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This week's cover = photo from tweet about Protest in Washington DC, one of many nationwide demonstrations
... Other top stories ==> Twitter chat with Jewel Burks ... Apple-IBM 1st iOS apps ... and Hour of Code
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 12/13/14 @ 6 pm ... Links to previous editions of the Dozens can be found here ==> Back issues can be searched for old tweets.
Twitter Chat with Jewel Burks +++++++
@NewMEAccel Twitter Chat with Jewel Burks #TechDiva -- @6Gems @blackgirlscode @VolunteerBGCNY ==> http://hbcu-levers.blogspot.com/2014/12/dll-storify-of-newme-accelerators.html …… ... DLL Editor's Note -- Jewel Burks is a bona fide Tech Diva who is also an alum of Howard University's Marketing program ... Her comments are so focused, they read more like an elevator pitch than a chat. Readers are therefore advised to follow the links in the intro to the Storify (a) to the extensive TechCrunch article that describes her team's winning presentation at Disrupt SF 2014, and (b) to the 23 minute on-site video interview with Small Empires ... :-)
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Our first PhDs in nanoengineering are being hooded. Congrats and #AggiePride #NCATGrad
RT"@walterttillman: “@UNCF: #UNCF @Morehouse College Wins $700,000 in Tech Grants - http://bit.ly/1yyyzLQ ”"
Tuskegee University Scientists Receive a U.S. Patent: http://www.jbhe.com/2014/12/tuskegee-university-scientists-receive-a-u-s-patent/ … via @JBHEdotcom
Bill and Melina Gates Foundation awards grant to @ClaflinUniv1869 #News19 http://www.wltx.com/story/news/education/2014/12/11/claflin-to-receive-grant-from-bill--melina-gates-foundation/20247437/ …
AUDIO: @SpelmanCollege Sets Pace in Sciences http://wabe.org/post/spelman-sets-pace-sciences … … via @wabenews @wabedalton #STEM
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund has given @Morehouse $700,000 in Microsoft software from its Technology Initiative!
Minority & female scholars more likely to lose interest in academic careers in biomed science @insidehighered http://shar.es/13Gy2V
#HBCU #HU Hemispherx Announces Data Showing Inhibition of Ebola by Ampligen(R) Enlarged... http://binged.it/1zMe0xx http://bit.ly/17nRYEV ... DLL Editor's Note -- This research was conducted at Howard University
An Open Letter of Love to Black Students - Higher Education http://diverseeducation.com/article/68308/ via @twitterapi
#hbcu #tsu DHS S&T Provides $2.8 Million in Scientific Leadership Award Grants to Six M... http://binged.it/1GbIBXs http://bit.ly/14T8ahI
#hbcu #tsu DHS S&T provides $2.8 million in scientific leadership award grants to six m... http://binged.it/1zkr92I http://bit.ly/14T8ahI
@JacksonStateU celebrates diversity with 6 minority Ph.D. chemists graduating http://www.jsumsnews.com/?p=15940 @JSUNAA #THEEiLOVE
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.@UTEP Partners with @Pearson to Launch UTEP Connect and Expand Access for Underserved Students http://ow.ly/FJlxP
Can active learning techniques and flexible classroom seating improve student outcomes?
https://wwwinsidehighered.com/news/2014/12/12/interactive-learning-spaces-center-ball-state-us-faculty-development-program …
iRobot announces programmable robot platform for #STEM to inspire next generation of robotic leaders #edtech http://ow.ly/FFr81
Opinion: Cost of College a Problem But Diversity Issue More Serious #SREBGoAlliance http://diverseeducation.com/article/68288/ @DiverseIssues
C. General Technology ... Issues in the broader technical environment that impact teaching, learning, research, hackers, and entrepreneurs ... Half Dozen + 1
Apple-IBM Partnership's first iOS apps ++++++++++++
That Apple-IBM venture just offered up its first iOS apps http://cnet.co/1yzQamI ... DLL Editor's Note -- This story also covered by Bloomberg Tech, TechCrunch, Wired
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D. Hackers, Entrepreneurs, & Supporters ... Half Dozen 
Growing reliance seen on smartphones and tablets @matthamblen http://www.computerworld.com/article/2856188/growing-reliance-seen-on-smartphones-and-tablets-over-laptops-and-pcs.html …
Android users: These are the apps, songs, and games you downloaded in 2014 http://venturebeat.com/2014/12/11/google-reveals-what-apps-games-and-songs-topped-play-store-charts-in-2014/ …
Microsoft releases a suite of MSN-branded mobile applications that run on iOS, Android and Amazon devices http://tcrn.ch/1slOhI8 ... DLL Editor's Note -- This story also covered by CNET
