Archive for February, 2010
« Previous EntriesEast Stroudsburg U. Suspends Professor for Facebook Posts
Saturday, February 27th, 2010East Stroudsburg U. Suspends Professor for Facebook Posts
Gloria Y. Gadsden, an associate professor of sociology at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, was escorted off the campus on Wednesday because of jokes she had made on her Facebook page about wanting to kill students.
On Monday the professor posted this update: “Had a good day today, didn’t [...]
Will Second Life Upgrade Help Virtual Classrooms?
Friday, February 26th, 2010Will Second Life Upgrade Help Virtual Classrooms?
This week the makers of Second Life unveiled a new interface designed to make the virtual world more user-friendly, and some professors say it will help their educational experiments.
The new interface, called Second Life Viewer 2, looks more like a Web browser. The designers say their goal was to [...]
In Development at Champlain College: a Video Game to Help Prevent Domestic Violence
Friday, February 26th, 2010In Development at Champlain College: a Video Game to Help Prevent Domestic Violence
A team at Champlain College wants to educate boys about the effects of violence against women. So they are creating a product using two things that appeal to their target audience: soccer and video games.
The university’s Emergent Media Center is working on a [...]
Professors Find Ways to Keep Heads Above ‘Exaflood’ of Data
Friday, February 26th, 2010Professors Find Ways to Keep Heads Above ‘Exaflood’ of Data
San Diego–“We may already be in the red in terms of our ability to store information,” said Christopher L. Greer last week to an interested, and vaguely intimidated, audience of scientists and other academics. Gene sequences, distant pulsar signals, YouTube videos, e-mail — it’s all too [...]
Professor Textblaster
Friday, February 26th, 2010Professor Textblaster
Fort Worth – Many of Todd McCann’s students suffer from a chronic disease.
Call it CRS: Can’t Remember Squat.
Now they have no excuse.
Mr. McCann, an English instructor at Bay College, in Michigan, is deploying students’ own favorite technology to burn away the memory fog. He blasts his classes text-message reminders using Broadtexter, a free software [...]
Senate Considers Paying for Cybersecurity Scholarships
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010Senate Considers Paying for Cybersecurity Scholarships
The U.S. Senate has received a bill that would create scholarships and fellowships for students who agree to conduct research on cybersecurity.
The House of Representatives passed HR 4061, the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2009, in a 422-5 vote on February 4. The bill, which has been assigned to the Senate [...]
Santa Clara U. Students Call for Better Cellphone Service
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010Santa Clara U. Students Call for Better Cellphone Service
iPhone-toting students at Santa Clara University say they’re fed up with AT&T’s poor reception on the campus, so they organized a day of complaint to lobby the company for better coverage.
Students and professors made a couple hundred phone calls to the cellphone provider one day this month. [...]
Community Colleges Explore National Collaboration to Fight For-Profit Marketing Machine
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010Community Colleges Explore National Collaboration to Fight For-Profit Marketing Machine
Fort Worth, Tex. – Individual community colleges can’t match the marketing budgets of for-profit institutions that plaster their regions with advertisements. So they’re exploring ways to fight back by going national, pooling their efforts to promote online programs in a new marketing collaboration that was announced [...]
A University and a College in China Draw Attention in Google Hacking Investigation
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010A University and a College in China Draw Attention in Google Hacking Investigation
By Mara Hvistendahl
Computer-security experts who are investigating the recent online attacks on Google and other companies have identified two institutions of higher education in China as suspected sources of the attacks, according to The New York Times. If those suspicions are confirmed, it [...]
5 States Get More Than $300-Million to Expand Broadband Access
Tuesday, February 23rd, 20105 States Get More Than $300-Million to Expand Broadband Access
Five states have been awarded more than $300-million in grants to expand broadband access at their colleges. The money will be used in part to increase online education.
The U.S. Department of Commerce said on Thursday that the states are among those that will receive grants aimed [...]