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Video illustrating vision of digital version of Sports Illustrated

The first week in December was deemed Computer Science Education Week by the U.S. House of Representatives to promote awareness and education of computer science.

five top tech trends for 2010

educational videogame interest growing

A breakdown of how much data an average American consumes a day.

Google partners with news media

robotics to teach engineering

"According to DARPA, the goal of the Network Challenge was to explore how "broad-scope problems can be tackled using social networking tools." It said it aimed to look at such issues as mobilization, collaboration, and trust in diverse social networking constructs."

Conflicting attitudes toward students who "multi-task" with mobile devices in classroom. "All the advances schools and colleges have made to supposedly enhance learning - supplying students with laptops, equipping computer labs, creating wireless networks - have instead enabled distraction. Perhaps attendance records should include a new category: present but otherwise engaged."

AR not ready for prime time because of inaccurate GPS data and apps that only provide information about locations within the user's line of sight.

Article highlighting web trends from AR to privacy issues.

I thought this was fitting given the recent snow fall. AR that helps you navigate ski resorts.

"This article examines the ongoing efforts to integrate computer video games in existing traditional CS courses."

do wikis equalize classroom participation?

Interesting article about Hotseat, a web-based tool that can be accessed by students through facebook, twitter, or cellphones, which allows them to ask questions and make comments during class.

AI seems like a distant dream. Mind holds too many secrets...at least mine!