TECH Dozens for week ending 5/28/16

Last update: Sunday 5/29/16 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = photo from tweet that Google wins Android/Java lawsuit against Oracle  ... Other top stories = SpaceX lands again ... Facebook & Microsoft build super fast cable under Atlantic ... and Inspector General says Secy Clinton broke State Dept email rules

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment opportunities and more diverse entrepreneurial opportunities in information technology (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant innovations in Ed Tech and Info Tech ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 5/28/16. 

A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views  ... 

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DLL Storify of @Blue1647 #CodeDay #Chicago -- Friday 5/21 & Saturday 5/22/16

Last update: Sunday 5/2216

CodeDay was a nationwide event wherein student programmers, artists, musicians, actors, and everyone else could get together and build apps and games for 24 hours. Students of all skill levels were welcome.  Workshops and mentors were available for newcomers.

TECH Dozens -- Week Ending Saturday 5/21/16

Last update: Sunday 5/21/16 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = graphic from tweet about Google's I/O 2016 conference keynote ... Other top stories = Uber tests self-driving cars in Pittsburgh ... Public HBCUs in North Carolina facing legislative threats ... and Twitter appoints CEO of BET to its board

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment opportunities and more diverse entrepreneurial opportunities in information technology (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant innovations in Ed Tech and Info Tech ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 5/21/16. 

A. HBCUS | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views  ... 

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Black STEM pipelines from top U.S. institutions

Last update: Monday 5/19/18

In recent years substantial national attention has focused on the so-called lack of sufficient Black talent in the educational pipelines that lead to careers in information technology and other STEM fields. 

TECH Dozens -- Week Ending Saturday 5/14/16

Last update: Sunday 5/15/16 @ 2:30 pm

This week's cover = graphic from tweet that Facebook's Trending Topics may reflect bias of human editors ... Other top stories = Viv offers successor to Siri ... Hyperloop One passes first public test ... and Apple invests $1 billion in Didi, Uber's main competition in China

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment opportunities and more diverse entrepreneurial opportunities in information technology (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant innovations in Ed Tech and Info Tech ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 5/14/16. 

A. HBCUS | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views  ... 

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DLL Storify of the Black Enterprise #BESmart Idea Lab: The E-Summit Business Solutions Challenge! -- Saturday 5/7/16

Last update: Saturday 5/7/16

The Idea Lab, sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was a component of this year's Black Enterprise four-day Summit (5/4/16 to 5/7/16) in Miami. Five teams of HBCU students competed: Florida A&M University, Fort Valley State University, Bethune-Cookman University, Morgan State University, and Hampton University

TECH Dozens -- Week Ending Saturday 5/7/16

Last update: Sunday 5/8/16 @ 8:30 am

This week's cover = photo from tweet about President Obama's speech at Howard University ... Other top stories = SpaceX lands on drone ship ... Tesla will deliver 500,000 cars a year by 2018 ... and Project Include promotes diversity

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment opportunities and more diverse entrepreneurial opportunities in information technology (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant innovations in Ed Tech and Info Tech ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 5/7/16.

A. HBCUS | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views  ... 

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DLL Storify of Black Girls CODE, Bay Area Chapter, "Build a Game in a Day" -- Saturday 4/30/16

Last update: Sunday 5/1/16 

This Black Girls CODE workshop introduced its students to game design and development. Intended for girls 7 to 17, the workshop encouraged student-driven learning, as participants thought analytically, designed, played, and coded in real-time. 

TECH Dozens for Week Ending Saturday 4/30/16

Last update: Sunday 5/1/16 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = graphic from tweet that Amazon reports high revenue, strong profits for Q1 ... Other top stories = Facebook triples its profits ... Apple's revenue drops ... and  FBI may soon hack computers anywhere

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment opportunities and more diverse entrepreneurial opportunities in information technology (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant innovations in Ed Tech and Info Tech ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 4/30/16. 

A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views  ... 

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