Sunday, July 10, 2016

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 7/9/16

Last update: Sunday 7/3/16 @ 2:30 pm
This week's cover = Black Americans killed by police in Baton Rouge and Saint Paul ... Other top stories = 5 Police Officers killed in Dallas ... Demonstrations throughout the nation ... and Robot kills assailant in Dallas


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 7/9/16.

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

Calendars:  #EdTech and #DiversityInTech 

Top Stories 2015: Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4


Cover Story ...  Police shootings ++++++++++++   
  1. Philando Castile's girlfriend recounts fatal shooting, demands governor's support   ... DLL editor's note -- These stories also covered by Washington Post, CBS News, NY Times
  1. Watch speak on the fatal shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile:

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Top Story #1 ... Police killed in Dallas +++++++++++
  1. Witnesses said protesters were marching peacefully when the gunfire started in   ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Washington Post, New York Times, NY Times video
  1. The shooting is the deadliest incident for U.S. law enforcement since 9/11
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Top Story #2 ... Demonstrations +++++++++++
  1. A demonstration in St. Paul against the police shooting of Philando Castile turned tense ... DLL editor's note -- Demonstrations also covered by NY Times (Baton Rouge), CNN (Phoenix), CNN (Atlanta)
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A. HBCUS ... Half-Dozen + 1
  1. Member of Morgan’s Civil Engineering faculty receives Education Excellence Award: .
  1. Congrats to Jalin Powell, the recipient of a full Engineering scholarship to from .
  1. Every U.S. President since Carter established and renewed Executive Orders to strengthen . The value of our HBCUs needs no defense.
  1. Dr. Ivory Toldson Steps Down As White House Initiative On HBCUs Leader -
  1. Enterprising research program between and . ... https://t.co/VSk6udD1B9
  1. Dr. Antonio Baines explains treatment targets in :
  1. Bowie State's Allissa Richardson live chats w/ abt recent police shootings:
B. Ed Tech ... Dozen + 1
  1. Poll finds public opposition to considering and in college
  1. How do the Top-Tier Business Schools Increase Student Diversity? via
  1. Make Way for Boston's Latest Edtech'lings:
  1. BREAKING: Clinton proposes tuition-free public higher ed for families w/ incomes up to $125K
    131 retweets60 likes
  1. 6 Implications of the Next-Generation Digital Learning Environments () Framework by | ... https://t.co/z0DVgs1g63
  1. Top 7 Campus Technology Stories in June: gamification, makerspaces, open educational resources and more
  2. Could these 3 burgeoning nontraditional pathways be a boon for traditional institutions? via
  3. drops college requirement
  1. News: Army programs boost students' interest in STEM - The Army Educational Outreach Program Students reported ...
  1. Ideas: is where I look to. Building a Pathway to Student Success at Georgia State via . ... https://t.co/rbN1tWICzL
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Competency-Based Education (CBE) ...
  1. How does influence Ss learning capacities? discusses new research
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MOOCs, online, blended, flipped ...
  1. Is making it easy for students to cheat? New study investigates students' homework activity:
  1. For Students Taking Online Courses, a Completion Paradox via
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C. Info Tech ... Issues in the broader technical environment that impact teaching, learning, research, hackers, and entrepreneurs ... Dozen + 6
  1. How Facebook Live became our new global distress signal
  1. The exoneration of Mark Hughes shows TV and Twitter working in tandem   ... DLL editor's note -- This story also covered by Blavity, Fast Company
  1. Facebook published its policies on graphic live videos, but questions still remain   ... DLL editor's note -- This story also covered by Business Insider, TechCrunch
  1. How blockchain is likely to transform IT and business via &   ... DLL Editor's note -- An intro to blockchain also provided by Government Technology
  1. The tech behind Juno, NASA's Jupiter orbiter, explained   ... DLL Editor's note -- The Juno probe's successful orbit also covered by Business Insider, NY Times ... and NASA


    The tech behind Juno, NASA's Jupiter orbiter, explained http://tcrn...More
  1. Amazon reportedly planning a physical bookstore in New York City  ... DLL Editor's note -- this story also covered by Engadget
  1. CERN physicists have unveiled a batch of new exotic particles
  1. Samsung's new microSD cards are 5x faster than anything you currently own   ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by ExtremeTech
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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ...
  1. LinkedIn filing details bidding war resulting in Microsoft acquisition
  1. Samsung just had its most profitable quarter in over two years  ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Engadget, Wall Street Journal
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Self-driving vehicles ...
  1. Tesla and Google Take Different Roads to Self-Driving Car ... https://t.co/eZRbRF44qG
  1. Report: Feds are probing another possible Tesla Autopilot crash  ... DLL Editor's note -- this story also covered by TechCrunch
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Virtual/augmented/mixed reality ...
  1. Are You Ready for 'Second Life 2.0' in VR?
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Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, bots, robotics ...

