Last update: Sunday 3/15/15 @ 12:05 am
This week's cover = photo/graphic from tweet about Apple's introduction of new watch & Macbook
... Other top stories ==> Apple commits $50 million to diversity ... DC Mayor & Howard University President announce tech partnership ... and President Obama's Tech Hire initiative
Below find links to the Digital Learning Lab's "Dozens" of favorite news items about HBCUs' use of information technology to enhance their teaching, research, and community services ... plus news about hackathons and issues related to coding & coding literacy... in HBCU media and Tech media ... for the week ending Saturday 3/14/15 "Pi of the Century Day" @ 3 pm ... Links to previous editions of the Dozens can be found ==> Back issues.
A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Gen Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views | F. Events ... TECH 2014
Cover Story ++++++++++++
Overview of all of Apple's announcements ...
Apple announced a bunch of new stuff today — here's where to get caught up: http://www.theverge.com/apple-watch-spring-event-2015 ... DLL Editor's Note … DLL Editor's Note -- Overviews were also provided by VentureBeat, TechCrunch, TechCrunch (videos), Wired,
Apple has more than 40 apps lined up for its Watch. .@nateog on what to expect: http://on.wsj.com/1KO2UBP ... Dll Editor's Note -- Articles focused on the Apple watch were also posted by the NY Times, Fast Company, CNET, Wired, Mashable, Bloomberg, VentureBeat,
Apple introduces a reinvented MacBook, starting at $1299 http://tcrn.ch/1x9o5mp ... DLL Editor's note -- This aspect also covered by The Verge (Youtube video), The Verge, CNET, Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Gizmodo,
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A. HBCU Media ... Dozen
Top Story #1 ... Apple & Diversity +++++++++
Apple commits more than $50 million to diversity efforts http://for.tn/1aZts31 ... DLL Editor's Note -- This story also covered by HBCU Buzz, HBCU News, HBCU Digest, The Verge,
Rev. Jesse Jackson lauds Apple's diversity efforts,but says the march isn't over http://on.recode.net/1KS5mXT via @DawnC331
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Top Story #2 ... Howard/DC partnership ++++++++
Happening now: President Frederick & DC Mayor Bowser announce partnership to grow DC's tech & innovation space. ... DLL Editor's note -- The partnership was covered by Technically DC, Washington Business Journal,
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RT #gramfam #hbcu Here Are 3 Tech Companies Backing Up Diversity Efforts With Cash: In ... http://binged.it/1Aqoa5n http://bit.ly/12Bzhxu
Learning from successful practices: The premedical program at Xavier University in New Orlea… http://wp.me/p4f87T-4M via @wordpressdotcom
Thanks for the support! RT @HBCU_Lifestyle: HBCUHacks Tour Comes to Grambling State University http://dlvr.it/8tJctS ... EVENT
Alabama State announces new online masters program in early education. http://www.hbcudigest.com/articles/0315/alabama-state-launches-early-education-online-degree-program.html …
Johnson C. Smith Will Expand Online Education with $1.75M Duke Endowment Grant http://ift.tt/19cdEcG
4 Non-Profits That Empower Black Girls http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-laws/4-nonprofits-that-empower_b_6823204.html … via @blackvoices
Duke Endowment Awards $1.75 Million to @JCSUniversity for Online Learning http://owl.li/K9rkO @CBJnewsroom #NC
Best tweet I've seen all day #HBCU pride ... DLL Editor's note -- ICYMI, the gentleman on the far left, John W. Thompson, is the Chairman of Microsoft's Board + former CEO of Symantec ... AND a proud FAMU alum ... :-)
Forgoing Two-Year Institutions Better for At-Risk Students - Higher Education http://diverseeducation.com/article/70469/ via @twitterapi
Innovative MOOCs Take Learning in New Directions http://ow.ly/KiNzq
Cut through the hype, and MOOCs still have had a lasting impact http://shar.es/1fG48I
Reaching Math Students One by One http://nyti.ms/1AsZppj
Privacy Pitfalls as Education Apps Spread Haphazardly http://nyti.ms/1Ms03de
The big announcement from UTx – TEx | Whitney Kilgore http://ow.ly/3xuP7y ... DLL Editor's Note -- The announcement concerns teaching and learning online in a competency format
.@Classkick Raises $1.7 Million To Tackle The Student Achievement Gap http://on.tcrn.ch/l/t9B1 via @techcrunch. (A @KaporCapital portfolio co)
The future of #MOOC is underway with these @GoogleResearch MOOC Focused Research Awards: http://goo.gl/5icQ9i
"Always keep learning." —A great sentiment to kick off our @edXOnline @Microsoft partnership: http://ow.ly/KaVMQ ... DLL Editor's Note -- This announcement was covered by Campus Technology,
The mind of a teacher and the body of a machine: One school’s experience with a telepresence robot - The Hechinger http://ow.ly/3xukmj
Now you can earn a Yale degree from the comfort of your living room http://f-st.co/vSQ9nK6
.@Accredible Partners With Udacity To Provide Context To Nanodegrees http://on.tcrn.ch/l/hkFw via @techcrunch. (A @KaporCapital portfolio co.)
