Still working to gain market share, Microsoft's most recent OS has achieved a milestone of sorts, surpassing Vista as the third most-popular operating system in the world.
As reported by CNet, Internet tracking firm Net Applications detailed worldwide OS usage in its most recent report. Windows 7 remains the most used, with over 44 percent of the market. Windows XP runs a close second, with 37 percent. Windows 8 registers 5 percent, enough to edge out Vista's 4.6 percent.
Author note: The following is a series of blogs featuring excerpts and concepts from my upcoming book, tentatively titled: The Awakened Supervisor: Embedding Mindfulness-based Practices in Instructional Supervision (Rowman & Littlefield).
Supervising Teachers in the Age of Distraction
We are a severely distracted society. We are constantly bombarded by information as part of a new capital system equipped with new technology. This information...
“The preliminary results show that a purposefully designed VR environment can significantly improve dyslexic children’s’ reading experience.” – Serdar Ferit and Katri Meriläinen
According to more and more studies, one of the biggest strengths of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) is their ability to...
“We are confident that the graduates that leave us are well placed to enter into highly paid, highly skilled jobs that employers are looking to fill.” – Audrey Cheng
Audrey Cheng, the co-founder and CEO of Moringa School, was working for a venture capital firm investing in local tech funds in Kenya when she observed a...
“We added “Artificial Intelligence” to “Robotics & STEM” this year because it is an important and timely topic for young people to learn about.” – Theresa Richards
Prior to joining the Girls of Steel Robotics Program...
The first time my students saw a big name author come to our school, even the most reluctant readers charged through their reading, scribbled questions on scraps of paper, and clamored for front-row seats. Somehow, the in-person star power of an impressive author drew them into the pages of a book and had them bubbling about literary possibilities.
In the last few years, I’ve organized in-person author visits with several New York Times bestselling authors and a Pulitzer prize...
The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader, has said that the key to transforming the world for the better would be to teach compassion in the classroom. I couldn’t agree more.
When considering many of society’s problems, they often stem from a lack of having the ability to care for each other, to understand each other, to accept that we have different views, and to empathize with each other’s situation (if you doubt my words, watch the next presidential race).
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