Last update: Sunday 5/3/15 @ 10:00 am
This week's cover = photo/graphic from tweet about Microsoft's Build 2015
... Other top stories = Baltimore --
Voices from HBCUs ... New college rankings from Brookings Institute ...Another record quarter for Apple
... Other top stories = Baltimore --
Voices from HBCUs ... New college rankings from Brookings Institute ...Another record quarter for Apple
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 5/2/15 @ 12 noon ... Links to previous editions of the Dozens can be found ==> Back issues.
Cover Story ++++++++++++
Everything we learned about Windows 10 today http://gizmo.do/GDrEWyJ ... DLL Editor's note -- Overviews of Microsoft's announcements also provided by The Verge, Wall Street Journal, Mashable, VentureBeat,
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A. HBCU Media ... Half Dozen
Top Story #1 +++++++++++
Baltimore -- Voices from HBCUs inside and nearby
Group photo with some of our amazing @MorganStateU volunteers helping to clean up Baltimore today 
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Student leaders from COPPIN STATE UNIVERSITY and MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY assist in the cleanup efforts. http://fb.me/3dnEZKSsc
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Congrats to Simmons College of Kentucky on becoming the Official 107th HBCU! http://owl.li/3xNR7z
TSU and Vanderbilt to lead coalition to increase number of minority students who earn STEM Ph.Ds. http://ow.ly/Mf3rx
HU research team selected to lead NASA search for life on distant worlds http://news.hamptonu.edu/release/HU-research-team-selected-to-lead-NASA-search-for-life-on-distant-worlds# …
Seven percent of all STEM degrees awarded from #HBCUs and 30 percent of all engineering degrees come from Morgan State. #MorganMonday
“HU Insight” among Second Round Winners of $1M Challenge to Hack Journalism Education http://ow.ly/MkWQu
Congressmen Cross Aisle to Fight for HBCUs http://diverseeducation.com/article/72021/
Top Story #2 +++++++++++
.@BrookingsInst researchers release a new take on college rankings: bit.ly/1DJTMpc .. DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by the Chronicle,
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What Do Coding Bootcamps Mean for #HigherEd ? https://wcetblog.wordpress.com/2015/04/30/lhcodingbootcamp/ … Thanks @LearningHouse #edtech #eLearning
What will credentialing look like in 10 years? A new report offers 4 scenarios: http://ow.ly/MleSl
Wearable teaching? @penn_state will experiment with Apple Watch as a learning tool http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/wearable-teaching-college-to-experiment-with-apple-watch-as-learning-tool/56459?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en …
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Ed-Tech Startup Funding (The Year So Far) http://dlvr.it/9dCHZD
Joel Klein's next big challenge: uniting @Amplify's sprawling #edtech tools under one company: http://bit.ly/1InKMf7
#California is distributing $50M for tech solutions to #HigherEd retention problems: http://tech.mg/2ta3uA
Digital Learning Lab retweeted
World's biggest for-profit college chain plans $1 billion IPO http://bloom.bg/1GmGSRa
MOOCs, online, blended ...
