At a time when there are no entertainment events being held, players in the industry are looking at options to remain relevant.Music video director Rohan Kashwayne Edwards believes there is an even greater demand for music videos during this COVID-19 crisis.
If you can't see elderly parents, or friends with medical conditions, what can you do to keep in touch? You can send a letter, of course, or make a landline phone call, but video calls allow you to speak and see each other.
Someone is mortally wounded, shot to bits by a stormtrooper, hacked to pieces by a zombie, legs crushed by a Sergio Ramos tackle, or crippled when their go-kart careered into a cartoon tree.
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos recently spoke at Council of the Great City Schools annual legislative and policy conference in Washington, D.C. Here are some of her remarks.
Education Week's Andrew Ujifusa hashes out the details of the education budget with Prince George's County, Md., Schools CEO Kevin Maxwell.
President Donald Trump wants to make the biggest cuts in the U.S. Department of Education's budget in about 35 years. Check out the highlights of Trump's plan.
After a day of ESSA discussion as part of Education Week's "Keys to ESSA Readiness" online event, Lisa Stark, Catherine Gewertz, and Alyson Klein provide key takeaways.
In this Facebook Live discussion, Education Week reporters Alyson Klein and Andrew Ujifusa discuss President Trump's budget, and what it means for public education.
In 1951, John A. Stokes joined other black students in a strike over the condition of their school and subsequently became a figure in Brown v. Board of Ed. Hear his story and the message he wants to share with students today.
A group of young people were filmed taunting a Native American man and military veteran who was participating in the Indigenous Peoples March.
Rather than adhering to a specific curriculum, families who "unschool" believe learning happens naturally and should be driven by a student's interests. Education Week spent a "school" day with the Matica family to see this decades-old approach to home schooling in action.
Concerned that schools don't notice or nurture business skills, nonprofits are using the humble lemonade stand to foster entrepreneurship.
In the North Alleghenny School District in Pittsburgh, leaders have made staff health a priority. This year, district educators trained and participated in relay teams at a local marathon.
Marlo Warburton, a 7th and 8th grade math teacher at Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle School in Berkeley, Calif., shares how greeting her students in the morning and expressing appreciation during dismissal are valuable opportunities for character building and for fostering teacher-student rela
Watch students in 8th grade teacher Susie Morehead's class deepen their understanding of math principles by working through problems with their peers.
In this lesson, 7th grade English/language arts teacher Emily Park-Friend takes her students through a three-step interview activity.
Crystal Morey, a 6th grade math teacher at Enumclaw Middle School in Washington, uses learning menus as a differentiation strategy to help students become independent and engaged learners.
William Leou, a 6th grade science teacher at the Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies, uses an organizational worksheet to help students draw arguments from evidence.
The 'Total Physical Response' method to learning vocabulary is beneficial for students, especially English-language learners, to break down and analyze the roots and endings of vocabulary words.
Chris Knutson, an 8th grade history teacher at Horning Middle School in Waukesha, Wis., shares how he incorporates learning conferences into his lessons.
High school teacher Kateryna Haggerty explains how visual aids in her classroom help her English-language learner students write more confidently.
In California, nearly 1 in every 4 children don't speak English fluently. On Election Day, the state's voters will decide whether to overturn a longstanding policy of teaching these children in English-only classrooms, or whether to embrace bilingual forms of teaching.
Several correlational studies documented that participants who would be classified as "pathological" video gamers demonstrate a pattern of correlations with other variables that are comorbid (eg, depression) or occur with (eg, poorer grades and increased hostility) other addictions.
Following a large sample across 2 years, this study provides needed data on risk factors for becoming a pathological gamer, how long pathological gaming lasts, outcomes, and whether it is a primary problem or is a symptom of comorbid problems. (Read the full article)
Active video games can enable children under laboratory conditions to participate in moderate, and even vigorous, physical activity. There are inconsistencies in the literature, however, about whether active video games enable children to increase physical activity under more naturalistic circumstances.
