TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 8/26/17

Last update: Sunday 8/27/17 @ 3:30 pm

This week's cover = Highlights of Solar Eclipse 2017 ... Other top stories = Howard University appoints Comey to endowed chair for one year ... Samsung stakes reputation on Note 8 ... Amazon slashes prices at Whole Foods

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant #EdTech innovations in the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 8/26/17

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

This week's TECH ==> Magazine

Calendars:  #EdTech and #DiversityInTech

TECH Dozens 2016

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 8/19/17

Last update: Sunday 8/20/17 @ 3:30 pm

This week's cover = Bannon is out!!! ... Other top stories = Monday's total eclipse of the sun ... Trump Administration demands data on million plus visitors to an anti-Trump site ... Trump disbands advisory councils after CEOs from tech and other sectors resign

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant #EdTech innovations in the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 8/19/17

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

This week's TECH ==> Magazine

Calendar:  #EdTech 

TECH Dozens 2016

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 8/12/17

Last update: Sunday 8/13/17 @ 8:00 pm

This week's cover = Google fires author of controversial diversity memo, then cancels town hall meeting to discuss it ... Other top stories = DeepMind targets Starcraft II for its next big research milestone ... DNA malware used to hack a computer ... Russian hackers can reportedly take over unsecured hotel WiFi 

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant #EdTech innovations in the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 8/12/17

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

Calendars:  #EdTech and #DiversityInTech

TECH Dozens 2016

Google dissent, nature, nurture, excommunication, and more votes for Trump in 2020

When I was still in college way back in the early 1960s, I saw James Baldwin on a TV talk show roll his large bug eyes upwards, wave his hands, and sigh a remarkable observation.

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 8/5/17

Last update: Sunday 8/6/17 @ 3:30 pm

This week's cover = Human embryos edited for the first time using CRISPR ... Other top stories = Trump vs. college & university affirmative action ... Tesla & Apple's quarterly reports ... WannaCry hero arrested for creating malware

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant #EdTech innovations in the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 8/5/17

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

Calendars:  #EdTech and #DiversityInTech 

TECH Dozens 2016

Job-Oriented Online Programs (JOOPs)

Last update: Sunday 8/7/17

This note provides an introduction to packages of online courses for professionals who want to acquire new job-related skills that will enable them to change their career paths. Written in the summer of 2017, the details in this report may not reflect current program data; but its conceptual frameworks are still relevant