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Social media site an ‘academic supplement’ to Facebook »

Instead of a Facebook news feed cluttered with tidbits about friends’ FarmVille progress, Boris Revsin wants a social media site that alerts college students to the latest in academic news from their peers – information that could connect...

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FCC rejects proposal for free wireless service

Federal regulators have shot down a proposal by a startup called M2Z Networks Inc. to build a free, nationwide wireless broadband network using a spare slice of airwaves, reports the Associated Press. ...

September 2 2010 / Read More »

From Apple, a step into social media for music

Apple Inc. jumped into the social networking business on Sept. 1, introducing Ping, a service built into iTunes that is intended to help users discover new music and, presumably, buy more songs from Apple, reports...

September 2 2010 / Read More »

Samsung takes on Apple with iPad rival

Samsung on Sept. 2 unveiled what the South Korean electronics giant hopes will be a major rival to Apple's highly successful iPad tablet computer, AFP reports....

September 2 2010 / Read More »

California schools cancel deal with online Kaplan University

California's community colleges have dropped a controversial plan that would have allowed their students to take some courses at the online Kaplan University and make it easier to transfer to that school for a bachelor's...

September 1 2010 / Read More »

To win over users, gadgets have to be touchable

Scientists and academics who study how we interact with technology say touch screens have seeped into people’s day-to-day existence more quickly and completely than other technological behaviors because it is so natural, intimate, and intuitive,...

September 1 2010 / Read More »

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New software turns paper into an inexpensive digital tablet »

New software turns paper into an inexpensive digital tablet

New software coming this fall will enable Livescribe's digital "smart" pens to stream all notes taken live, in real time, to a computer—turning special...

Sep 1 2010 / No comment / Read More »

University pushes for better attendance with electronic scanners »

University pushes for better attendance with electronic scanners

Officials at Northern Arizona University are reminding students that faculty members have the choice to use new electronic scanners that track class attendance at...

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Social media help college students forge professional opportunities »

Social media help college students forge professional opportunities

Social media already are ingrained in most college students’ personal lives, and now some college professors are using social media as a tool to...

Aug 27 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Are open textbooks gaining momentum in higher ed? »

Are open textbooks gaining momentum in higher ed?

Officials from open-license textbook publisher Flat World Knowledge say more than 1,300 instructors at 800 colleges and universities will use their books this fall...

Aug 26 2010 / No comment / Read More »

MIT turns to smart ventilation as campus greening continues »

MIT turns to smart ventilation as campus greening continues

An advanced ventilation system that adjusts airflow according to outdoor temperatures and how many people are in a room could help the Massachusetts Institute...

Aug 26 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Early iPad adopter to use art application this fall »

Early iPad adopter to use art application this fall

Seton Hill University, one of the first campuses to board the Apple iPad bandwagon before the device was released in April, announced Aug. 23...

Aug 25 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Universities use tool to battle student ID theft »

Universities use tool to battle student ID theft

College students have to know which data are most vulnerable before they can protect their identity online. The creators of a new software program...

Aug 23 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Conferences

Ed-tech grant program aims to boost college readiness

Ed-tech grant program aims to boost college readiness

Six months after the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pumped $3.6 million into a national certification program for teachers of remedial college courses, a new initiative will dole out grants to education-technology projects...

Jun 29, 2010 / More »

Curriculum

New copyright ruling affects educators

New copyright ruling affects educators

A new ruling from the U.S. Copyright Office will affect how higher-education students and teachers can use digital material in the classroom, thanks to the efforts a university professor who says that increasing...

Aug 5, 2010 / More »

Funding

Educational innovation gets boost under new programs

Educational innovation gets boost under new programs

A movement is under way to make it easier for entrepreneurs to navigate the lucrative and sometimes-tricky education market and introduce new technology and products into classrooms....

Jul 30, 2010 / More »
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