"TECH Dozens" -- HBCU Sunday Magazine -- Week Ending 6/7/14

Last updated: Sunday 6/8/14 @ 11:33 pm

Below find links to the Digital Learning Lab's "Dozens" of favorite tech news items posted by HBCU media and other media on Twitter about HBCUs' use of technology to enhance their teaching, research, and community services -- for the week ending Saturday 6/12/14 @ 12 noon ... in chronological order from latest to earliest 
... Links to previous editions of TECH Dozens can be found here ==> Back issues ... Note that back issues can be searched for old tweets.

A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Gen Tech | D. Hackers | E. Events

 Cover = Photo of scrap of code from tweet about Apple's new Swift language in General Technology section ... Other top stories include the Hackathons in Brooklyn and Oakland sponsored by BlackGirlsCode in Hackers section         

A. HBCU News ... Half Dozen

1. HBCU News @hbcunews  ·  Jun 6

   #hbcu #tsu NASA Selects Minority University Teams for 2014 Microgravity Research Flight... http://binged.it/1kJV0Lk  http://bit.ly/14T8ahI 
2. HBCU Lifestyle @HBCU_Lifestyle  ·  Jun 5

   HBCU-Levers: Directory of HBCU Online & Blended Degree Programs: http://owl.li/xEHwQ  http://fb.me/3aAnLuJEt 

   
   
3. HBCU Lifestyle @HBCU_Lifestyle  ·  Jun 5

   Best Online Graduate Programs: NCAT Technology School Makes 2015 List: http://owl.li/xEJuE 

   
   
4. Diverse Issues @DiverseIssues  ·  Jun 5

   Innovation is Focus of #HBCU @_HamptonU Digital Media Center - #HigherEd http://diverseeducation.com/article/64687/ 

   
   
5. Howard University @HowardU  ·  Jun 3

   Congratulations to the Biology Department on recently receiving a $1.4 million grant from the Howard Hughes... http://fb.me/2EeB7FsfC 

   
   
6. North Carolina A&T @ncatsuaggies  ·  Jun 2

   #NCAT receives grant to study an aggressive form of breast cancer prevalent in African American women. #ncatnews http://www.ncat.edu/news/2014/05/nabj-award.html …

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B. Educational Technology ... Dozen

1. EDUCAUSE @educause  ·  Jun 2

   Competency-Based Education Programs versus Traditional Data Management http://goo.gl/Pv7sl6  #EDUCAUSEReview #CBE

   
   
2. Google Enterprise @GoogleAtWork  ·  Jun 6

   Director of Technology, @aseldow, of @ccpsinfo, embraces digital education with 32,000 #Chromebooks http://goo.gl/lRXCwf  #goneGoogle

   
   
3. Digital Learning Lab @DLLOnline  ·  Jun 6

   One semester in, students satisfied with unfinished Georgia Tech online degree program @insidehighered http://shar.es/Po7i1 

   
   
4. LT Wynn @Pubhistorian  ·  Jun 5
   Carnegie Mellon has more women comp-sci majors than ever before http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/05/carnegie-mellon-has-more-women-comp-sci-majors-than-ever-before/ … via @VentureBeat
5. EDUCAUSE @educause  ·  Jun 5

   Digital badges support your achievements: work accomplished, leadership demonstrated, & knowledge shared. #EBadges http://goo.gl/8IhaKu 

   
   
6. Digital Learning Lab @DLLOnline  ·  Jun 4

   Via Tablet or Smartphone, MOOCs Are Gateway to Free Education http://nyti.ms/1mTH2ET 

   
   
7. Digital Learning Lab @DLLOnline  ·  Jun 4

   Will MOOCs Undermine Top Business Schools, or Help Them? http://shar.es/VLiej  via @chronicle

   
   
8. MERLOT @MERLOTorg  ·  Jun 3

   Far From a Threat, #MOOCs Could Help Solve the B-School Diversity Problem http://buswk.co/1oT5hrz  via @BW
9. Digital Learning Lab @DLLOnline  ·  Jun 3

   The education-reform movement is too white to do any good http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/06/02/the-education-reform-movement-is-too-white-to-do-any-good/ … via @washingtonpost

   DLL Editor's Note -- The author's controversial points are especially relevant to reforms based on high-tech innovations
10. VentureBeat @VentureBeat  ·  Jun 3

    12 games that teach kids to code — and are even fun, too. http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/12-games-that-teach-kids-to-code/ …

    
    
