April 28th, 2010 
joe 
I just read an article from The Chronicle of Higher Education by Andrea Fuller in their Wired Campus section that has me thinking. A school is going to be using technology to take attendance in large lecture halls. Some students at Northern Arizona University may be in trouble if they plan on skipping in certain [...]
April 25th, 2010 nicole 
For the week of April 17th, 2010:
Going green on campus may mean a few less printers. University Business looks at the issue on April 19, 2010. Full article is found on The Morning Call
University of Redlands Named “Green College” by The Princeton Review The Century-Old Campus Receives Its Second National Environmental Award This Year, This Time from the Review and U.S. Green Building Council
A college professors personal sex site sparks debate from Inside Higher Ed on April 22, 2010
Don’t party with the student paper taking pictures. Inside Higher Ed on April 19, 2010 and from Richmond-Times Dispatch on April 17, 2010
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1 Comment » April 21st, 2010 nicole According to Facebook, there are over 400 million active users using the website and that number continues to grow. If you are a college or university that is not using Facebook to promote your school, you are missing out on a great way to interact with past and future students. In this blog post I [...]
April 19th, 2010 nicole 
For the week of April 10th, 2010:
iPads may be getting off to a rough start on some campuses. Princeton blocks some iPads from campus network. Reported in The Chronicle in the Wired Campus section on April 14, 2010.
Blackboard and SunGard team up and make nice on April 8, 2010. http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Blackboard-Makes-Nice-With/22399/
Professor promotes his class on YouTube with a lot of success.
From npr.org on April 15, 2010, TV’s ‘The Wire’ Gets New Life In College Classrooms
Capella University’s Latest ‘Inside Online Education’ Podcast: These regular podcasts feature interviews with Capella students, faculty and staff who share the experience of online education from a first-person point of view. They are typically about 15 minutes long and are available at http://www.capellacommons.com.
Virtual Campus Tour with Bill Gates The talks will also simulcast live on TechCrunch (UC Berkeley, 4/19) and Mashable (Harvard, 4/21). I’ll tweet more details about the live webcasts next week and will be active on Twitter
The University of Washington is leading an expedition deeper into social media and web 2.0. Inside Higher Ed explores along with them on April 14, 2010. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/04/14/hosein
From USAToday on April 15, 2010 LSU removes tough professor, raises students’ grades
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For the week of April 3rd, 2010:
The iPad is here and so are the apps for education. We discuss apps used for preparing for driving tests, explaining complex medical terms, this day in history, dictionaries, and visualizing the planets
It looks like more institutions are asking the question about giving away iPads and other mobile technology. The story appears on Inside Higher Ed.com on April 5, 2010.
“Study buddies” & TeacherMates are becoming more popular in school. Even the use of the Nintendo DS is becoming widely used in Japanese schools.
James Kohlhaas, a developer from Datatel, recently won the Microsoft KODU programming contest for his application on Xbox live. More info about Kodu development platform.
The USA Today on March 30th, 2010 took a closer look at the recent changes to student loans.
Students at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles got a grade bump for every grade for every student. Inside Higher Ed reports on this mass grade change on April 2, 2010.
Knox College in Galesburg Illinois is the Butler of commencements speakers. The New York Times explored their impressive roster in an April 4, 2010 article.
Posted in Podcast Tags: apple, ipad, itunes, standford university, student loan reform, youtube edu 1 Comment » April 5th, 2010 joe InsideHigherEd.com looked into the trend of giving away iPads and other mobile devices on campus in an article titled “iPads on Campus.” There have recently been two very public announcements of iPad give-a-ways on campuses. This has led to other IT offices to ask “Should we follow the same path?” Theresa Row, the CIO at [...]
April 2nd, 2010 nicole 
For the week of March 27th, 2010:
3.3 million students have their loan and personal information stolen. Reported on ABCNews.com on March 26, 2010. Here is a link to the company’s website with more information if you believe you are one of the people effected.
From NewYorkTimes.com on March 30, 2010 Debt for many states is growing too big to camouflage.
iPads for everyone! Wired Campus of The Chronicle on March 30, 2010.
Is this a word of caution about e-textbooks? A study done at Arizona State University looks into print versus electronic (with a very small sample size). Published in The Chronicle on March 26, 2010.
Schools working hard to make first generation students successful. They are doing it in different manners. USAToday.com took a look on 3/30/10
A great article in the March edition of Inc magazine discussing some great startups from college students.
Evolve or Die OR Adapt or Decline from Inside Higher Ed on March 26, 2010.
School breaks with years of traditions and plays the national anthem before a baseball game from New York Times on March 25, 2010.
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