Author name: Oluwayemi Alabi

Digital citizenship is one of the big things we talk about on Passnowow. It’s basically being a good person online. Being a good person involves a lot more than just not spamming or trolling, mind you. It involves keeping yourself and your friends safe. One of the biggest ways to do that is to know about these […]

(By Katie Lepi) More and more educators are leveraging technology in their classrooms, which is one aspect of being a 21st century teacher helping their students (and probably themselves, too) to develop 21st century skills.  Finding a combination of the most useful devices, web tools, and apps can be a powerful learning tool for your students. But

Learning technologies change student-teacher interactions in several ways, but there’s one specifically that really stands out and makes the most difference in our classrooms. Technology has an especially strong effect in the 1:1 classroom, since the students are so in touch with their technology. Tony Wagner, the first Innovation Education Fellow at the Technology &

  Police in western India said they have arrested two people for trying to sell a 13-year-old girl’s virginity. According to police, one of those arrested in the sting operation was the girl’s mother. Policemen said a team of six crime branch officials raided an apartment in Mumbra, on the outskirts of Thane, at about

Over 500 students from various public and private schools across the country observed the partial eclipse with other Nigerians at the space centre in Abuja on yesterday November 3, 2013. Meanwhile, Lagos residents trooped out en masse to observe the natural astronomical event. Many of them were spotted standing outside their compound and trying to

  PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan will meet the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday (today), apparently with a view to resolve the Federal Government-ASUU face-off that has left university gates shut since July 1. But the union said it had got wind of Presidency’s plan to direct that universities be reopened, saying

  Another attempted stowaway kid was Sunday, arrested by airport security officers at the airside of the Lagos Airport, as he allegedly wanted to stowaway on an Allied Air Cargo aircraft that was preparing to take-off. The teenager whose name was not made public, attempting to sneak into the airplane before take-off, but was spotted

  While some people might think getting engrossed in a video game is a waste of time, scientists have found they can increase the size of our brains. German researchers found video gaming causes increases in the brain regions responsible for spatial orientation, memory formation and strategic planning as well as fine motor skills. In

  Hip hop sensation, Wande Coal, has released the video of his hit song, Rotate. The video, shot by ace director, Sesan Ogunro, was officially released on Monday, October 28, and reports indicate that it is enjoying play time on both local and satellite television stations already. Popularly called ‘The Black Diamond’, Wande Coal released

Head Coach Stephen Keshi has invited 25 players ahead of the 2014 World Cup play-off against Ethiopia. He has called in Chelsea’s fit again defender Keneth Omeruo and Reuben Gabriel who plays in Scotland. Omeruo played all six games for the Super Eagles as they won the Africa Cup of Nations in January but then sustained