11. Digital Learning Lab @DLLOnline  ·  Jun 3

    Video series aims to help instructors help first-generation students @insidehighered http://shar.es/VPm0t 

    
    
12. Digital Learning Lab @DLLOnline  ·  Jun 3

    U.S. releases data on distance education enrollments @insidehighered http://shar.es/VPaG8 

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C. General Technology ... Issues in the broader technical environment that impact teaching, learning, research, hackers, and Internet entrepreneurs ... Half Dozen

1. VentureBeat @VentureBeat  ·  Jun 3

   Everything Apple announced at WWDC, in 2 minutes http://wp.me/p1re2-6ear  by @harrisonweber

   
   
2. Digital Learning Lab @DLLOnline  ·  Jun 6

   9 new iOS features from Apple’s WWDC that Android already had http://www.networkworld.com/article/2358601/opensource-subnet/9-new-ios-features-from-apple-s-wwdc-that-android-already-had.html … via @networkworld

   
   
3. BlacksInTechnology @blkintechnology  ·  Jun 6

   Blacks In Technology sent one of our own to #oreillysolid conf Where SW and HW meet Read abt it here https://www.blacksintechnology.net/bit-at-solid-2014-where-hardware-and-software-meet-everywhere/ … @OReillyMedia
4. VentureBeat @VentureBeat  ·  Jun 5

   Our top story this morning: A programmer’s view of Apple’s new Swift language http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/a-programmers-view-of-apples-new-swift-language/ … pic.twitter.com/VM4Cep2OLt

   
   
5. Digital Learning Lab @DLLOnline  ·  Jun 5
   Why Apple's Swift might be the new BASIC, and that's no small thing via @ZDNet, @DavidGewirtz http://zd.net/1pQTxTz 

   
   
6. VentureBeat @VentureBeat  ·  Jun 4

   Inside the development of Swift, Apple's passion project 4 years in the making http://bit.ly/1nP8I2V  pic.twitter.com/sOJydaCQqG

   

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D. Hackers, Internet Entrepreneurs, & Supporters ... Half Dozen 
Directory ==> HERE

1. Digital Learning Lab @DLLOnline  ·  6m

   (temporary) Storify of tweets from 1st day of @BlackGirlsCode #hackathons ... #hbcus ==> http://hbcu-levers.blogspot.com/2014/06/hackathons-blackgirlscodecom-brooklyn.html …

   
   
2. VentureBeat @VentureBeat  ·  7h

   This map reveals exactly where Silicon Valley gets its talent http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/06/this-map-reveals-exactly-where-silicon-valley-gets-its-talent/ … pic.twitter.com/lNqoufaLtV

   
    

   
   
3. VentureBeat @VentureBeat  ·  20h

   Swift is great, but you should still know Objective-C first http://wp.me/p1re2-6eQv 

   
   

   
   
4. HBCU News @hbcunews  ·  Jun 6

   #HBCU #PQC Jesse Jackson hopes to see more diverse high-tech workforce: Among Jackson’s stops in Dallas was Pa... http://binged.it/1mhPxb3 
5. Laura Weidman Powers @laurawp  ·  Jun 4

   It's true! @CODE2040 is hiring! https://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/15434910?trk=vsrp_jobs_res_pri_act&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A2528857441401840042938%2CVSRPtargetId%3A15434910%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary …
   
   
6. Black Founders @blackfounders  ·  Jun 4

   Congrats on winning, you guys!!! RT @hackthehood: Yeah!!!!!!!! Hack The Hood = #Googleimpactchallenge Top 4! $500,000!

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E. Tech Calendar ... One-Third Dozen ... :-)
The calendar listing all previously posted events is found ==> HERE

1. The Sloan Consortium @SloanConsortium  ·  Jun 6

   Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning is the premier global gathering covering this field http://ow.ly/xGzT8 
   
2. Black Founders @blackfounders  ·  Jun 5

   Do you have tech, data science, and/or marketing skills? Use them to win a meeting with Vinod Khosla http://www.eventbrite.com/e/debug-dc-growthathon-for-immigration-reform-tickets-11498082073- … #DebugDC

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3. YesWeCodeHack @YesWeCodeHack  ·  Jun 3

   Calling all designers, programmers + problem-solvers: Hack w us during #EssenceFest. Sign up here: http://bit.ly/YWCHackEventbrite … #YWCHack #HackNOLA
4. The Sloan Consortium @SloanConsortium  ·  Jun 5

   HBCUs: Breaking Barriers to Expand the Legacy into Online Learning http://ow.ly/xEANx 

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