Forensics help make science cool
Many people fret these days about the state of science education in America and how kids just don’t like the topic — yet at New Rochelle High School in New York, one kind of science class has proved a runaway success, reports the New York Times: forensic science, the application of science to solving crimes.
Students compete for Google logo prize
Two Delaware students are among 40 finalists in Doodle 4 Google, a national art competition to design a Google logo, reports the News Journal — with the chance to win a scholarship and a technology grant for their school.
Colleges scan Facebook during admissions
Students, be careful what you post about yourself online: That’s the key lesson taken from a recent survey suggesting that many college admissions officers are looking at students’ online profiles before they make their final decisions. Key words: Facebook, social networking, college admissions, Grace College, education, technology
Successful Video Production
Successful Video Production
Knowing how to produce, edit, and distribute video gives high school and college graduates a valuable and much-in-demand skill.
Alabama K-12 officials pushing for online checkbook
When Alabama’s two-year college system became the latest state government entity to put its checkbook online in a bid for transparency last month, members of the Alabama board of education wondered why the same couldn’t be done in the K-12 system, reports the Associated Press.
Seventh-graders create iPhone app
Sam Kaplan and Louie Harboe’s company, Tapware, is one of the more promising technology startups in Chicago. For the two seventh-graders at the University of Chicago Laboratory School, Tapware has significantly more upside than opening up a lemonade stand, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.
iPods help ESL students achieve success
As school leaders ponder the implications of new technologies for their classrooms, one dedicated New Jersey educator has turned theory into practice, using the iPod to teach English as a Second Language (ESL) students.
Key words: iPod, ESL, education, Jose Marti middle school, Grace Poli, ISTE, iTunes, technology
Amazon cloud offer appeals to colleges
David J. Malan’s Harvard University computer science students completed projects last fall that would have proved difficult — if not impossible — without cloud computing. Malan secured a grant from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud-computing service, that let his students do coursework with the company’s global computer infrastructure–virtual servers that allow students to complete data-heavy assignments without bogging down or crashing the campus’s hardware. Key words: education grants, Harvard University, Amazon, cloud computing, education, technology
Amazon cloud offer appeals to colleges
David J. Malan’s Harvard University computer science students completed projects last fall that would have proved difficult — if not impossible — without cloud computing. Malan secured a grant from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud-computing service, that let his students do coursework with the company’s global computer infrastructure–virtual servers that allow students to complete data-heavy assignments without bogging down or crashing the campus’s hardware. Key words: education grants, Harvard University, Amazon, cloud computing, education, technology
Google’s book scanning faces scrutiny
A proposed settlement among Google Inc., the Authors Guild, and the Association of American Publishers over Google’s extensive book-scanning project faces growing scrutiny–and new fears that the deal could give Google too much power over future access to digital texts. Key words: Google Inc., Authors Guild, book scanning, campus research, education, technology