In this week’s EdTech News Roundup, read articles about job help via Twitter, West Virginia’s plans to switch to online textbooks, Wikipedia’s partnerships with educators, and more. Image from eSchoolNews 1. Kids Predict the Future of Technology A recent study found that “kids ages 12 and under are predicting that the future of media and technology lies in better integrating digital experiences with real-world places and activities.” Predictions from children in different parts of the… Read more

If you’ve done some GMAT preparation already, you’ve likely come across the concept of “weighted averages.” But what does that term really mean? In short, the term “weighted” is simply meant to indicate that separate groups of numbers have different numbers of elements and thus should be weighed differently. Let’s say one group of numbers has an average of 4, and a second group of numbers has an average of 6. We cannot just average… Read more