Educational Technology: Not Just Computers

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report, fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com We received a question from a listener about how American schools use educational technology. There is not a simple answer. It depends on the subject and lev...

Young, and Training for a Good Job - at Sea

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report, fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Many new college graduates in the United States have trouble finding a job in the weak economy. But not graduates fro...

Need Help With Your Writing? Try This Web Site

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report, fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Millions of students have been taught a formula that has nothing to do with chemistry. The formula is for how to writ...

Teaching Children the Power of Music

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Kid Pan Alley is a nonprofit organization that holds songwriting workshops for students across the United States. The organization recently visited a school in the Anacostia area of Washington. The children presented a concert with the help...

PC Recycler Strikes Gold in Old Computer Chips

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I'm Alex Villarreal with the VOA Special English Technology Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Each year, Americans throw away millions of tons of electronic devices. That means business is goo...

Living in a World With Facial Recognition

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A new study looks at privacy in a world where computers can increasingly recognize faces in a crowd or online. Alessandro Acquisti at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, led the study. Professor Acquisti ...

How Stress Affects Mental Bandwidth

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From VOA Learning English, this is the Economics Report. New research shows how a lack of money, food or even time can affect decision making and the ability to act. In the book, "Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much," Professors S...

Worried That People Are Laughing at You?

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report , fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Imagine this situation. You pass a group of people. The people are talking to each other. You cannot hear what they are...

Water Problems in a World of Insecurity

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An American intelligence report says water-related problems will likely increase tensions around the world in the next ten years. These problems include water shortages, poor water quality and floods. The report says the problems will incre...

Taking a Closer Look at the Future of Video Conferencing

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I'm Alex Villarreal with the VOA Special English Technology Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish High-quality systems used in video conferencing are called telepresence systems. The images are li...

Paying Tech Talents to Drop Out of College

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This is the VOA Special English Technology Report fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish What do Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison have in common? They all made billions of dollars in technology. And...

Three Sisters Follow in the Flight Path of a Family of Pilots

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The Smith family of Washington State loves to fly. KELLY SMITH: "My grandfather, however, he was a lieutenant colonel in the Army Air Corps and he flew everything. He flew helicopters, large aircraft, fighters. And we have some pretty cool ...

Seeing Stars: Amateur Astronomers Aim Thousands of Eyes at the Universe

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Astronomer Gus Johnson likes the quiet and the dark. But weather conditions are working against him this night near his home in Maryland. GUS JOHNSON: "Well, Jupiter went behind a cloud so we have the moon ... " Johnson has been watching st...

'You Are Your Brand:' Using Social Media to Find a Job

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report, fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Today we share some ideas for job hunters about presenting yourself online. Ben Kirshner is chief executive of a New ...

Drum Circle Widens Into a United Nations of Beats

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People with musical instruments come ready to play. Strangers get up to dance. Crowds gather around. You can find them each Sunday at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, DC. For years, Willy Posey has been part of the Meridian Hill Park drum ...