ICYMI: Busting the Myth: Distance Education Enrollment http://wcet.wiche.edu/learn/busting-the-myth-distance-education …
What is being learned from MOOCs? New report takes stock http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/what-is-being-learned-from-moocs-new-report-takes-stock/56487?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en …
Research: Brief Online Interventions Can Improve Student Achievement http://campustechnology.com/articles/2015/04/29/research-brief-online-interventions-can-improve-student-achievement.aspx …
Technological advances lead more business schools to launch online MBA programs:
http://bit.ly/1DJVTcD
How @SchoolYourself made their MOOCs 450% more engaging: http://ow.ly/Mbq2x http://ow.ly/i/ay1OL #edtech
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Growth in China, iPhone 6 push Apple to another record quarter @martyn_williams http://www.computerworld.com/article/2915512/it-industry/growth-in-china-iphone-6-push-apple-to-another-record-quarter.html … ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Fast Company, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, TechCrunch, Re/code, CNET, ZDNet, Bloomberg, VentureBeat,
Why Tesla's battery for your home should terrify utilities http://theverge.com/e/7797732 ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by the New York Times, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat,
LinkedIn Q1: Revenue beats street but weak outlook sends stocks plunging http://zd.net/1DFmI0n by @natalienoell ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by TechCrunch, Re/code,
Apple Watch costs under $85 to make http://zd.net/1QPaJrz @the_pc_doc
Samsung takes back global smartphone sales crown from Apple in Q1 2015 http://onvb.co/8rljdrC ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Computerworld,
Google Now just got way more useful: http://gizmo.do/CqsiF9o ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by TechCrunch, Mashable, Wired, ZDNet, VentureBeat,
China passes US to become Apple's biggest iPhone market http://cnet.co/1FsDupj ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also coveed by Bloomberg,
IBM claims another step toward quantum computing http://zd.net/1baZ9WC @ldignan
Apple and IBM's latest partnership is about helping Japanese seniors with iPads http://theverge.com/e/8284228?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=article&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter … DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by the New York Times, Fast Company, TechCrunch,
Cybersecurity, privacy, & cybercrime ...
A software bug could cause Boeing 787s to lose control in mid air http://theverge.com/e/8294778?utm_campaign=kwameopam&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …
Tech Companies Line Up Behind Surveillance Reform Bill http://tcrn.ch/1OFQcXP by @Cat_Zakrzewsk
Boards are on high alert over security threats @CIOonline http://www.cio.com/article/2909262/boards-are-on-high-alert-over-security-threats#tk.ciosotd …
Directory ==> HERE
How DC civic hackers helped spread #BaltimoreLunch http://bit.ly/1AqjJc8
What Exactly Is the Maker Movement? - http://goo.gl/alerts/jxXO #GoogleAlerts
The most influential man in hip-hop that you’ve never heard of is lending his talents to Silicon Valley. http://on.wsj.com/1GzxJCC
How Comcast invests in racial diversity http://tinyurl.com/paj2z9r
BLUE1647 Englewood Tech Accelerator Opens on Chicago's South Side | Chicago Inno - http://bit.ly/1DVIX2C
Google’s Dart language on Android aims for Java-free, 120 FPS apps http://ars.to/1GLJnN7 by @RonAmadeo
Everything you need to know about porting Android and iOS apps to Windows 10 http://onvb.co/SAVfEsT by @EPro
Why Enterprise Mobile Apps Are Most Lucrative To Build In 2015 - Forbes http://onforb.es/1DVVW4o
Less Noise but More Money in Data Science http://nyti.ms/1zjD1oK
A severe diversity gap comes to light at computer security firms http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2015/04/21/a-severe-diversity-gap-comes-to-light-at-computer.html?ana=twt … via @svbizjournal #diversityintech
DLL Storify of @BlackGirlsCode "Build a Game in a Day" Workshop -- Dallas, 4/25/15 #DiversityInTech ==> http://hbcu-levers.blogspot.com/2015/04/dll-storify-of-black-girls-code-build.html …
"Even as a woman of color who talks of these issues, I experience bias myself. We ALL experience bias." -@6Gems of @blackgirlscode #99conf
A new initiatives from @C_Innovative - We teach what we do in hopes of making a difference
Views: Shifting from being a professor to a coach in a competency-based program isn't easy, but it pays off: http://bit.ly/1GzRX4u
Google faces enormous forces in the fight over the future of Android http://wrd.cm/1OxcgUm
"We are undercutting ourselves by not supporting basic science.” The U.S. was faulted for risking its edge in R&D. http://on.wsj.com/1GqwmGi ... DLL Editor's note -- Access to this article requires a WSJ subscription
Long form ... good reads ... :-)
Economic View: Andreessen Horowitz, Dealmaker to the Stars of Silicon Valley http://nyti.ms/1bKNkqJ
Hack Education Weekly News http://dlvr.it/9d7cWz
Our Sunday @nytimesbusiness cover story is on Microsoft's "37-year-old" chief executive http://nyti.ms/1HV6wyg
All of the events that announced this week can be found on the DLL's calendar ==> HERE
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