Daily Archives: May 6, 2010

UNH Study: Social Networking Does NOT Hurt Your GPA

Think all that time spent on facebook is hurting your or your child’s GPA? Think again. According to a report by the University of New Hampshire, social networking has no effect on GPA. However, this may be because at this point social networking is so …

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Perfect For Schools Overseas: Non-Latin Domain Names Now Live

If you’re a student or administrator from a school in a non-latin speaking country, this news is for you. As of today, non-latin domain names are now available. According to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN): Today the first three production non-Latin …

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The 3 Big Reasons Schools Are Avoiding Gmail

Many schools are racing to be on the cutting edge of e-mail. While cloud computing presents many ways for schools to cut costs, their IT departments are not quite as excited. Yale, Harvard, and other universities have all looked into adopting Gmail as its main …

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Why Social Media Is Bad For The Classroom

A recent study by the Lab for Social Computing at Rochester Institute of Technology indicates that the use of social media in classroom settings has negligible effect on encouraging communication amongst students. The results indicate that social media in classrooms may not prompt the same …

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