IPEDS Fall 2013: Distance Education Data Reveals More Than Overall Flat Growth https://wcetblog.wordpress.com/2015/03/10/ipedsenrollments/ … from @RussPoulin & Terri Straut
Yale announces blended online master's degree http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/yale-announces-blended-online-masters-degree/56003?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en …
Funding in a flash: Barnes & Noble invests in online study marketplace, Flashnotes: http://bit.ly/1BqOuA3 #edtech
YouTube's ready to blow your mind with 360-degree videos http://gizmo.do/KsKWXWO ... DLL Editor's Note -- This story also covered by The Verge, TechCrunch, Wired, CNET, ... and six 360 degree videos
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A Re/code re/cap: The Ellen Pao vs. Kleiner Perkins trial -- catch up on what you missed http://on.recode.net/1C8bqYl
BBC's Micro Bit computer will help kids learn to code http://theverge.com/e/7963234 ... DLL Editor's note -- This story about the BBC providing free tiny computers to a million kids also covered by Ars Technica, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, CNET,
Google Code disables new project creation, will shut down on January 25, 2016 http://wp.me/p5hvhT-72xs by @EPro ... DLL Editor's Note -- This story about Google's switch to Github also covered by Ars Technica, Wired,
Read the FCC's net neutrality rules here http://gizmodo.com/read-the-fccs-net-neutrality-rules-here-1691020876 … DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by TechCrunch, Computerworld, NY Times, The Verge,
How Facebook changed the basic tech that runs the Internet http://wrd.cm/1xdivj1
Cybersecurity ...
Symantec research highlights security failures in the connected home http://zd.net/1F7BWjy by @ZDNetCharlie
Apple Pay potential security concerns emerge http://zd.net/1L2PdPq by @natalienoell
Why Israel could be the next #cybersecurity world power @ITworld http://www.itworld.com/article/2894051/why-israel-could-be-the-next-cybersecurity-world-power.html#tk.itwsotd …
.@Wikimedia and @ACLU team up to challenge @NSA_PAO data collection program http://on.recode.net/1Bn8gxy via @amy_schatz ... DLL Editor's Note -- This story also covered by VentureBeat, Gizmodo, CNET,
iPads and iPhones have been targeted by CIA spies for years, say new Snowden documents http://theverge.com/e/7945572 ... DLL Editor's Note -- This story also covered by Mashable, Computerworld, TechCrunch, CNET, Wired, Fast Company, ZDNet
The CIA gave the Justice Deptartment secret technology that tricks cellphones into sharing data. http://on.wsj.com/1AdF6wV
Directory ==> HERE
Top Story #3 ... White House Tech Hire ++++++++++++
FACT: America has about 5 million job openings, more than at any point since 2001 → http://wh.gov/TechHire #TechHire
"It doesn’t matter where you learn to code, it should matter how good you are at writing code." —Obama: http://wh.gov/TechHire #TechHire
"These tech jobs pay 50% more than the average private-sector wage." —Obama: http://wh.gov/TechHire #TechHire
We are thrilled to be part of @WhiteHouse's groundbreaking #TechHire initiative http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/03/09/fact-sheet-president-obama-launches-new-techhire-initiative …
Microsoft, Google, and others to help Obama with new tech workforce initiative http://f-st.co/YlZphGc
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We're hard at work creating a year-long high school CS course. Here's a preview w/ @instagram co-founder @kevin https://youtu.be/15aqFQQVBWU
#DePaul, @Blue1647 partner to teach #business students to code to support of #community projects: http://ow.ly/K9Xaw #Chicago #college
ICYMI: Everything You Need to Know From @BlackFounders AMA with @YCombinator Partner Michael Seibel (@mwseibel) https://medium.com/one-percent/everything-you-need-to-know-from-black-founders-ama-with-y-combinator-partner-michael-seibel-fd5bb42d829b …
“Front-end developers often need to learn those additional back-end skills.” http://buff.ly/1wF4rUg via @udacity
Electrical engineering employment declines nearly 10%, but developers up 12% @DCgov http://www.computerworld.com/article/2896721/electrical-engineering-employment-declines-nearly-10-but-developers-up-12.html
Truly inspired to meet one of my idols @maejemison w/ my daughter today at #SXSW #rolemodels #blackgirlscode
If I could travel back in time... http://buff.ly/1EbSByv ... DLL Editor's note -- In this op ed an experienced developer tells his younger self what he should start learning asap ... :-)
'Unbundling' higher education will allow students to earn new kinds of educational credentials. http://shar.es/1fv9Ce via @chronicle
.@Coursera's Stiglitz says #MOOC revolution is just beginning: http://ow.ly/KiqgB #HigherEd #EdTech #OnlineLearning #SXSWedu
How to break into the mobile app biz w/little cash & no programming skill, by @DavidGewirtz http://zd.net/1ENyKcC
All of the events that announced this week can be found on the DLL's calendar ==> HERE
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