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Education 2.0: Never Memorize Again?Open in New Window
"Memorization is a waste of time when Google is only a a few clicks away. That's what Don Tapscott, author of the bestselling books Wikinomics and Growing Up Digital, believes." read more »
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Child predators apparently don’t use GmailOpen in New Window
Christopher Dawson slams both George Bush and John McCain for their part in a 'looks nice but accomplishes nothing' piece of legislation mean to keep child predators from using the internet to pursue children. read more »
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Higher education goes back to school on communication technologiesOpen in New Window
John Cox states "Changes in communication technologies are forcing higher education to make big, expensive, and potentially risky decisions, according to two campus CIOs speaking at this week's fal read more »
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Readin', Writin' and Web 2.0Open in New Window
New ways of using the Web mean change is on the horizon for schools, as well as students. read more »
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Pulse provides novel training and tools configuration resource to aid in developer education, preparednessOpen in New Window
"MyEclipse maker Genuitec developed Pulse last year to monitor and update the most popular Eclipse plug-ins, but Pulse also has a powerful role in making Java training and tools preferences..." read more »
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Social Networking Gets SchooledOpen in New Window
To today's students, online social networking is almost second nature outside of the classroom. What about inside the classroom? read more »
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Cheap laptops to be powered by Intel's Atom chips.Open in New Window
Christopher Dawson reports that Intel's new Atom CPUs will be used not only in mobile devices but also in the low-cost education devices such as the OLPC's XO. read more »
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Going back to school on security - Universities aren't doing well.Open in New Window
Eric J. Sinrod highlights how poorly Universities are doing in their efforts to secure data. He notes that a large number of Universities suffered some form of data breach in 2007 including Baylor Un read more »
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