Category Archives: education

This Is How Apple Changes Education, Forever





Apple’s plan to bring iPad textbooks to schools across America and around the world via iBooks 2 and iBooks Author is nothing short of a revo… Continue reading

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Everything You Need to Know About the Apple for Education Talk




Thursday’s Apple event presented a giant leap forward in the process of updating American education. As of today, elementary, high school… Continue reading

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Live From the Apple Education Announcement




It’s no secret that students around the world are carrying too-heavy backpacks full of large, thick textbooks and handouts for school. Wha… Continue reading

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20+ Essential Resources for Improving Your SEO Skills

Search engine optimization isn’t exactly something you can major in — at least, not yet. In fact, many professional search engine optimizers… Continue reading

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Why Colleges Need to Better Prepare IT Grads [OPINION]


There are a few ubiquitous projects that most computer science students remember: Hello world, the Fibonacci recursion sequence and the reverse Poli… Continue reading

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New York Times & WNYC Launch SchoolBook to Foster Education Community





On Wednesday, The New York Times and public radio station WNYC launched SchoolBook, a website to provide news, data and discussion about New Yo… Continue reading

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17 Web Resources for Improving Your Design Skills





While summer vacation winds to a close and students prepare to go back to school, the days of brand new backpacks and crisp notebooks are long… Continue reading

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How Open Source Projects Can Prepare Students for Better Careers

Free and open source software (FOSS) is at the root of the most innovative products, technologies and services of our time. The Social NetworkContinue reading

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4 Free Ways to Learn to Code Online

The Web Development Series is supported by Rackspace, the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s hosting solutions here. L… Continue reading

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Learn HTML5, JavaScript and CSS With Mozilla’s Free “School of Webcraft”




Mozilla is getting ready for the January semester of School of Webcraft, a 100% free developer training resource run in partnership with Peer 2… Continue reading

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