUGH REPORTED
For the first time, an experimental treatment made from human embryonic stem cells has shown evidence of helping someone, partially restoring sight to two people suffering from slowly progressing forms of blindness. Read more…
HAJJ EXHIBITION AT BRITISH MUSEUM
Objects banal and beautiful have been brought together by the British Museum in an exhibition tracing the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, including priceless manuscripts and textiles, a Victorian Thomas Cook train ticket and blue plastic razors distributed by the Saudi government to all male pilgrims. Read more…
NEW LIBRARY E-CATALOGS OFFER EXPANDED SELECTION
OverDrive Inc., a major e-distributor for libraries, announced Wednesday the launch of a vastly expanded list for patrons, featuring not just e-books available for lending, but hundreds of thousands of those which aren’t, from older releases to foreign-language titles. Viewers can look at excerpts, purchase books from a retailer or request that their library add an e-book that wasn’t being offered. Read more…
SCHOOL LUNCHES TO GET HEALTHY REVAMP
First lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack are expected to announce Wednesday that most school meals, including pizza, will have less sodium, more whole grains and more fruits and vegetables as sides. The popular pizzas will still be on school lunch lines but made with healthier ingredients. Read more…
TEMPERATURE SENSORS PRINTED ON PLASTIC
Temperature sensors printed on plastic | TG Daily.
Norway’s Thinfilm Electronics has teamed up with University of Cape Town spin-off PST Sensors to create the devices, which they say can be printed on plastic and made for a fraction of the cost of traditional silicon microelectronics.
The sensor system will be able to monitor individual packages to make sure their contents have been kept at the perfect temperature. The companies point out that a 2008 report in the UK concluded that a fifth of food waste is caused by confusion over date labeling.
SUNDANCE, WOMEN IN FILM PROMOTE FEMALE FILMMAKERS
The Sundance Institute and Women In Film are working together to track female filmmakers who are showing their work at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and plan to use the data to increase women’s presence in all areas of filmmaking. Read more…
