Apple iPad
Less than one percent of college basketball players make it to the NBA
My Wish List for N.C.A.A. Basketball Athlete’s 2012 – 2013 Season
1. Secure a sponsor for the iPad, for all N.C.A.A. Basketball Athlete’s
2. Record every lecture or class that an athlete misses during the basketball season and for March Madness, and, follow the model of M.I.T.’s OpenCourseWare, post those videos online.
3. Program the iPad for 70% Education and 30% Games / Music
Sal Khan and his team at Khan Academy have a class — or roughly 3,000 classes — you might want to take.
Okay, maybe you don’t want to take all of those classes, which could take years to get through (and not all of us need or want to prep for the GMAT). But Khan Academy’s YouTube video class database, which launched on the iPad on Sunday, gives any individual with a computer and sufficient Internet connection the opportunity to receive instruction on a variety of subjects, assuming they find the format and content of the classes palatable. read more
Imagine you’re a high school biology teacher searching for the most vivid way to explain electrical activity in the brain. How about inserting metal wires into a cockroach’s severed leg and making that leg dance to music?
Starting Monday, that eye-popping lesson, performed in a six-minute video by neuroscientist and engineer Greg Gage, is available free online. read more
In honor of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, the Nurse Oncology Education Program (NOEP) has launched a free course entitled Every Nurse Makes a Difference: Preventing Colorectal Cancer at http://www.noep.org. Nurses, no matter the field of practice, can impact colorectal cancer through education, support, and advocacy.
Austin, TX (PRWEB) March 05, 2012
Colorectal cancer is the third most prevalent cancer, and an estimated 143,460 cases are expected to occur this year in the U.S. (American Cancer Society, 2012). Despite these numbers, colorectal cancer is one of the most detectable, and if found early, most treatable forms of cancer.
Many people delay colorectal cancer screening because of the potential for embarrassment and/or fear of discomfort associated with examinations. Other barriers to timely screening are lack of knowledge about screening tests among patients and lack of healthcare professional recommendation.
Nurses can affect the public’s awareness and willingness to use screening measures that can detect colorectal cancers early, increasing the opportunity for cure and survival. “Every Nurse Makes a Difference: Preventing Colorectal Cancer” is a new online course providing nurses with 1.0 contact hours of accredited CE at http://www.noep.org. The project is made possible by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT).
ABOUT NOEP – NOEP is a nonprofit project of the Texas Nurses Association/Foundation providing continuing education to nurses on cancer prevention, detection, treatment and survivorship.
UC Irvine launches Open Education TV Channel
More than 144 hours of our best faculty lectures will be made available for free with the launch of a new UCI OpenCourseWare project called Open Education TV. The launch, which will allow viewers worldwide to follow video-taped classes, seminars and conferences at their convenience, coincides with the first annual Open Education Week scheduled for March 5-10 by the global OpenCourseWare Consortium.
For more information follow this link. Open Education Week
The biggest criticism of OpenCourseWare school options have been that the classes, while possibly effective, also offer no “on paper” credentials for students. Set to launch in spring, with a few classes each semester, M.I.T.x will offer a much more full-scope system of taking M.I.T. classes for free. Online students will be able to watch lectures, participate in discussions and generally be a part of the classes. After completing mastery of a particular subject area, M.I.T.x will offer an affordable certificate of mastery. The exact cost of the certificate has not been determined, but the money will go back into the M.I.T.x nonprofit to help expand the program.
Since it launched OpenCourseWare (OCW) 10 years ago, MIT has been committed to using technology to improve and greatly widen access to education. The launch of MITx represents a next step forward in that effort.
The University of Reddit is the product of free intellectualism and is a haven for the sharing of knowledge. Teachers and students are free to explore any subject that interests them.
Unlike a conventional university, University of Reddit strives to make its course offerings free, varied, and easily accessible. Teachers are given complete freedom in planning their curricula and how they want to carry out their class. Students don’t have to worry about attendance, grades, or tuition – this isn’t a regular university.
The Khan Academy is an organization on a mission. We’re a not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education to anyone anywhere.
All of the site’s resources are available to anyone. It doesn’t matter if you are a student, teacher, home-schooler, principal, adult returning to the classroom after 20 years, or a friendly alien just trying to get a leg up in earthly biology. The Khan Academy’s materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge.
RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Governor Bev Perdue has proclaimed February 13-19, 2012 as Financial Aid Awareness Week in North Carolina. The proclamation urges N.C. students and families to learn more about the process of applying for financial assistance for college. The week culminates with FAFSA Day on Saturday, February 18th.
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is used to determine eligibility for most financial aid programs to assist in the cost of higher education. Read More
NASA has released a new educational game with an air traffic control theme for Apple iPhone and iPad devices. The Sector 33 application is designed to challenge students in middle school and above to use basic math and problem-solving skills.
An Android version of the app is in development and will be made available in the Android Marketplace in the coming months.
The application may be downloaded free of charge at: www.nasa.gov/sector33
In the game the player acts as an air traffic controller guiding airplanes through a sector of airspace spanning Nevada and California. The player can adjust the planes’ path and speed to safely reach certain spots in the sky in the fastest time possible while keeping the planes a specific distance from each other.
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Rutgers University
PISCATAWAY, N.J., Jan. 30, 2012 — /PRNewswire-iReach/ — The Center for Management Development at Rutgers University is the recipient of a state grant, which entitles them to offer free training. This training is targeted for unemployed individuals, recently graduated students, and part-time workers who are currently on unemployment in New Jersey on how to start their own businesses. The Entrepreneurial Training Program for the Unemployed (ETPU) is a comprehensive 60-hour course, starting in March, on how to start a business in New Jersey. Read More
Antioch College Yellow Springs Ohio
Antioch College extends full-tuition scholarships to all four founding classes
YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – January 17, 2012 – The Antioch College Board of Trustees today announced the extension of the Horace Mann Fellowships to all students admitted for the next three years. The announcement comes after an extensive review of the College’s endowment and Annual Fund, which both saw major increases in the last six months, President Mark Roosevelt said.
“We don’t want economics to be an impediment to a high-quality liberal arts education,” Roosevelt said. “By providing four year, full-tuition scholarships, we make attending Antioch College a realistic option for the best and brightest students, regardless of their family’s economic situation.”
There have been major increases in both the College’s endowment and Annual Fund, explained Steve Sturman, vice president for advancement. The endowment, now at $51.7 million, grew more than 106.7 percent, in large part due to a $35 million payout from the sale of YSI Inc. of which the College was a major shareholder. Read More
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