Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade

Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade New York Times (blog) According to Cathy N. Davidson, co-director of the annual MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competitions, fully 65 percent of today's grade-school kids may end up doing work that hasn't been invented yet. ...

Ning chief: Businesses need to reclaim their online identities and go social Telegraph.co.uk By Emma Barnett, Digital Media Editor There are approximately 130 million websites online. However, the majority of them are built using technology which is over a decade old – a crazy thought when considering that these destinations, ...

Is Dennis Crowley the Pied Piper of Silicon Alley? AdAge.com ... Foursquare is a well-funded enterprise with $71.4 million in backing, a $600 million valuation and early adopting brands such as Pepsi, MTV and American Express as partners, making it one of the most closely watched start-ups in digital media today...

Storytelling: digital technology allows us to tell tales in innovative new ways The Guardian Other creatives are using digital media to extend their storytelling palate in a similar way to what Tom Stoppard did for Shakespeare's Hamlet in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. George Lucas, Matrix directors the Wachowski brothers and Lost ...

News Websites Reject Print & Publications Amended Law Ammon News In a statement issued on Sunday, nearly 30 news websites said that the amendments endorsed by the Lower House represent a measure to impose further restrictions on digital media and do not abide by international standards of internet and press freedoms ...

Digital bookmobile 'highlights the latest technology' at library Stow Sentry The community outreach vehicle presented programs that promote the library's digital mediacollection and information about the Ohio E-book Project. The vehicle is equipped with broadband Internet-connected PCs, high-definition monitors, premium sound ...

Digital Bookmobile coming to town Columbus Local News (registration) This 74-foot, 18-wheel tractor-trailer has computer stations so you can search our digital mediacollection, use supported mobile devices and sample eBooks, audio books, music and videos from the library. Free for all ages! · Saturday, Aug. ...

Marine Corps Community Services informs customers via podcast DVIDS Island Chat is a free podcast, a series of digital media files that can be downloaded from the MCCS website, iTunes and Facebook to inform and educate the public about the many programs and services MCCS has to offer, but also to provide a perspective ...

ICANN Passes The Baton on New TLDs at Master Of Your Domain? Conference in NYC Benzinga The monthly iBreakfast meetings, started in 1997, are the longest continually running digital mediastrategy events delivering the latest trends and issues in the industry. iBreakfast reaches over 20000 Tri-state NY digital media executives through ...

Serious bags for back to school and work London Free Press Although women are traditionally comfortable having various bags for different needs, the concept is catching on with men, in response to the growth of portable digital media and also to accommodate other essentials such as keys, wallets, gym gear, ...

New NY Apps Answer Questions for Locals and Tourists Alike NY Convergence Enter an address, intersection or zip code to find the nearest public restroom  NYConvergence is a digest of digital media technology news of interest to the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut tri-state area maintained by Trylon Communications, ...

Local Guerrilla Marketing - Live Event in Fort Lauderdale - Local Online ... San Francisco Chronicle (press release) And finally, discover how to marry the power of the digital media and offline media to explode your small business profits. There will be a live event on August 19th-21st in Fort Lauderdale Florida with three of the top internet marketers including ...

We will acquire channels if the price is right Livemint Profitability has to come from sensible planning and incremental revenue from other streams...international and domestic subscription, syndication of content and digital media. There is only so much cost you can cut as input and people costs are going ...

Product News OutpatientSurgery.net An intuitive, browser-based interface lets users easily archive, manage and explore digital mediafiles from a desktop console or even an iPad or iPhone. The system's centralized server and customizable user access controls help maintain HIPAA ...

Cracking the (bar) codes Winnipeg Free Press Erica Glasier, a Winnipeg marketer who blogs about digital media, says the QR codes used by some companies seem like a "tactic in search of a strategy." She condemns an MTS print ad whose QR code simply sends the viewer to another static ad. ...

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice | Womble Carlyle's Aden Dauchess to Speak at ... Linex Legal (press release) (registration) NEW YORK CITY—Director of Digital Media Aden Dauchess will be speaking at the 2011 Social Media Forum: Beyond the Basics: Integrated Social Media Marketing for Law Firms, to be held Sept. 22 nd . Dauchess will be part of a panel discussion on ...

Survey shows more confidence in NH economy than nation Seacoastonline.com Tom Herer, co-founder of the growing digital media design firm, said they keep watch on the overall economy because most of their clients have a national presence. They are aware of the macroeconomic pitfalls but are focused on making their own company ...

Imagine Cup Competition Experience Worth The Drive Cheshire Herald Teams enter in categories ranging from Digital Media to Software Development. The 2011 challenge was to imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems. Teams had to focus on the UN Millennium Development Goals. ...

Could Apple be merging iOS and OS ... Neowin The term 'iTV' likely refers to the Apple TV digital media receiver, though it may also mean a future television produced by Apple. The idea of an Apple-marketed TV has been shared before, but whether or not the concept will bear fruit or not is still ...