Top Story #3 ... Robot kills  ++++++++++++
  1. To end the spree, police used a robot to kill for the first time   ... DLL editor's note -- This story also covered by Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Engadget, Mashable, Ars Technica, The Verge, Gizmodo, Wired, NY Times, CNN
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  1. Robots are learning navigation skills by being trained to hunt prey  ... DLL Editor's note -- this story also covered by Engadget
  1. Google is starting to design its own version of Asimov’s Laws of Robotics
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Cybersecurity, privacy, & cybercrime ...
  1. FBI Director James Comey's comments on Clinton's private email use were hardly uncritical  ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by TechCrunch, NY Times, Fast Company, Recode, Engadget ... and Edward Snowden (via Wired)
  1. ATTORNEY GENERAL: No charges will be brought against Hillary Clinton in email case  ... DLL Editor's note -- this story also covered by Engadget, The Verge, Wall Street Journal
D. Hackers ... Dozen + 2
  1. The Black Girls who code have arrived at Miss USA's Welcome Home Ceremony in DC.
  1. How to use your phone to record police violence safely and effectively
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Diversity In Tech ... stats & strategies
  1. Google Just Donated $2.8M in office space to house in its NYC HQ! via
  1. How Silicon Valley's Diversity Problem Created A New Industry -
  1. Google's diversity efforts show scant progress -
  1. . graduating fellows are now working for ’s largest companies such as &  ... https://t.co/5XjyQ57fb1
  1. In push to diversify tech, Kapor Center opening in Uptown Oakland ... https://t.co/u4l2BRAqjL














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Founders and techs
  1. Know an awesome Black/Latina female startup founder? BIG Accelerator NOW OPEN for 2016 Cohort applications ... https://t.co/OFBnyE23rg
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Founders, execs, and techs
  1. This Black Female Venture Capital Founder is Closing the Racial Funding Gap
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Coding & Coders
  1. Developers focused on Internet of Things grew 34% in the last year
  1. Quick intro: A newcomer's guide to the Raspberry Pi via &
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Hackathons, workshops, meetups, courses, etc
  1. DLL Storify Chicago: Women of Color in STEM ... 2 ==>
  2. DLL Storify of , NYC: Black Futures in STEM Panel ==>
  3. DLL Storify Black Wall Street: Washington, DC ... 2 ==>
E. Tech Views -- Comments, opinions, and long forms ... Dozen + 8
  1. Latest from our provost , a leader in Navigating the CBE Frontier via
  1. Google might be turning into the next Berkshire Hathaway
  1. 🎉🍰 Today we turn 5! 🎂🍾 Here's a note to you from our founder :
  1. Without effective technology use, it’s impossible to deliver on the expectations of today’s learners. ... https://t.co/uMkW3dH7Ba

  1. Trends That Will Fundamentally Transform the Institution by George Leef from   ... https://t.co/FQ8KLXZxQD
  1. How to Make College Work Without Division:

  1. Hundreds of human beings killed in the last few days in Istanbul, Bangladesh, Baghdad and beyond. No "Je Suis" groundswell. Plain & simple. 
    ... DLL Editor's note -- Although these catastrophes were more than twice as deadly as the Paris bombings, our public officials gave them minimal notice, without commemorative ceremonies nor soaring oratorical expressions of national sympathy for the victims and their families. ICYMI here are links to a few reports filed by Atlantic (Baghdad), NY Times (Istanbul), Wall Street Journal (Dhaka Bangladesh)
  1. I just published “Where Tech Education and Entrepreneurship Collide: Young, Diverse Students Solving Issues in NYC…” ... https://t.co/rIFAceLy9W
  1. Key trends in machine learning and AI by
  1. Over 1/4 of today's students are parents. Let's focus on serving them better.
  1. Udacity Over University: Why I Chose Online Education  ... https://t.co/yGxxdxrIxq
  1. The most amazing part of visiting Japan was my realization there are no guns, no gun homicides, or .
  1. "All of our children
    Are gonna have to pay for our mistakes someday But until then May peace guide our way"
  1. Before department chairs meeting, brothers angrily talking about police killings. Brothers on train having exact same conversation.
  1. How Microcredentials are Changing the Landscape of Higher and Technical Education
  1. Student-parents need support to finish college & access jobs that promote work-life balance
  1. Trends Shaping Higher Education and What They Mean for Leadership
Long form ... good reads ... :-)
  1. THE SILICON VALLEY 100: The most accomplished and inspiring people in tech right now
  1. Change the story: A guide to action after the & tragedies
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