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  Online university students show off achievements with digital badges

  By Jeff Blagdon on November 3, 2012 09:39 pm + 12 comments

  More and more people are taking advantage of the abundance of free and low-cost courseware available Continue reading…

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  OLPC says Motorola Xooms could help educate illiterate children

  By Ben Kersey on October 29, 2012 05:52 am + 35 comments

  The OLPC program exists to provide affordable computing devices to developing nations in an effort Continue reading…

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  The iPad mini's price is high, low, and everything in between

  By Bryan Bishop on October 23, 2012 08:29 pm + 601 comments

  Apple debuted the long-rumored iPad mini this morning, and per the norm for recent Apple product Continue reading…

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  Amazon Whispercast for Kindle paves the way for the rise of digital textbooks

  By Kimber Streams on October 17, 2012 11:45 am + 27 comments

  Amazon has taken a big step towards turning the Kindle into a true textbook replacement — the Continue reading…

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  One DMCA complaint shutters 1.45 million education blogs

  By Amar Toor on October 15, 2012 11:59 pm + 34 comments

  On October 10th, web hosting company ServerBeach shut down nearly 1.5 million education blogs in Continue reading…

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  New California laws will provide free digital textbooks to university students

  By Andrew Webster on September 30, 2012 11:58 pm + 85 comments

  The Obama administration has said that it wants all students using digital textbooks within five Continue reading…

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  Estonia to make coding part of first-grade education

  By Adi Robertson on September 7, 2012 11:29 am + 56 comments

  An new curriculum in Estonia will teach students to code, starting at age seven. A few days ago, a Continue reading…

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  Apple expands Volume Purchase Program to nine new countries, lets businesses and schools buy apps in bulk

  By Kimber Streams on September 5, 2012 12:48 pm + 4 comments

  Apple has expanded its Volume Purchase Program to nine new countries outside of the US, a move which Continue reading…

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  Raspberry Pi creator Eben Upton on how and why to get kids coding

  By Adi Robertson on August 8, 2012 08:26 am + 24 comments

  The Linux-based Raspberry Pi computer is tiny, cheap, and very popular. But while plenty of adults Continue reading…

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  Bill Nye teases the return of 'Bill Nye the Science Guy'

  By T.C. Sottek on July 28, 2012 10:47 pm + 72 comments

  In an "Ask Me Anything" session on Reddit, scientist and 90s television host Bill Nye hinted that a Continue reading…