Searching for a terrific last-minute costume? All you need is a door and, well, that’s it! check out this absurdly terrific costume below in cartoon form. Enjoy and let me know if you actually make this or another creative costume! This cartoon comes from Flickr …
We all know the Internet is huge. In fact, it’s apparently growing faster than ever before. Need proof? Here are a few of the most important and engaging videos and statistics that are making the rounds on the Internet. These are truly staggering and could …
Teaching is a tough job. It’s Friday so I thought it would be helpful to keep the teachers (and other education-minded people reading this) inspired. I happened upon this terrific slideshare from Tony Vincent and thought it fit the bill. There are 19 inspirational and …
Do you think politicians have gotten more aggressive during recent years? Turns out past elections may not have been as clean and sporting as you may have think. In fact, the only main difference between early American elections and now seems to be the amount …
Students, teachers, and pretty much anyone who loves their iPhone but hates AT&T will be pretty excited about a recent profile done by Fortune Magazine. They featured Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg who did not say a definite ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to the VeriPhone, but the …
Yahoo has been busy gathering tons of data about Americans’ opinions on important political, economic and social issues as the U.S. approaches its midterm elections. The company has just released a map infographic showing how public opinion varies from region to region across the United …
Are you a fan of the breakout game Angry Birds? If you haven’t heard of it, you’re probably not a user of an iPhone or Android device and also don’t like things that are fun. The game has inspired a couple of guys to create …
[box type="info"]This is the second article in a special series by Darrell Bennett Jr. for Edudemic. Check out Darrell’s video blog here. His first article can be found here.[/box] Get your mind right Dean of Admissions at Georgetown Law School, Andy Cornblatt, put it best: …
In an effort to increase accessibility for students in Boston, the city has started to give out hundreds of high-tech ID cards that have multiple barcodes, pictures, radio frequency transmitters, and more. These cards allow Boston officials to track pretty much everything the card is …
Sure, cell phones are in everyone’s hands these days. But what about back in 1928? I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that ‘sexting’ was not a huge issue back then. Regardless, there is a relatively silly movie being passed around the …
Over the past year, a group of California-credentialed teachers along with Google engineers came together to discuss and explore ideas about how to incorporate computational thinking into the K-12 curriculum to enhance student learning and build this critical 21st century skill in everyone. What exactly …
Facebook is a social network. But what happens when someone in your list of friends wants to be a bit less social with you? They unfriend you. Until now, you had to figure it out the hard way (checking your friend list and stream to …
Did you know that not all iPads are priced the same? I’m not talking about different memory choices, wi-fi or 3G, etc. I’m talking about the price of the same model in one country versus another. For example, if you fly from Hong Kong to …
In another installment of hilarious cyborg-spoken videos mocking people wishing to pursue terminal degrees…comes this gem. It’s a video between a student and her professor. The student says she needs a letter of recommendation so she can go to grad school to get a PhD …
I just came across this really great story about 23-year-old Emily Cummins who took it upon herself to develop a solution to food storage in areas without electricity. She whipped up a solar-powered refrigerator and started getting attention from around the world. In fact, she …
The NOOKcolor is, as the name indicates, a color e-book reader and touchscreen tablet. It’s going to retail for $249 and is expected to start shipping on November 19. The NOOKcolor features a 7-inch backlit IPS display and capacitive touchscreen. It weighs in at just …
It seems Google has seen that newspapers and journalism as a whole have been, well, faltering. The search giant is putting its money where its mouth is and offering $5 million in grants to organizations and people who are able to raise the level of …
About 700 students in a rural school district in western Ohio will be guinea pigs for the rest of the state this winter when they use the Internet to connect to their classes during inclement weather. The program, a test that will be used to …
It’s no secret that schools don’t have a ton of money. However, where is the line in the sand when it comes to making money? Should classes be cut? What about after school programs? Athletics? What about the sanctity of the school hallway? The last …
Ever wanted to get your class talking about health care reform, the medical world, or simply to inform them about the insurance industry? A controversial new app for the iPhone / iPod Touch is a surefire way to get anyone talking. It’s called ‘Claim Denid!’ …
What does the future hold for information sharing? Will it be free and easy or DRM-protected and withheld from the public? There’s a big conference happening Friday October 22nd at Duke Law School to figure that out. The conference is called “The Durham Statement on …
If you want to videoconference, chat with other classrooms, or just try a service other than Skype… today’s your day. Apple is offering a beta version of its FaceTime service to anyone using a Mac running Snow Leopard. This comes after Steve Jobs announced FaceTime …
If you want to videoconference, chat with other classrooms, or just try a service other than Skype… today’s your day. Apple is offering a beta version of its FaceTime service to anyone using a Mac running Snow Leopard. This comes after Steve Jobs announced FaceTime …
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Whether or not you have been to / are in / are considering applying to law school, this is funny. The dialogue is offered in a computer-y monotone that offers little inflection and even less sensitivity. Trust me, you’ll want to play this video the …
Microsoft Corp. announced today that it is providing the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools with a more than $1 million grant to purchase new software and hardware for the two schools at the Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez Learning Center. This grant will help bring state-of-the-art …
The term “helicopter parent” may soon be replaced with “facebook parent.” If you’re a parent, how often do you check on your child via Facebook, Twitter, or other social networks? According to a new study, roughly 3 out of 4 parents check up on their …
Source One of the biggest benefits to using Microsoft Word instead of Google Docs has been the drag and drop interface. Simply plop an image file onto your Word .doc and, like magic, it usually appears ready to be tweaked and prodded. If you did …
If you love Apple products, you already know about the “Back to the Mac” event happening today at 1pm EST. If you aren’t a big fan of Apple or don’t know about the event, read on! Heads up non-Applephiles! All those people in your office, …
If you love Apple products, you already know about the “Back to the Mac” event happening today at 1pm EST. If you aren’t a big fan of Apple or don’t know about the event, read on! Heads up non-Applephiles! All those people in your office, …
Social networks are quickly growing to the size of some countries. Thanks to low barriers to entry, ease of use, and increased access to the Internet, they’re only going to get bigger. Thanks to XKCD, it’s now quite easy to see what the world map …