ICYMI: Google releases Android Studio 1.0 http://venturebeat.com/2014/12/08/google-releases-android-studio-1-0-the-first-stable-version-of-its-ide/ … ... DLL Editor's Note -- This story also covered by Android Developers Blog
Directory ==> HERE
Computer Science Education Week -- Hour of Code3 +++++
"Hour of Code" in Computer Science Education Week ... #hbcus #hbcu #edtech #hackathon ==> http://hbcu-levers.blogspot.com/2014/12/hour-of-code-in-computer-science.html … ... DLL Editor's Note -- This story also covered by TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Google
Today Obama became the 1st US President to write a computer program #HourOfCode @WhiteHouse http://www.wired.com/2014/12/obama-becomes-first-president-write-computer-program/ … DLL Editor's Note -- This story also covered by TechCrunch, ABC News (video), CNET
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Chicago's @BLUE1647 Expands to Increase Tech Diversity In St. Louis http://chicagoinno.streetwise.co/2014/12/12/tech-diversity-blue1647-to-expand-to-st-louis/ …
The @sfchronicle profiles the efforts of @KaporCenter's @BenJealous to diversify tech http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/A-tree-shaker-and-a-jelly-maker-try-to-fix-tech-5940419.php …
Meet the woman who put the first man on the moon. Her code landed Apollo. https://medium.com/@3fingeredfox/margaret-hamilton-lead-software-engineer-project-apollo-158754170da8 …
Video from the @BlackGirlsCode & @YWCABrooklyn Women of Color in #STEM Career panel in October https://e4news.wordpress.com/2014/12/10/92/ #WoCinSTEM
Whose Your Landlord checks out your place for you before you rent it http://tcrn.ch/1siK6wG ... DLL Editor's Note -- Check out the DLL's Storify of the NewME Accelerator Twitter chat with Ofo Ezeugwu, founder and CEO of Whose Your Landlord (@wylandlord) in August 2014
E. Tech Views -- Comments and Opinions ... Dozen
6 Things I learned From Y Combinator's Startup School http://bit.ly/1qYNdNz
Ferguson to Silicon Valley: 'All part of the same fight' http://usat.ly/1ArvVJZ via @USATODAY @laurawp @CODE2040
4 Reasons Why A Launch Event Is A Must Attend http://bit.ly/1v9Yl7T
Lessons Learned While Working to Build Black Tech Community https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/lessons-learned-while-working-to-build-black-tech-community …
Diversity for Sale @modelviewculture https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/diversity-for-sale …
Here are the top 5 skills employers look for in a #MobileApp Developer via @B2Community http://ow.ly/Fogf1 http://ow.ly/i/7RSug
Facebook's first female engineer speaks out on tech's gender gap http://wrd.cm/1GuJeeJ
Silicon Valley startups are turning diversity into a business by offering Big Data tools to solve issue. http://bloom.bg/1DhbvsS by @dinabass
Ken Coleman, black pioneer in Silicon Valley, speaks out on Silicon Valley's lack of diversity ==> http://ow.ly/FJ8lq
White man curses, threatens cops with a rifle. So naturally cops spend 40 minutes TALKING him down. #Ferguson #Brewer http://m.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/08/1350348/-911-Caller-There-s-a-Man-with-a-Gun-so-naturally-Police-sit-down-with-him-and-Talk?detail=email …
Lack of computer skills WILL impact your job search. Get training. #HR
Protests throughout the nation +++++++
Washington and New York
Congressional staff
Medical Schools
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F. Tech Calendar ... Quarter Dozen + 1Washington and New York
What the #Justice4all march looks like in D.C. http://wapo.st/1yMZyZh .... DLL Editor's Note -- Demonstrations in New York and DC were also covered by the NY Times, Bloomberg
Congressional staff
Medical Schools
Howard University College of Medicine #WhiteCoatsForBlackLives
Powerful image of #EricGarner protesters shutting down I-80 in Berkeley. http://mashable.com/2014/12/09/garner-berkeley-interstate-80/?utm_cid=hp-hh-pri … DLL Editor's Note -- This story also covered by USA Today
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The calendar listing all previously posted events is found ==> HERE
Join the next #yeswecode chat on Sun 12/14 at 8pm CT. Topic: What #tech projects are u working on & how can we support you? ... EVENT
Join us next Tuesday for our final civic hack night of 2014: http://www.meetup.com/codeforatlanta/events/219088970/ … EVENT
#BlendedLearning: Leading Education's Digital Future. Submit your presentation Dec 10/14 - Feb 9/15 http://ow.ly/FJfPL ... EVENT
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