Written by Jade Nowland on January 15, 2012.
Website redesigns are a fact of life in higher education. And, thats why our yearly Web Redesign Boot Camp webinar series (Feb 7-9, 2012) is always very well-attended as it provides practical tips and useful advice for web redesign projects in higher education as well as a good overview of the latest trends in our field.
Another great way to keep an eye on the state of web design in higher education is to follow EDU Checkup, Nick DeNardis video blog.
Every week or so, Nick selects a higher ed website, reviews and grades it. He has done it since October 2008 and thus has reviewed hundreds of websites from universities and colleges. Given the interest for the rankings of top higher ed websites by EDU Checkup scores I published last year, Im sure you will all be interested in this new edition of the rankings by overall EDU Checkup score combining grades for visual, information and code.
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Written by Angelina Weir on January 12, 2012.
Just in case you haven’t heard the Festival dates are set for April 28-29th! The doors are open on Saturday from 10am-6pm and on Sunday from 10am- 4pm. This year the Festival will be held in Washington D.C. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
Visit our website for all of the upcoming events leading up to the Festival, to plan your day at the Expo and to browse our exhibits. Best of all- don’t miss out on the chance to pre-register for the Expo for an opportunity to win a cool prize! You will automatically be signed up to win a chance
to meet Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage of the Mythbusters OR Mayim Bialik of The Big Bang Theory; an iPad 2; a Cool Video Game; Science Books; or 1 of 50 T-shirts!
Also, be sure to become a fan of our facebook page to receive important information regarding the Festival as well as an opportunity to connect with other fans and to view engaging STEM articles and facts!
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Written by Jade Nowland on January 9, 2012.
President Obama with First Lady Michelle Obama in a dress by Jason Wu at the Inaugural Ball.
The 2012 Presidential campaigns are well under way, and it looks like President Obama will have the most fashionable campaign – EVER. Twenty-two designers have partnered with the Obama campaign initiative Runway to Win, for which designers will create merchandise to help raise funds for the President’s 2012 Reelection Campaign.
The Obamas have had a close relationship with the fashion community from the beginning, largely thanks to First Lady Michelle Obama’skeen fashion sense, which has catapulted several designers, such as Jason Wu and Rachel Roy, into the spotlight. Anna Wintour has also been a driving force behind this marriage of politics and fashion, having hosted several fundraising dinners for the Obamas in her West Village home.
And in true Vogue style, the editor-in-chief will co-host a shindig with Scarlett Johansson in February, which is expected to draw a very fashionable crowd including designers, models, actors, and other prominent celebrities. The e
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Written by Gabrielle Batchelor on January 9, 2012.
Ran across a great post here from a NYC venture capitalist. It decribes the process they use to calculate how much they will offer to one of their portfolio firms. It is a portfolio firm, meaning they have already invested in the frim startup once, and this is a subsequent investment.
Interestingly, the dilution by the founders is not mentkion or apparently an issue. This will be at least their second round, so I figure by now they own about 10-30% of the company.
The firm alluded to in the post, the real name, is i
Written by Angelina Weir on January 6, 2012.
The National Space Centre will lead the programme using space as the inspiration for learning
A new academy has been set up to enable teachers to use space as a theme in their core subject lesson plans.
The National Space Centre in Leicester is to lead the programme to promote excellence in science, technology, geography and maths.
Teachers will be able to access training and work alongside scientists to deliver space masterclasses.
The academy is being sponsored by a number of hi-tech firms to promote careers in the aerospace industry.
The National Space Academy will be supported by scientists from the University of Leicester, the University of Nottingham and the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Harwell, Oxfordshire.
They will be responsible for training teachers to use space concepts in their lessons, providing careers events and organising a bespoke space engineering apprenticeship at Loughborough College.
Complex theories
A spokesman for the National Space Centre said the courses were designed to address the shortage of trained people entering the aerospace industry.
He said the feedback from a pilot project in the East Midlands had been very positive and teachers had successfully used space and the planets as a way of teaching complex theories such as the laws of motion.
Teachers can apply to the National Space Centre in Leicester to take part in the programme, which they can use to enhance learning for GCSE and A-level students.
Sir Martin Sweeting, chairman of the National Space Centres board of trustees, said: “Students respond very positively to the subject of space as a context for their learning.
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