This study tests whether children receiving a new active video game spontaneously engaged in more physical activity, and whether commercially available active video games have a public health benefit. No additional physical activity was detected, suggesting no public health benefit. (Read the full article)
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and those with ADHD are at risk for problematic video game use. However, group differences in media use or in the factors associated with problematic video game use have not been studied.
Boys with ASD and ADHD demonstrated greater problematic video game use than did boys with typical development. Inattention was uniquely associated with problematic use for both groups, and role-playing game genre was associated with problematic use among the ASD group only. (Read the full article)
Previous research has demonstrated that family presence alongside hospitalized patients is associated with improvements in physiologic responses, reductions in anxiety, and expedited recovery. Recently, videoconferencing has been increasingly used for virtual visits to pediatric patients and their parents during hospitalization.
Our study demonstrates that in some cases, the use of videoconferencing by children and their parents for virtual visits is associated with greater reductions in stress during hospitalization compared with children and parents who do not use videoconferencing. (Read the full article)
Endotracheal intubation is a mandatory skill for neonatal trainees. It is a difficult skill to acquire, and success rates of junior doctors are low and falling.
Videolaryngoscopy allows the supervisor to share the intubator’s view of the airway and provide more informed guidance. Teaching intubation using a videolaryngoscope with the screen visible to the instructor results in significantly higher success rates for inexperienced doctors. (Read the full article)
An underground stall in Seoul's Yongsan district holds one of the biggest classic video game malls you'll ever see. Take a tour through our photos.
The first hotel will break ground later this year in Phoenix, Arizona. Another is being planned for Las Vegas. They promise to offer Atari-themed lodging, along with lots of video gaming experiences.
Google's Takeout service was designed to let people download their data, but accidentally sent videos from Google Photos accounts to strangers.
After a successful pilot, a professional development program is looking to expand its lesson-study approach to rural teachers.
Watch Penn State Berks’ new video titled “One Community Impacting Many,” which showcases the depth and breadth of the college’s positive effects on the surrounding region.
Indiana has one of the largest voucher programs in the country, with over 34,000 students receiving tax dollars to pay for private schools. With the Trump administration favoring school choice, many wonder if vouchers help or hurt education.
Samsung will announce the next-generation foldable phone later this month; however, a newly-leaked hands-on video reveals exactly how its Galaxy Z Flip will perform in the real world.
A rising Penn State senior has submitted a video to a national contest promoting the 2020 Census, which includes several other Penn State students and University President Eric Barron.
The STEM School shooting underscores the huge challenges educators face in keeping students safe, even as fatal and injurious gunfire inside K-12 schools remains statistically rare.
Plummeting student enrollment and skyrocketing education costs have led Vermont lawmakers to begin a controversial consolidation of its vast mostly rural education system. But are Vermont residents willing to give up their small community schools?
In Calhoun County, Miss., the local district pays $9,275 a month for the slowest Internet service in all of Mississippi. They're not the only ones with these issues—many rural schools struggle to get high-speed access. But all that could be about to change.
To stay healthy in 2020, telecommuting and regular work-from-home arrangements are pretty much a must for most people. We test and compare 10 video conferencing software solutions to help you choose the right one to stay connected.
The Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) and the Delaware Division of Libraries (DDL) invite teens to participate in the 2018 Teen Video Challenge. Teens can create a 30 to 90 second video with their unique interpretation of the 2018 slogan Libraries Rock! This is an opportunity for teens to display their […]
Ashnoor Kaur is an Indian child actress associated with Hindi television and films. She is known for portraying Naira Singhania in Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai on Star Plus and Mini Khuranna on Patiala Babes that airs on Sony Entertainment Television
New Delhi: Two days after lawyers and police engaged in a violent clash at the Tis Hazari Court complex, an on-duty policeman was seen assaulted by advocates purportedly outside Saket Court on Monday. A video that’s gone viral on social media showed lawyers stopping a policeman travelling on a
Yuvraj Singh had one of the finest arrays of shots during his playing days, making him one of the most attractive batsmen to watch.
The ECB took to Twitter to share a throwback video of Virat Kohli's dismissal from India's 2018 tour of England.
With sports at a complete standstill, David Warner has found a new way of keeping his fans entertained during the coronavirus lockdown.