When the pandemic is over (because at some point, one way or another, it will be over, even though it may not feel that way, reeling as we are from the false ending we experienced this summer) we will have the benefit of 20/20 hindsight with which to analyze each […]
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Smart Buildings More Popular in Education than Before Pandemic — Campus Technology
Research Smart Buildings More Popular in Education than Before Pandemic By Dian Schaffhauser 08/18/21 In a recent global survey, two-thirds of school and college facilities managers (65 percent) were more likely to invest in smart building solutions now than they were pre-pandemic. However, no single smart building investment […]
Games Like ‘Fortnite’ and ‘Minecraft’ Helped Some Kids Survive Pandemic Boredom. Could They Also Help Counter STEM Learning Loss?
Sticky problems abound in education these days, but one recent afternoon as teacher Nathan Finley walked students through the latest level of a new, original maze-like video game they were designing, a particular problem loomed large. Finley couldn’t get the level to end. “We just now created our ‘end object,’” […]
Big NC lottery sales in pandemic mean record education money
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Massive ticket sales for the North Carolina Education Lottery during the coronavirus pandemic have resulted in a best-ever $936 million in annual game profits for education, the lottery announced on Monday. Earnings going to education in the past fiscal year that ended June 30 grew by […]
Scientists’ pandemic response could be even faster next time
Aug 5th 2021 AS THE DELTA variant of covid-19 continues to spread across large parts of the world, the shame is that vaccines are still in such short supply. Worse, they are being hogged by rich countries even though the need elsewhere is so great. For that, blame politics. The […]
Science is more crucial than ever, but pseudoscience has flourished during pandemic
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Pandemic impacts students and education systems around the world
June 30, 2021 | 3:00 PM Listen to Smart Talk every weekday at 9am and 7pm on WITF 89.5 & 93.3. You can also stream WITF radio live on our website or ask your smart speaker to “Play WITF Radio.” The global pandemic has taken a toll on many aspects […]
Pandemic Home Transforming Is Booming
If you can’t afford a brand new door, a fresh coat of paint in a beautiful colour could also be all you want. Putting in crown molding is a surprisingly simple task that may add character to your rooms. This man is an Israeli settler.– He wasn't born in "Israel" […]
Business Pandemic Recovery Initiative
Players move frequently and easily from college to high school, on the lookout for the following little bit of barely greener grass; and there might be not much hard-working coaches and schools can do about it. Study of advanced financial problems encountered by a agency in investments, in management of […]
Science fiction for the pandemic times that we inhabit
Afew months ago, when the second covid wave was surging through the West but seemed far away from India, a Silicon Valley-based friend, the most voracious reader I know, asked me how I thought the pandemic could affect fiction. “More dystopic novels, post-apocalyptic speculative fiction” was my guess. Speculative fiction, […]