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2 years ago
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We were recently the lucky recipients of a hilarious e-mail that we wanted to share with all our readers. While it may not be completely education-related, it's certainly going to make you smile and laugh. After all, ...
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2 years ago
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This is a great example of just how popular the World Cup is. Aside from being the main cause for Twitter being down most of the day, it's apparently costing companies and countries BILLIONS in loss productivity.
Sal...
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2 years ago
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Did you know that Google's hard-to-find Data Centers are carbon neutral? Or that every search query you do is automatically part of an experiment, control group, or other tool designed to make search results more accu...
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2 years ago
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Just another amazing solution to a problem you didn't even know existed yet from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT Media Labs researchers are field-testing a smartphone application and $1 plastic lens at...
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2 years ago
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Video chat or video conferencing is quickly becoming a big part of classrooms around the globe. You've probably seen those Cisco ads where students in England have a real-time high-def conference with a classroom in C...
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2 years ago
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Colleges are ramping up efforts to connect with prospective students through Twitter—but students aren’t interested, a new study says.
Evidence has shown that teenagers rely on college visits and Web sites to learn ...
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2 years ago
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Did you know that 20 states still allow teachers to hit, belt, paddle, slap, grab, and do other shocking things to students? A new bill just introduced to Congress is hoping to put a stop to this 'corporal punishment....
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2 years ago
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As avid #edchat fans, we are always seeing new and interesting phrases passed around amongst teachers and higher ed professionals. We thought it might be helpful to jot down these slogans and phrases in hopes they ins...
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2 years ago
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After millions of dollars, years of development, and a major advertising campaign, Microsoft has just announced it is killing the 'Kin' line of phones just six weeks after they launched. Heck, the official Kin website...
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2 years ago
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Google has been hard at work this summer making your document editing, sharing, and creation experience much better. We thought this might be a good time to get you up to speed on all the new features that will make y...
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2 years ago
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The Amazon Kindle and Apple iPad may be a breeze to use and fun to have, but what about blind students?The federal government is stepping in after a few lawsuits regarding how unfair these new types of books are for v...
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2 years ago
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Hulu just unveiled it's much-rumored premium service and it's going to be big. Or is it? Here's the skinny on the new service called Hulu Plus:
It will cost $9.99/month
Preview invites are going out now but the ser...
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2 years ago
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The students at P.S. 22 in Staten Island can attest to the power of social media. Their music classes have been videotaped, broadcast, and shared online for the past 4 years. In that time, more than 10 MILLION people ...
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2 years ago
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Brown University has become the next school to go Google. Here's the skinny from the Google Enterprise Blog:
From time to time we invite guests to blog about initiatives of interest, and are very pleased to have G...
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2 years ago
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We were able to get an exclusive look at the upcoming rollout of the new Facebook deactivation pages. They're not yet being used but we thought you might appreciate knowing what it will soon take to leave Facebook:
Ne...
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2 years ago
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It's hard to watch any educational twitter feed during any given week and not see the acronym, PLN. The PLN, or personal learning network is the latest buzzword in the world of education. But where does the PLN exist?...