College students who frequently use Facebook spend less time studying and have lower grade point averages than students who are not members of Facebook, according to a new study from Ohio State University.
More than three- quarters of Facebook users said their use of the social networking site did not interfere with their studies.
Students Invited To Google Summer Of Code
It’s no secret that the job market is less than robust right now, and things look especially grim for people who don’t have their feet wedged in some doors. Fortunately, Google Summer of Code 2009 is swooping in to give students all sorts of great opportunities.
Students and Twitter
Ever since teaching 6th graders about blogging, I’ve paid more attention to how social media sites can enhance learning. Blogging certainly can improve writing skills and at the same time introduce children to ideas that will make them more marketable when they hit the job force (assuming they do).
College Students Work On Wikipedia
The typical college professor warns students to steer clear of Wikipedia – even the use of that term is likely to result in red ink and a lowered grade. But one professor actually created a project that revolved around the site.
Colleges Use Texting To Warn Students
Colleges across the country are implementing or have implemented text- based messaging systems in order to communicate with students in the event of an emergency.
Google Courting More Students With Email
Google’s serious about creating relationships with the greater Academia – its founders were collegiate all-stars building printers out of Legos, and of course badly-named search engines (Google was once called BackRub, we imagine because that was Larry Page’s best pickup line) – ahem, as more and more universities turn their email systems over to the search engine company.
RIAA Targets Michigan Students, Draws NPR Ire
Privacy is a hot word around the blogosphere today; Google is protecting it and the RIAA is employing every trick in their playbook to circumvent a user’s right to privacy by pressuring ISPs and Universities to voluntarily hand over identifying information pertaining to users who are allegedly violating copyright law by sharing digital music over the school’s network.
AOL And Students Go Exploring
AOL has partnered for a second time with Quest Network’s Blue Zones to allow kids to explore the longest living people in Costa Rica. The first expedition explored the healthy lifestyles of people living in Okinawa, Japan. KOL, AOL’s kids service will be involved in KOL Blue Zones Expedition an educational project that will allow students to participate in directing a team of scientists, explorers and journalists as they explore places where people live the longest.
Yahoo! Pays Film Students In Back-Pats
Yahoo! has invited fledgling filmmakers to submit 12-second video advertisements to promote the website’s new look. Grand-prize for best short: two thumbs up, credit for a job well done, and a place among the featured videos.
What Are We Teaching PR Students?
How to do brochures, throw parties, talk to reporters and write press releases? Or, are we teaching them what PR’s fundamental premise says we should be teaching them?