Posts Tagged ‘Obama’

Committee looks to improve K-12 STEM education

In U.S. Congress. Regardless of the current Federal emphasis on teaching basics and relying on test scores, President Barrack Obama initiated a new emphasis on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and a U.S. House subcommittee continues to look for ways to improve the program. ... more for...
November 12th, 2009 | 01 (6) 2009 / html, Learning | Read More

New president must fix the U.S. education gap

Fortune 1000 Executives. More than half give pre-college system a failing grade and are experiencing a shortage in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) talent. Two-thirds are concerned other countries’ increased access to STEM talent is impacting competitiveness. Just before the...
September 2nd, 2009 | 01 (4) 2009 / html, FREE articles, Learning | Read More

Obaminoes mural

The fun way to learn math in elementary school. Students at Franklin Avenue Elementary School and nearby Westfield State College, Westfield, Massachusetts, US, created a mural of President Barack Obama – in dominoes. ... more for subscribers only! Please Login to continue reading or Register to get...
July 13th, 2009 | 01 (3) 2009 / html, Learning | Read More

President Obama fights for Blackberry

By Neil Olonoff Federal KM Working Group. A few weeks ago, Washington was all a twitter with the news that President Obama had approximately the same relationship with his Blackberry that Charlton Heston had with the rifle he hoisted at an National Rifle Association convention: “You won’t take...
April 14th, 2009 | 01 (1) 2009 / html, Choosing, FREE articles | Read More

Politics 2.0 – America’s first digital president

By Matthew Fraser and Soumitra Dutta, Thought leaders at INSEAD. Barack Obama’s electoral triumph was the first American presidential election won on the Web. If Franklin Delano Roosevelt was America’s first radio president and John F. Kennedy was the country’s first television president, Barack...
April 14th, 2009 | 01 (1) 2009 / html, Choosing, FREE articles | Read More

Grown up digital: Fun, collaboration, innovation

By Don Tapscott Author, Grown Up Digital. The world of work, and its traditional resistance to sharing knowledge, is about to be challenged by a new generation of employees – young people who have grown up digital. Don Tapscott is the world’s single most knowledgeable source on the impact of the...
April 12th, 2009 | 01 (1) 2009 / html, FREE articles, Learning | Read More