Last update: Sunday 11/30/14 @ 12:06 am
This week's cover = photo from tweet about HBCU students protest no indictment in FergusonOther top stories ==> #BlackOutBlackFriday
... Online sales on Thanksgiving and Black Friday
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 11/29/14 @ 12 noon ... Links to previous editions of the Dozens can be found here ==> Back issues can be searched for old tweets.
Cover Story -- HBCU students protest
Students protest lack of indictment in fatal shooting of Michael Brown:
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/11/25/students-protest-lack-indictment-ferguson …
@HBCU_Lifestyle Morehouse students gather at @CNN
A. HBCU Media ... Half Dozen + 2 (including cover story)
RT #famu #hbcu With grant funding, UF, FAMU partner on program to train minorities as c... http://binged.it/1rDX6Ce http://bit.ly/10CfyKc
#TougalooCollege & MeharryMedical College.Medical pioneer Dr. Aaron Shirley has died - NewsTimes http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Medical-pioneer-Dr-Aaron-Shirley-has-died-5922818.php?cmpid=twitter … via @NewsTimes
#hbcu #spelman Biodegradable Drones Might Be In Our Future: A team, consisting of stude... http://binged.it/1yo9ypS http://bit.ly/17eztnc ... DLL Editor's Note -- Spelman College is a member of the research team
U.S. Patent Issued to Tuskegee University Researchers for Detection of Biological Threat and Foodborne… http://wp.me/p1lRB1-8Uc
Higher Education Grants of Interest to African Americans http://www.jbhe.com/?p=46836 ... DLL Editor's Note -- HBCU grantees include Virginia State University, Meharry Medical College, and Jackson State University
Reasons for #students pursuing #STEM fields vary: check out study of 8,000 participants from STEM/non-STEM fields http://bit.ly/1Fs0wJ2
Thanksgiving and Black Friday
Black Friday is the new Cyber Monday http://wp.me/p5hvhT-6M8c ... DLL Editor's Note -- Thanksgiving/Black Friday online sales also covered by TechCrunch, TechCrunch (again, Best Buy server crash), CNET (global Black Friday), VentureBeat (PayPal big revenue), CNET (Best Buy server crash), Computerworld (Apple sales)
RT @sgaudin: First #robot & networked tablets head to West Africa to fight #Ebola outbreak. http://bit.ly/1xGrmZy
Is it December 2015 yet? http://venturebeat.com/2014/11/28/you-can-now-watch-the-first-trailer-for-star-wars-the-force-awakens-on-itunes/ … ... DLL Editor's Note -- This story also covered by TechCrunch
Apple reaches $700 billion market valuation, first U.S. company to reach that mark. $AAPL http://bloom.bg/1ySv9p4
Google search for mobile devices adds details about products, and where to buy them http://venturebeat.com/2014/11/23/google-search-on-smartphones-and-tablets-now-shows-product-details-with-360-degree-view-and-where-to-buy/ … DLL Editor's Note -- This story also covered by CNET
Digital currencies are a technological innovation for moving value digitally & securely & quickly: http://onforb.es/1y5eizS
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Beyonce's Audio Engineer Young Guru Rising as a Startup Adviser http://on.recode.net/1xXZkxR by @NellieBowles
Why Coding Boot Camps Are Gaining Momentum http://blog.generalassemb.ly/new-school-boot-camps-economy-game-changer/ … via @GA
Silicon Valley wasn't always a total bro-fest. Here's how tech's gender gap got worse http://wrd.cm/1pj5O7p
16 best entrepreneurship and business leadership articles of the year @larrykim http://bit.ly/1xTQTUq (via @inc)
E. Techs' Views -- Comments and Opinions ... Half Dozen + 3
#BlackOutBlackFriday
#BlackOutBlackFriday hashtag has generated over 10 million impressions. Keep the awareness going.
What the #BlackoutBlackFriday movement is all about: http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/26/opinion/obrien-arce-blackoutblackfriday/index.html …
What if, every Friday, Black people spent money with Black businesses who commit a % of that $ to select initiatives? #BlackOnBlackFridays
"Everyone should read the #KernerCommissionReport of 1968.It is a blueprint on what happened & what is happening now." -#RevWendellAnthony.
Not surprised at all. Get Mad. And turn that anger into productive action. #FergusonDecision
If a prosecutor refuses to prosecute, then no indictment. Prosecutor drowned grand jury in data, but never gave normal direction. #Ferguson
I'll never forget this moment. Our justice system failed once again. #justuceformikebrown http://instagram.com/p/vzl9K6yukG/
Have a care, those of us called upon to analyze and/or comment on this moment in US history. not flinch or eat your heart. #Ferguson
The idea that these terrified public officials and media talkers "won't tolerate" disruptive behavior presumes they can stop it. #Ferguson
All of this generation who believed the claims of post-racial American have now discovered that racism is ever present in today's society.
F. Tech Calendar ... Half Dozen + 2
The calendar listing all previously posted events is found ==> HERE
We're hosting an Hour of Code during Computer Science Week, December 8th-14th. Free event for all wanting to learn. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hour-of-code-at-blue1647-tickets-13809637999
#BayArea Technical VOLUNTEERS... we need you with us at our ROBOT EXPO! http://ow.ly/EhHCq http://fb.me/3lqrRmu69
Some of the brightest minds in programming are coming together for @hack_summit to support nonprofits like us! http://hacksummit.org/
RT @yeswecode: Want to learn to code? Apply for @FlatironSchool's next fellowship Jan-June 2015 #yeswecode http://flatironschool.com/nycworkforce1/
#job #hiring #NYC Program Assistant position: want to empower youth through #programming workshops? #apply by 12/15 http://codenow.org/program-assist
Attn. #BayArea young men of color! Learn about coding & careers in tech Dec 13 at @LaneyCollege. Free!... http://fb.me/6SM8nvupH
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