Want to know what the majority of teachers do to teach a particular lesson? Need some creative inspiration for your next class? Want help writing a research paper? There’s a conversation always happening on Twitter via the hashtag #edchat. (Still a bit new to Twitter? …
We haven’t posted too many articles this week because life has been consumed by commencement. Fear not, articles and discussions will resume next week. In the meantime, we have been pondering what you, as a teacher or student or administrative professional, plan to accomplish this …
The procession song for this year’s graduates of California development outfit Willow Garage? “Mr. Roboto.” Which was fitting, because the class of 2010 contained 11 robots, all of which will soon make their way into the real world. The San Francisco Chronicle reports: The PR2s …
There’s a great conversation happening today via the #edchat hashtag on Twitter. We have set up a live site to monitor this conversation here. The topic of the conversation is “What Is The Ideal Classroom Design For The 21st Century?” Click here to view today’s …
Google has had a slew of great announcements for educators over the last week. From allowing all .edu email addresses (staff, faculty, and students oh my!) to have access to Google Voice and the big announcement that Google Wave is finally getting some great add-ons…there’s …
A few miles from the White House in southeast Washington sit some of the worst public schools in America. The students there are mostly poor, mostly black, and their test scores are low. Only one in three finish high school; of those who do go …
One chapter is closing — and another is opening — as Stanford University moves toward the creation of its first “bookless library.” Box by box, decades of past scholarship are being packed up and emptied from two old libraries, Physics and Engineering, to make way …
Hello friends. It’s Friday and time for a bit of nonsense. We’ve known there are some bad commencement speakers out there… failing at really motivating graduates to get out and accomplish things. But what if this guy in the video were your speaker? This guy …
Would you spend $25 total to send you children to the best school in the country? What if you could send 10 students to that school for the same $25? Now imagine those students are in another country. That’s exactly what former Amazon.com engineer Kushal …
According to Don Tapscott, author of Grown Up Digital, today’s students are the smartest ever. In the video below, he discusses how students, or the ‘net generation,’ are growing up digitally and are having their brains wired in a way that is completely different from …
The millions of people on the fence about leaving Facebook may be encouraged to leave by the latest shoe to drop in the Facebook privacy fiasco. The Wall Street Journal reports Facebook, Myspace, and other social networks have been sending personal and identifiable information about …
You’ve likely heard about Adam Wheeler’s exploits with Harvard, MIT, Bowdoin, Yale, and Philips Andover. The 23-year-old is being charged with dozens of counts of fraud after he was allegedly found to have falsified transcripts, applications, and basically made up his entire academic career. This …
There’s a new way to let people know you’re arriving at a certain location. Forget using your phone or iPad…those are quaint relics. The new way to let your friends and followers know where you are is by having your car tweet and check-in for …
We here at EduDemic are obsessed with higher ed. The current state of the education system is alarming. We wanted to create an easy-to-read and helpful way to show you just how broken the education system is. After plenty of research and a little design, …
After Harvard grifter Adam Wheeler plead not guilty in court yesterday, The Today Show went to the school’s Cambridge campus to gauge student reaction. Read more about the back story about Wheeler here. As Mike Taibbi reports, some former classmates “suspected he was a phony …
The buzz is building for an important film you will want to see if you have ever been a student, teacher, or plan on sending someone to school someday. This film debuted in January at Sundance and it shines a light on the many problems …
Smartphones have become the latest and greatest accessory for high school and college students. They have also become the latest and greatest nuisance in the classroom. Students are constantly using their phones to text, sext, and generally not pay attention to the lessons being taught. …
A former Harvard student is being accused of faking his grades, letters of recommendation, and pretty much every part of his academic history. 23-year-old Adam Wheeler is due in court tomorrow to be arraigned on multiple counts of identity fraud and larceny. According to the …
Facebook is not just about sharing photos and playing games anymore. In fact, there’s a few rules you should remember when using Facebook. Rather than list them out (Don’t play Zynga’s money-maker Farmville, Don’t friend your boss, etc.), we’ll let a 10-year-old explain the unofficial …
Have you ever been to a classroom where students bring their laptops? It’s not uncommon these days, especially at law schools, business schools, and most grad schools. So do you really think students are attentively taking notes during a lecture? Now that you’ve stopped laughing …
Ever wanted an Ivy League education, a degree with a host of Latin on it, and to be able to say you graduated with your Masters from Harvard? It’s possible and I’m living proof. This is one of those little-known things that only people in …
From Boolean search strings to grammer checks, Google can help both students and teachers. There is a little-known area of Google that focuses on helping just these users. Google has been making big steps towards helping higher education these days (Google Voice Now Free For …
Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg has a very limited amount of respect for a user’s privacy. After unveiling the Open Graph Protocol and all those now-familiar ‘Like’ buttons, Facebook started to rewrite the book on privacy. That’s why students around the country need to either deactivate, …
Who says commencement is supposed to be all about remembering your past, planning your future, and thanking your parents for paying a pantsload for you to graduate. We have come up with 5 fantastic graduation speeches that you may wish took place during your graduation. …
This study acts as a great follow-up to our article on “How Social Media Can Revolutionize College Admissions.” The youth of today, the “Millennial” generation, represents a tremendous communication challenge for everyone from parents and politicians to colleges and companies. Millennials thrive in an always …
There are millions of teachers and students around the world. 24 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every hour. Let’s do the math: lots of teachers and lots of video = there’s a good chance at least some of those billion videos are helpful. …
As the next generation grows up and prepares to head off to college, it seems they bring the latest trends with them. For example, Twilight is gaining a scary amount of traction in course catalogs at colleges and universities. Keep an eye out for what …
Just announced today: Google Voice, which was previously available by invite-only…is now free and open to anyone with a .edu address. While Google says it’s available to students, this means faculty and staff with .edu addresses are also able to get in on Voice. We’ve …
We suspect this may happen at many schools around the country, but a new report by the Daily Princetonian is shedding some light on how schools fill out the target demographic requirements for an incoming class. Here’s the article: When the University releases its admission …
Social media has become a part of seemingly everybody’s everyday activities. Twitter has officially broken the 100 million user mark so that means it’s officially mainstream. Being mainstream means that it’s being used by students across the country. This means teachers need to at least …