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Amazon Career Choice Program offers tuition reimbursement in 'well-paying' and 'high demand' careers

By Nathan Ingraham on July 23, 2012 12:18 pm + 15 comments

It's not uncommon for major corporations to offer their employees career training perks or tuition Continue reading…
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$10 Robot Design Challenge hopes to make robotics accessible in schools around the world

By Bryan Bishop on July 14, 2012 11:23 am + 9 comments

AFRON — the African Robotics Network — has recently launched a new contest that it hopes will Continue reading…
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CornellNYC's first professor Deborah Estrin talks networked sensors, climate change, and mobile health

By Tim Carmody on July 2, 2012 10:45 am + 12 comments

We've been steadily tracking developments at Cornell-Technion's new technology campus in New York Continue reading…
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Microsoft launches Office 365 for Education

By Andrew Webster on June 28, 2012 09:06 am + 7 comments

Microsoft has launched a new version of its Office 365 online productivity suite and it's aimed Continue reading…
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Bill Gates: tablets in the classroom have a 'terrible track record'

By Sam Byford on June 27, 2012 05:29 am + 102 comments

Among other things, Apple's iBooks 2 initiative is designed to put modern digital textbooks into Continue reading…
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AIR.U coalition to bring Super Wi-Fi to 500 educational institutions

By Evan Rodgers on June 26, 2012 08:39 pm + 3 comments

AIR.U is a new coalition by the founders of Gig.U that will bring Super Wi-Fi networks — better Continue reading…
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Google's World Wonders project expands on its Street View tours of special places

By T.C. Sottek on May 31, 2012 01:33 pm + 4 comments

Google has been taking Street View off-road for some time — offering users effortless glimpses Continue reading…
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San Antonio school district to trial student RFID attendance system

By Dante D'Orazio on May 28, 2012 01:27 am + 37 comments

The idea of tracking students using RFID tags is hardly a new concept — such a program was Continue reading…
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NSA to offer cyber-ops training at select universities

By Amar Toor on May 23, 2012 07:11 am + 8 comments

As part of its ongoing efforts to combat cybercrime, the NSA has developed new cyber-ops training Continue reading…
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Kickstarter: MaKey MaKey turns the world into a $35 input device

By Jamie Keene on May 15, 2012 04:44 am + 16 comments

MaKey MaKey is a new and extremely simple circuit board that lets you turn any surface into an input Continue reading…