School

Software

iTunes U Puts Entire University Courses On iPads

6:15AM January 20, 2012 | Brent Rose

Between coming up with a curriculum, teaching, assigning homework and getting important info to students, teachers have it rough. The iTunes U app is going to let them do all of that from an iPad. Which means students can basically take entire courses from their tablets. More »

Software

Snoozerr Links Lectures To Pictures

9:36AM August 5, 2011 | Michael Zhao

Most of the time when you record lectures, you’re limited to audio only. Unfortunately, audio is only half the story. You’re missing out on all the charts and pictures. Snoozerr wants to fix that by integrating photos into the recording. More »

News

Ugandan Teachers Use A Live Bomb For A School Bell

4:00PM July 8, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Oh my, teachers in a rural Ugandan school were unknowingly using a live bomb as a bell. They would bang the bomb with stones to call the school’s 700 students to class. It was a miracle nobody caused it to detonate. More »

Geek Out

Bring This Ruler To A Rubber Band Fight

10:20AM June 16, 2011 | Casey Chan

Classroom warfare is tough. You have teachers hounding your stash, cute girls to impress, punk kids coming up with punkier ways to punk you – basically a lot to worry about. That’s why you need this rubberband shooting ruler. More »

News

Someone Will Pay You $US100,000 To Drop Out Of School And Start A Tech Company

1:43AM May 26, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

There are several problems, of course. One: you’d be mentored by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, who’s only one of the most impressive (and likely scariest) web 2.0 people in all the land. Two: of 400 applicants, only 24 were picked. More »

Computing

Why Women In Computer Science Matter

6:20AM April 27, 2011 | Anna North

Last week, Harvard celebrated a record number of female students declaring a computer science major. But the school – and the field – may still have a ways to go. More »

Computing

Professor Arrested For Shutting Student’s Laptop In Class

7:00AM April 5, 2011 | Hamilton Nolan

Frank Rybicki is an assistant professor in the Mass Media department at Valdosta State University. Last week, he was arrested for his behaviour in class. For assault. What heinous crime led to his jailing? More »

News

Student Charged With Hacking School’s Grade System

11:40PM March 8, 2011 | Max Read

This is Tyler Coyner, a student at the University of Nevada in Reno and a technology entrepreneur. His business? Allegedly, hacking into his former high school’s computer grading system and changing students’ grades for money. More »

Gadgets

Schools Are Tracking Kids With GPS Now

3:25AM February 19, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Had I been a student at one of these Anaheim schools in California, I would’ve been forced to wear a GPS device, too. In fact, if YOU skipped out of school more than four times a year, you would’ve joined me in the GPS Breakfast Club as well. More »

Geek Out

This Is The Way Expert Cheaters Do It

2:46AM February 16, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

I really wish I had the imagination to do this when I was in school. In fact, if I were the teacher and caught this guy, I would give him an straight A. [Demotivation - Thanks Karl!]