For the week of May 8th we’ll be discussing privacy issues, the AZ immigration law, the president dissing the ipad & are universities losing their influence in the tech world?
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Episode 10 – The Great Divide
May 10th, 2010 
nicole 
For the week of May 1, 2010:
We discuss the new iPad 3G & how it’s dividing schools, how many professors are really using social media, how professors are opting out of the grading business & getting results and we will announce our first Higher Ed Highlight school
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Tags: docs.com, Facebook, Fresno Pacific University, Glasswave, google, ipad, social media, Tripit, US News & World Report 
No Comments »Episode 9 – Point and Counterpoint
May 3rd, 2010 nicole 
For the week of April 24th, 2010:
This week we’ll be discussing the meltdown of higher education from a marketers perspective, NJ students utilizing Facebook to organize protests, an update on the sex tourism site scandal, we’ll take a look at how some schools are dealing with enrollment issues, why Northern AZ student will think twice about skipping class and some helpful tips if your gmail gets hacked.
Episode 8 – Happy Earth Day
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
Posted in Podcast Tags: docs.com, earth day, f8, Facebook, green college, supreme court, youtube 1 Comment »Episode 7 – Rough Start for the iPad
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
Posted in Podcast Tags: apple, bill gates, capella university, highschoolsports.net, ipad, itunes, lecturefox, the wire, virtual campus tour, youtube No Comments »Episode 6 – The iPad has Launched
April 11th, 2010 nicole 
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 »Episode 5 – Oops we lost your data
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.
Posted in Podcast Tags: ECMC, FAFSA, First Generation, higher education, imagenow, ipad, iphone, Perceptive Software, scribd, student loan bill 1 Comment »Episode 4 for the Week of March 20th 2010
March 27th, 2010 nicole 
Recapping the news this week: Riding the health-care wave, the house has approved changes in financial aid. The bill rewrites a four-decades-old student loan program, eliminating its reliance on private lenders and uses the savings to direct $36 billion in new spending to Pell Grants for students in financial need. Reported in USA Today on [...]
Posted in Podcast Tags: Datatel Users Group, Evoke, higher education, ipad, iphone, national broadband plan, pell grant, slideshare, student loan bill, SXSW, Ted, wikipedia No Comments »Episode 3 for the Week of March 13th 2010
March 19th, 2010 nicole 
Recapping the news this week: Student loan reform bill still has not passed, however the Pell Grant funding will need to be addressed very soon. For great updates on the bill status visit HigherEd Watch Inside Higher Ed reported on Tuesday that Chase, the 2009′s fifth largest student lender, announced they were pulling out of [...]
Episode 2 for the week of March 6th 2010
March 12th, 2010 nicole 
Recapping the news this week: Leading off the show we discuss an interesting article that discusses the historical costs of higher education and some suggested solution on how to help students with costs in the future. From the New York Times an article discussing how the House Democrats are desperately trying to prevent another of [...]
