"Congress schooled on STEM teaching crisis"

"Panelists discuss strategies for attracting and retaining science, math, and tech teachers "

"At a June 21 briefing on Capitol Hill, federal legislators and policy makers got a lesson in why schools have a hard time recruiting and retaining teachers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)--and what lawmakers can do to change that."

URL: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showstoryts.cfm?ArticleID=7180&page=2
Referred by: eSchool News

"Santa Clara U Debuts Future Library in Second Life"

"Santa Clara University is debuting its new library--even though it won't be finished until next fall--in Second Life, the online virtual community.

The Second Life environment gives SCU community members a sense of what it would look like inside the building once it is built...."

Paul McCloskey, "Santa Clara U Debuts Future Library in Second Life," Campus Technology, 6/12/2007, http://www.campustechnology.com/article.aspx?aid=48506

"31%: Super Busy Young Americans"

"Overall, 44% of Gen Nexters are employed full-time, another 26% work part-time, while nearly half (46%) are currently enrolled in school – 11% are in high school or technical school, 32% are in college and 3% are in graduate school. Nearly one-in three (31%) Nexters are working and attending school: 19% go to school and work part-time and 12% are juggling full-time work and school. Most Nexters not currently enrolled in school plan to resume their education at some point in the future; nearly seven-in-ten (68%) say they will return to school; 28% say they have no plans to return."

URL: http://pewresearch.org/databank/dailynumber/?NumberID=245
Referred by: Pew Research Center

"Internet2, Student Media Group, Produce Digital Film Fest"

"Internet2, the higher education research consortium, is working with a student-managed television network to produce a film festival that will showcase films solely on the Internet.

Internet2 will co-produce the Internet2 Film Festival with the Open Student Television Network (OSTN) to show films from the 2006-2007 school year. Screenings will run over three nights from July 19 through July 21, during the Ingenuity Festival at Cleveland State University.

The student directors and producers will use Internet2 technologies to both submit and screen their films, the organizers said. A variety of media formats will be showcased, including short films, documentaries and student television shows.

Digital programming from diverse sources will be shown, including the work of students the University of Southern California, Brown University, Duke University, Oberlin College, John Carroll University, and the University of Akron.

After each night's screening, Internet2 will host a videoconference linking student directors with press and audience attending the film festival for a live Q&A session."

Referred by:
Paul McCloskey, "Internet2, Student Media Group, Produce Digital Film Fest," Campus Technology, 6/12/2007, http://www.campustechnology.com/article.aspx?aid=48507

"Apple Rolls Out iTunes U"

"Apple has launched a new iTunes feature called iTunes U, a new department in the iTunes Store that provides free education resources from American colleges and universities. The idea is to share resources from these campuses, such as lectures and research, free of charge."

URL: http://campustechnology.com/articles/48339
Referred by: Campus Technology

Digital Campus Academy @ Apple Learning Interchange

Good resources for digital collaboration

URL: Apple Learning Interchange Digital Campus Academy

"Howard Gardner's 'quintet of minds'"

"The synthesizing mind takes in a welter of information and transforms it into something brisk, clear, and repeatable. “We’re all inundated with information, but it’s largely undigested and unevaluated,” he said. “People who can’t (synthesize) are going to be at an enormous disadvantage.” The creating mind challenges old ideas, uncovers fresh ways of thinking, and requires a “robust, iconoclastic temperament,” Gardener said. But the creating mind must first master one or more disciplines, and synthesize what is already known. “If you’re going to go beyond the box,” he said, “you have to have the right kind of box.”"

URL: http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2007/05.10/11-minds.html
Referred by: Harvard University Gazette