by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 29, 2009 | Blog, News, Science Education
(Thanks to subscriber Bart for this news from the UK Times Online.) India set to follow cheap car with £7 laptop. The government-developed computer prototype will assist in bridging the ‘digital divide’ between rich and poor. Related story: Why Microsoft...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 27, 2008 | Blog, Citizen Science
Bart, from Huntsville, AL, posted a comment to this article where I asked what you think the federal government should do to prepare K-12 students for the science and technology driven 21st Century? (One of seven questions recently presented to Congress by a...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 4, 2008 | Citizen Science, Science Policy
Go ahead. Let it go. Unload the memories of telling your mom: “Why do I have to study this stuff? I’m never going to use it!” Forget the dated science textbooks with the tea-stained pages and that huge, impossible-to-memorize elements chart Mr....
by Darlene Cavalier | Apr 23, 2008 | Blog, Citizen Science
I just read this article currently featured on Scientific American Magazine’s website examining the risks and benefits of the so-called Science 2.0, also known as Open Access Science. “Science 2.0 generally refers to new practices of scientists who post...
