Sunday, September 16, 2018

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

Cover Story ... Apple's new gadgets +++++++++
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    So, not sure if you heard, but Apple revealed three new iPhones and an Apple Watch this week. The Gadget Lab crew breaks each device down and discuss whether they are a glimpse of the future or just more of the same ... https://t.co/9W7cRdBEBn ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by NY Times, TechCrunch, CNET, Mashable, ZDNet
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A. Issues in Black Higher Ed (IBHE) ... Half-Dozen - 2
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    ICYMI: REGISTRATION NOW OPEN: 2018 HBCU WEEK CONFERENCE ... EVENT 16 thru 19 Sept 2018
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    Our Midwest Achievement Gap Research Alliance is exploring research-based practices to support Black students’ academic success. Learn more with our infographic:
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    Now on US Black Engineer: Move in 2018: Southern A&M rolls out new Apps. ... https://t.co/2g7Gw57pdK
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    Now on US Black Engineer: Now on US Black Engineer: Agricultural Research and Community Service at Prairie View.
B. Ed Tech  ... Half-Dozen
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    Department of Education Initiates Wide-Ranging Negotiated Rulemaking; Targets Distance Education, Competency-Based Education Regulations
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Analytics -- higher ed applications ... 


  1. “We weren’t sure if the product failed, or if we did.” -Sheri Rowland
Online and blended ...
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    It's pretty awesome that our online biology students now have access to virtual labs...but don't just take our word for it. gives their take: .
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    Universities partner with museums to develop and enhance online programs and courses. Reps from both sides discuss benefits and pitfalls ... https://t.co/458kzU4b7S
Conferences, workshops, Twitter chats, and other events ...
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    We’ll be back with more on Tuesday, October 9. Our next topic is: How Will Nontraditional Providers Influence Digital Learning Design? ... EVENT == 2 October 2018

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    Don’t forget our video chat is every 4th Tues! Bring your questions and thoughts for on Tues, 9/25 at 1pm PT/4pm ET for EdSurgeLive: Can Colleges Innovate Without Becoming ‘McDonaldized’? ... EVENT ... 9 Sept 2018
C. Info Tech  ... Half-Dozen + 1
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    How large is ? Here it is as seen from the International Space Station, 254 miles above Earth. For perspective: The storm is so large that astronauts had to deploy a wide angle lens to capture the entirety of it.
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    North Carolina’s pig farms have several million tons of bacteria-ridden waste sitting right in the path of Hurricane Florence. And if they flood, it will be a literal sh*t storm ... https://t.co/O9O23mKpQj
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    Uber invests $150 million in Toronto engineering hub, self-driving car platform ... https://t.co/HMPeztZ1T3
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FinTech, block chain, bitcoin ...
Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, bots, robotics ...
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    Google’s music identification tool now recognizes tens of millions of songs ... https://t.co/kmogymTckL

Policies and Political context ...
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    California is the most populous state to agree to such aggressive decarbonization and only the second state to formalize such a pledge in legislation, after Hawaii. ... https://t.co/wUhxbaJDg8
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    New York just announced it'll be phasing out a climate pollutant 1,000 times worse than carbon dioxide
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D. Hackers  ... Half-Dozen + 2
Diversity In Tech ... stats & strategies

  1. New research shows the Professional Learning program causes an estimated 5x increase in students taking and passing AP Computer Science, with even larger increases among young women and underrepresented minorities. ... https://t.co/e0Y08gvsnT
Founders, techs, and execs
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    Congratulations to Duolingo, CAPTCHA Co-founder Luis von Ahn, the winner of the Lemelson-MIT Prize! The $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize recognizes individuals who translate their ideas into inventions that improve the world in which we live. ... https://t.co/yUSR1CPPiu
Coding, courses, tutorials, & jobs
Top Story #1 ... Google searching for datasets +++++++++
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    Finally! A way for researchers to find the datasets they need, wherever they’re hosted! Learn more about 's NEW Dataset Search: Of course, all public Kaggle Datasets are searchable here, too! ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by TechCrunch, ZDNet, The Verge, TheNextWeb ... and Google
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    Python vs R Who Is Really Ahead in , ?
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    The quickest way to become trilingual - here's how to write JOINs in SQL, Python or R.
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    Visualizing multi-dimensional data is an art as well as a science 🖼 .. https://t.co/FggBXWf0zs
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    Top coding languages that pay the best for developers by
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Hackathons, workshops, meetups, and other events ... 
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    ODSC West 2018 focus areas include Deep Learning & Machine Learning, DataOps Workflow and Management, AI Innovation and more… ... EVENT -- 31 Oct to 3 Nov 2018
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E. Views -- Comments and Opinions  ... Half-Dozen
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    3 hypotheses for business schools and online education (opinion)
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Long form ... good reads ... :-)
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    The academic jobs boom that wasn’t: ... https://t.co/tFVITIYkNv
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    The DeanBeat: The blockchain hype train comes to gaming ... https://t.co/iIQQo4wS9w
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    Facebook, Paypal, LinkedIn, Github: These are among the U.S. technology platforms used by a North Korean-linked group trying to dodge sanctions ... https://t.co/6rjzU34Bzb
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    Higher education institutions can use technology to become learner- and learning-centered—particularly for adult learners. w/
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    Is the discipline of psychology a house of cards "where 90 percent of people are doing things wrong"? ... https://t.co/PF1kBavPSS
F. Chuckles, Shame, and/or Fake News  ... Dozen - 9
Top Story #2 ... President Trump's bigly data science +++++++++

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    George Washington defends study on Hurricane Maria-related mortality rates in Puerto Rico after Trump tweeted that the estimated death toll of 3,000 was manufactured by Democrats ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Chronicle of Higher Ed, NY Times, Washington Post, Wired, Motherboard ... and George Washington University ... and the Governor of Puerto Rico ... plus the GWU report



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@POTUS45 in his own words ... until #2020 
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    3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. When I left the Island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. As time went by it did not go up by much. Then, a long time later, they started to report really large numbers, like 3000...
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    .....This was done by the Democrats in order to make me look as bad as possible when I was successfully raising Billions of Dollars to help rebuild Puerto Rico. If a person died for any reason, like old age, just add them onto the list. Bad politics. I love Puerto Rico!
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