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Some Mobbing Behavior Of Birds With Your Popcorn? Rebranding Science At The Movies

Want to hear a Harvard professor hold forth on the neuropsychology of zombies? Then attend an event at the newly expanded "Science on Screen" series, where films are followed by scientific discourse.READ»

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Apple's iBooks Update, New Apps Power Textbook Reinvention

At its New York event, Apple's Phil Schiller just revealed that the tech giant has big plans to reinvent the educational textbook market and the technology that underpins their use in lessons.READ»

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Apple And The Coming Education Revolution

Apple has a press event tomorrow--and not on the West Coast, but in New York City. It's something different. Something new. Something, we think, to do with education, textbooks, and major disruption. Will school ever be the same?READ»

MTV's New Crusade: Helping Students Battle College Debt With A Facebook App

MTV's new Facebook app, My College Dollars, is part of the network's broader strategy of hitting the sweet spot of profit and purpose. READ»

To Motivate Students, Make Them Give Away Their Rewards

Recently direct motivation systems have been gaining traction. Such systems--from websites to apps to college policies--could help students teach one another and give education a kick in the pants.READ»

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Rumor Patrol: Apple's Juicy 2012 Plans

2012 has barely begun, and forget Steve Ballmer's CES keynote: The tech world is already abuzz with Apple intrigue. Here's our take:READ»

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New York Times Launches Elections App, Newton's College Notes Now Online, Mac Store Passes 100 Million Apps

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day.READ»

LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman, Former Facebook VP Back New Social Network Designed To Transform Education

Reid Hoffman and former Facebook executive Matt Cohler drop $15 million into education startup Edmodo. Can creating an education graph transform how schools do their job?READ»

The Ingenious Business Model Behind Coursekit, A Tumblr For Higher Education

At universities, educational software largely means enterprise-scale, expensive, feature-stuffed "learning management systems." Blackboard has the majority of the market, but professors and students are about as enthusiastic about its ...READ»

Why Google Is The Most Important Learning Tool Ever Invented

Author and education prognosticator Tom Vander Ark on making education more more valuable and more relevant (even in search terms). READ»

5 Newsworthy Teaching Tools For The Future Of Education

There is a generation gap between children and their teachers that can make it hard for them to relate. So teachers are using new techniques and technology to recapture the interest of their students.READ»

Education's Economics Of Scarcity

Colleges are beaches. People are walking and picking up degrees like seashells. As we hand out more and more degrees, each degree becomes less and less valuable. I’m amazed no one has pointed this out. READ»

Getting Schooled On Starting A Business By DonorsChoose.org's Charles Best

"It's about being shameless and relentless and hustling for the first users and for the first partners," says Best. "That takes both sort of an energy and a humility."READ»

Penn State Reminds Us, Darkly: Always Do The Right Thing Now, Not Later

I advise clients to stay away from commenting, tweeting, or posting on religion, politics, cats, or controversial subjects. Until Penn State. It is time to speak up, to remember that we are all in this together and must protect each other, protect our children, and always do the right thing. READ»

Why One Teen Dropped Out And Made Paris His Higher Education

A traditional college education--and the thousands of dollars in student debt--may not be for everyone. Thiel Fellow and education disruptor Dale Stephens takes a look at one teen who decided to forgo university and move to France.READ»

"We Want To Be The Pandora Of Learning"

So says the co-founder of MentorMob, which turns educational content on the web into step-by-step "playlists."READ»

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BioBook, A Gates-Funded iPad Textbook, Would Create A Free Database For Customized Learning

The BioBook is an interactive iPad biology college textbook that allows students and professors to create their own customized learning experience.READ»

The Newest Companies Coming Out Of Incubators: EdTech

Imagine K12 is a new Palo Alto incubator birthing only education startups. Can they change the way we teach our kids?READ»