You’ve probably heard about HTML5. Heck, Steve Jobs even espoused for a few paragraphs about why Apple is embracing it. It will quickly be the de facto engine powering all your education apps and websites behind the scenes. Whether you’re an experienced programmer or just …
If you have ever been in a school cafeteria, you know the choices usually range from inedible to shoe scrapings. While that may be a bit of an exaggeration, it’s hard to deny that students are not exactly being steered towards healthier or even good-tasting …
I wish I had the Web 2.0 when I was in school. Not because I would have been able to avoid doing homework by checking Facebook, but instead because of all the amazing educational tech that is sprouting up. In fact, I have found a …
Many teachers and higher ed administrators across the globe rely on Facebook, Ning, blogs, and chat rooms to have an interactive online classroom session. The biggest problem? None of these options are specifically tailored towards education. That’s where Twiducate comes in. It’s a free social …
When Roberto Rodriguez arrived at the University of California campus here four years ago, he felt the emotional tug home so many other Hispanic first-generation college students talk about. His parents wanted him out of their battle-scarred south-central Los Angeles neighborhood and in college. But …
Be careful of the company you keep. According to a new study, those friends are the source of your successes and failures. According to Science Daily, making the extra effort to maintain an academic focus, obtain friends, attend enriching after-school activities, and even having some …
Apple just announced a great addition to the iBooks app for iPads and the iPhone: notes. The original version of iBooks was somewhat crippled without this important feature. Now students around the world are able to view their books and take notes like they usually …
If you’re a fan of EduDemic, technology, education, and / or social media, there’s a major event happening at the end of June that you should know about. If you haven’t heard of it already, it’s called ISTE 2010 (formerly NECC) which stands for the …
Whoever said students’ heads were in the clouds? They might be right. With a huge influx of cash, a relatively new company is poised to make big inroads into enhancing education with its cloud-based learning management system. Schoology has secured its first institutional round of …
One of our favorite online comic strips (not available in newspapers, which is fitting for the topic of this post), XKCD, has a great strip out today detailing why the problem of book-burning a la Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 will never happen as people migrate …
The new iPhone 4 is out and it features video calling, a new must-have feature for your class. Whether you’re a teacher, student, or higher ed administrator, this is big news whether you know it or not. The new iPhone with iOS 4 features a …
Since it’s Friday, it’s time to inject a bit of humor into your day. EduDemic is a big fan of ridiculous things like the 30 funniest test answers ever. Next up is the best (or worst, depending on how you view it) school fails of …
In a controversial move, a California bill would allow the state’s universities to consider race in admission. The Associated Press has more: The California Assembly has approved a bill that would allow the state’s public universities to consider race, gender and other demographic characteristics when …
Hold onto your checkbooks: the average cost of yearly tuition at a private, four-year college in the US this year was $26,273. That’s an increase of almost 5 percent from last year’s cost. This rate of increase is well ahead of the national average rate …
Integrating technology with education is not easy. In fact, finding a solution that marries the two is nearly impossible. Want to see how one 7th grader has solved the problem? Check out the video below to learn about her Personal Learning Environment (PLE) and see …
It might be time to make room for another school in the Ivy League. There’s a school that is boasting more Fulbright Scholarships per capita than Harvard, Stanford, or Yale. That school is called the New College of Florida. The school boasts SIX Fulbright scholars …
Great news for thousands of workers around the country. Education is now within reach. Wal-Mart has just announced that it is funding an online school designed to offer low-cost education to its employees. American Public University appeals to students’ wallets with its motto: “Respected. Affordable. …
Tired of not being able to draw like Jackson Pollack? Know how to use a computer? Then you’re just a few clicks away from making some seriously interesting art that’s great for both teachers and students. A new program called IOGraph is now available to …
If you’re like me, you’ve spent many mornings planning out a productive day that OHLOOKSHINYTHINGS! Anyway, where was I? Oh yes, procrastination. Taking time away from the task at hand can make those tasks take exponentially longer. That means lesson plans, writing papers, basically any …
Deciding which type of school to send children to can be tough. Did you know that states offer help in choosing? It’s called “School Choice” and every state is doing something to make it easier for everyone to go to the schools they want. What …
Edudemic is barely a month old and already gets more than a thousand unique visitors every day. Never ones to be satisfied, we are proud to announce the first-ever contest being held at EduDemic. Drumroll please…. SloganFest 2010! We’re making custom bumper stickers, t-shirts, bags, …
Ever had a better textbook? Think you could write one yourself but don’t know how to turn it into a book? With a new (FREE) website, you can create your own e-book. These e-books can be used seamlessly on PCs, Macs, and now iPads. ePub …
Most scholarly books take years to create, edit, and publish. A new book about the digital age took about a week. Hacking the Academy is an edited volume about higher ed, technology, social media, and all the other hot topics circulating in the #edchat twittersphere …
Why buy an expensive textbook when you could rent it for a lot less? Selling back books at school bookstores has become a joke ($5 for a $150 book?! I’d rather burn it than take that markdown.) but BookRenter is here to help. According to …
Recent John Carrol University graduate Rob Pitingolo was interested in finding out the “educational attainment density” (read: number of college degree-holders) in American cities. So he gathered the data and charted it — and what he found is visually revealing if not surprising. San Francisco …
Ever wanted to fill in the bubble answers on your SAT so it makes a design (but chickened out)? Well, these bold students took the liberty to have a little fun with their test answers. Some drew whales, some made female genitalia look like a …
Did you just graduate and are searching for a professorship somewhere, anywhere? If you’ve wondered just how much each state pays its assistant, associate, and full professors on average, wonder no more. EduDemic is proud to offer an easy-to-use look at which states pay the …
After a towing company hauled Justin Kurtz’s car from his apartment complex parking lot, despite his permit to park there, Mr. Kurtz, 21, a college student in Kalamazoo, Mich., went to the Internet for revenge. Outraged at having to pay $118 to get his car …
A few posts ago, EduDemic reported on a research study by the Lab for Social Computing at Rochester Institute of Technology that demonstrated social media having no effect on classroom communications. The results showed that: “social media in classrooms may not prompt the same response …