TECH Dozens 2018

Last update: Monday 12/31/18 @ 6:30 pm

This year's cover = Climate change ... Other top stories = Russia's extensive use of social media to influence U.S. politics ... Facebook's astounding greed and incompetence ... Top universities launch undergraduate degree programs in data science/AI

DLL Editor's note -- This annual edition of TECH Dozens does not include the "best tweets" or the "most important tweets" of 2018 ... It merely includes my personal selections of a few dozen tweets that might make it easier to understand the tech-related events that will occur during 2019 ... :-)

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how leaders in Black higher education at HBCUs and other colleges and universities are promoting the skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant innovations in #EdTech and the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the year 2018

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

#EdTech Calendar ... TECH Dozens: 2017, 2016

Happy Holidays!!!

Seasons greetings and best wishes for the happiest holidays to all of our readers!!!!! ... TECH Dozens annual issue featuring the DLL Editor's choices for the most important tech-related stories of 2018 will be posted on 1/2/19

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 12/22/18

Last update: Sunday 12/23/18 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = Russian hackers' efforts in 2016 election to aid Trump focused on Black Americans ... Other top stories = Google plans new $1 billion dollar campus in NYC, before Amazon arrives ... Drones disrupt London's Gatwick airport ... Chinese hack U.S. Navy

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how leaders in Black higher education at HBCUs and other colleges and universities are promoting the skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant innovations in #EdTech and the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 12/22/18

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

#EdTech Calendar ... TECH Dozens: 2017, 2016

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 12/15/18

Last update: Sunday 12/1618 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = Apple opens billion dollar campus in Austin, smaller new centers elsewhere ... Other top stories = Yet another big tech CEO -- Google's -- testifies before a House Committee ... Equifax security breach was preventable

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how leaders in Black higher education at HBCUs and other colleges and universities are promoting the skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant innovations in #EdTech and the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 12/15/18 

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

#EdTech Calendar ... TECH Dozens: 2017, 2016

Anti-Asian American bias, affirmative action, and cheating at Harvard University

Last update: Sunday 12/9/18

Like other top-tier colleges and universities, Harvard has a high rejection rate. Many apply, but few are admitted. What would unscrupulous high school students do to get into Harvard? ... Would they falsify their applications??? ... Hold that thought.

All public policy decisions should be based on open source data

Last update: Saturday 12/8/18

DLL Editor's note: Basing public policy decisions on open source data is an old idea. It's been around for a long time, assuming different names from time to time. I am just the latest "visionary" to recognize its necessity.

Self-imposed limits on Asian American enrollments at highly selective U.S. colleges and universities

Last update: Monday 1/7/19

In the last decades of the twentieth century, conservatives challenged affirmative action in higher ed by asserting that the admission of Black students to the nation's selective colleges and universities was unrealistic and unfair. It was unrealistic because most Black students weren't smart enough to complete rigorous course loads in a timely manner. It was unfair because the admission of unqualified Black applicants could only be achieved by unfairly rejecting qualified White applicants. 

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 11/10/18

Last update: Sunday 11/11/18 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = Amazon's will split new HQ evenly between two cities ... Other top stories = Apple's new MacBook Air, the best MacBook ever??? ... Gerrymandering's impact on the 2018 elections

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how leaders in Black higher education at HBCUs and other colleges and universities are promoting the skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant innovations in #EdTech and the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 11/10/18

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

#EdTech Calendar ... TECH Dozens: 2017, 2016

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 11/3/18

Last update: Sunday 11/4/18 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = UC Berkeley establishes new data science division ... Other top stories = Harvard admission trial ends, awaits judge's decision ... IBM buys Linux giant Red Hat  for $33 billion... Apple & Facebook quarterly earnings

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how leaders in Black higher education at HBCUs and other colleges and universities are promoting the skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant innovations in #EdTech and the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 11/3/18

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

#EdTech Calendar ... TECH Dozens: 2017, 2016

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 10/27/18

Last update: Sunday 10/28/18 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = Quarterlies from Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Microsoft, & Tesla ... Other top stories = Harvard's #AffirmativeAction trial 2nd week ... Microsoft sells AI and other technology to Pentagon ... Trump's iPhone hacked by Russians and Chinese

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how leaders in Black higher education at HBCUs and other colleges and universities are promoting the skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant innovations in #EdTech and the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 10/27/18

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

#EdTech Calendar ... TECH Dozens: 2017, 2016

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 10/20/18

Last update: Sunday 10/21/18 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = M.I.T.'s new $1 billion College of Computing ... Other top stories = Harvard's affirmative action lawsuit completes first week in court ... Netflix earnings crush expectations ... DOJ says Russians hacking November U.S elections

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how leaders in Black higher education at HBCUs and other colleges and universities are promoting the skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant innovations in #EdTech and the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 10/20/18

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

#EdTech Calendar ... TECH Dozens: 2017, 2016

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 10/13/18

Last update: Sunday 10/14/18 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = United Nations issues alaming report on global warming ... Other top stories = edX new affordable online masters degrees ... Soyuz rocket failure jeopardizes International Space Station mission  ... Boston Dynamics robot does parkour

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how leaders in Black higher education at HBCUs and other colleges and universities are promoting the skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant innovations in #EdTech and the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 10/13/18

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

#EdTech Calendar ... TECH Dozens: 2017, 2016

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 10/6/18

Last update: Sunday 10/7/18 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = Nobel Prizes in medicine, physics, and chemistry ... Other top stories = Amazon raises its minimum wage to $15/hour ... China hacks big U.S. tech firms

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how leaders in Black higher education at HBCUs and other colleges and universities are promoting the skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant innovations in #EdTech and the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 10/6/18

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

#EdTech Calendar ... TECH Dozens: 2017, 2016

Black enrollments at selective U.S. colleges and universities

Last update: Friday 10/12/18

As part of its effort to identify the colleges and universities whose affirmative action policies have been the most successful, this report defines the "Black 6-year 75 Percent 50 Group". The name doesn't exactly roll off the tip of one's tongue, so let's break it down. It designates the accredited U.S. colleges and universities wherein 75 percent of the first-time, full-time Black students who enter in a given year receive bachelors degrees at some point within the next six years; only institutions that graduate at least 50 Black students every six years are included in the group. 

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 9/29/18

Last update: Sunday 9/30/18 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = Musk steps down as TESLA Chairman and pays $20 million fine ... Other top stories = Affirmative Action challenges move forward ... Walmart using blockchain to track lettuce and spinach ... Google AI will learn inside Unity games

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how leaders in Black higher education at HBCUs and other colleges and universities are promoting the skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant innovations in #EdTech and the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 9/29/18

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

#EdTech Calendar ... TECH Dozens: 2017, 2016

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 9/22/18

Last update: Sunday 9/23/18 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = Amazon new product announcements ... Other top stories = Google launches Tech Exchange program with HBCUs to increase #DiversityInTech ... UPenn offers first Ivy League online bachelors degree 

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how leaders in Black higher education at HBCUs and other colleges and universities are promoting the skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant innovations in #EdTech and the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 9/22/18

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

#EdTech Calendar ... TECH Dozens: 2017, 2016

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 9/15/18

Last update: Sunday 9/16/18 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = Apple's new product announcements ... Other top stories = Google's new search engine finds datasets ... President Trump claims bigly-er data science expertise than public health researchers in estimating the deaths caused by Hurricane Maria 

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how leaders in Black higher education at HBCUs and other colleges and universities are promoting the skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant innovations in #EdTech and the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 9/15/18

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

#EdTech Calendar ... TECH Dozens: 2017, 2016