Be part of the app revolution Join thousands of developers worldwide, November 9-11, 2012, for Wowzapp the worldwide hackathon for Windows and build apps for the next generation of Windows. There will be dozens of event venues from college campuses to Microsoft offices, all buzzing with energy, music, free food and more. New venues being…
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Windows 8 Session @ Duke
Windows 8 Session 9/20 8:00pm Schiciano Auditorium Windows 8 is Windows re-imagined. Join us to learn about the new platform for building applications. Get an understanding of the platform design tenets, the programming language choices, and the integration points with the operating system and across Windows 8 apps. Talk a walk-through of some code to…
The Campus Coder Show #3: Ben Snyder and Zach Hoefler
The Campus Coder is a half-hour podcast series that features interviews with student developers who have made the leap into professional development with Microsoft tools. It’s intended to educate, entertain and enlighten aspiring student developers! This week, Ed and Glen talk with Ben Snyder and Zach Hoefler, two students from the Rochester Institute of Technology…
The Campus Coder Show #2: Nic Colley
The Campus Coder is a half-hour podcast series that features interviews with student developers who have made the leap into professional development with Microsoft tools. It’s intended to educate, entertain and enlighten aspiring student developers! Tune in as Glen and Ed talk to Nic Colley (@niccolley), Imagine Cup Game Design winner in 2010. In this…
The Campus Coder Show #1: Chevon Christie
The Campus Coder is a half-hour podcast series that features interviews with student developers who have made the leap into professional development with Microsoft tools. It’s intended to educate, entertain and enlighten aspiring student developers! Chevon Christie (@chevonchr) is a student developer in the Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College in New York. Chevon has…
Imagine Cup 2012, There’s Still Time!
Still want to compete in the Imagine Cup for fame, fortune and a trip to Sydney? (The opportunity to change the world is assumed ) You might have missed the deadline for the Software and Game Design competition, but there are still FOUR Imagine Cup Challenges that you can enter! For Round 1, the barriers…
Big App On Campus!
We see new, amazing experiences created every day by student developers and we wanted to come up with a way to return the favor: we are partnering with the band The Gracious Few (featuring members of the bands LIVE and Candlebox) to create an amazing experience for ten (10) US college students (and their guest)…
Facebook & Grades
As social media continues to evolve, Facebook leads the front and also plays one of the most critical roles in tomorrow’s education. This collaborative infographic illustrates the most thorough data to this date on the topic from leading social media researcher, Reynol Junco. (via @ohtinytony) Via: OnlineEducation.net
The Math-Science Shortage
One of the quickest growing industries in the US and one of the most important to the growth of our economy is taking a hit. Why are Students being turned off by STEM? Perhaps the difficulty? Maybe something else? Take a look at this beautifully hand-drawn infographic that explores why students are being turned off. (via @ohtinytony)
America’s Big Test
“It’s the culmination of American K-12 education: students must prove they’re ready for college. The SAT results for 2011 are in, and what do they reveal? The disparity in achievement is growing. Some students’ scores are dropping, some are rising, and the majority are not prepared to succeed at the collegiate level.” (via @ohtinytony) Created…