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Study: Hand clapping is akin to a Helmholtz resonator

Ars Technica

Hand clapping is ubiquitous behavior for humans across time and cultures, serving many different purposes: to signify approval with applause, for instance, or to keep time to music. Acousticians often use a hand clap as a cheap substitute for pricey equipment to make acoustic measurements in architecture.

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Accessible eBooks for Equal Opportunity

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In the United States, there are all too many students like Kevin, who are denied equal opportunity to engage in the same curriculum as their peers without disabilities. In 2004, the United States passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act , requiring schools to provide special education services to eligible students.

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Tired of ‘Zoom University’? So is edtech

TechCrunch

The rise of “Zoom University” was only possible because edtech wasn’t ready to address the biggest opportunity of the past year: remote learning at scale. It signals a shift from startups playing in the supplemental education space and searching to win a spot in the largest chunk of a students day: the classroom.

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From Prospective Student to Active Alum—Engagement Fosters Lifelong Support

sgEngage

Engaged student and alum supporter: My daughter gets very excited when she hears talk about the university she attended. That’s because her school did a great job of engaging her while she was still a student. The university kept her engaged as life changed. She was able to engage with prospects and recent alums.

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Bookshare Users Downloading Long-Awaited Apple e-Book App

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Graduate student Maria Georgakarakou, who is blind, gave us a rave review for the Read2Go app which allows those with print disabilities to listen to books in the DAISY audio format. Maria also noted that students like herself are finding more scholarly books on Bookshare which expands her ability to research.

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Nigeria’s AltSchool raises $1M pre-seed to build an alternative school for Africans

TechCrunch

Yusuf met with educational stakeholders at a public university in Ife, a neighbouring town near Lagos, to pull this off, but the deal never materialized. The country’s unemployment rate is at a staggering 34% and continues to leave many university graduates in its trail. African tech took center stage in 2021.

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13 investors say lifelong learning is taking edtech mainstream

TechCrunch

The venture potential of a startup that caters to individual students — instead of a slow-moving, small-pocketed institution — has a bullish aura that attracts investors. Higher education didn’t combust like some expected today, and today, many predict that K-12 students will return to pre-COVID formats after vaccinations are widespread. .

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