GitHub, the code sharing and collaboration platform that Microsoft is acquiring, today announced that its GitHub Education suite of services is now available for free to any school that wants to use it to teach its students. GitHub previously trialed this program with a few schools and is now making it widely available. It’s worth […]
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Striking photos of National Die-In Day show students protesting on U.S. Capitol lawn
To mark the two-year anniversary of the deadly 2016 shootings at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida, a group of student activists organized a National Die-In.
At 12 p.m. ET on Tuesday, high school students from across the country gathered on the…
Google’s new Tour Creator lets students make their own VR tours
Google today launched a new tool for teachers and their students called Tour Creator, which allows anyone to create their own VR tour using imagery from Google’s Street View or their own 360-degree photos. The new app is designed to work with Google Cardboard and Google’s existing VR “field trips” app Expeditions. The goal with […]
View More Google’s new Tour Creator lets students make their own VR toursStudious teens find out that doing their homework on YouTube can make them go viral
When 18-year-old Jade Bowler first turned to YouTube for studying advice two years ago, the best tips she could find told her to get hold of “aesthetic highlighters,” and to light a candle for her study space. Turns out that advice wasn’t actually so…
View More Studious teens find out that doing their homework on YouTube can make them go viralCommunicating with people who sign just got a whole lot easier
New York University students Heng Li, Jacky Chen, and Mingfei Huang created an augmented reality app that can translate spoken language to sign language in real time. It’s part of the Connected Futures Prototyping and Talent Development program run b…
View More Communicating with people who sign just got a whole lot easierWhy three university students rallied to organise a London March for Our Lives
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Three of the deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history have occurred since Stephanie Thompson moved from Denver to London six months ago to study abroad. With an ocean now dividing her from the country she calls home, Thompson says she feels powerless in the face of America’s gun violence epidemic.
That’s why 24-year-old Thompson and two American classmates at London School of Economics — Stephen Paduano and David Scollan—rallied together to organise the UK’s March for Our Lives. On Saturday March 24, Londoners will gather beside the American flag outside the U.S. Embassy in London to show solidarity with students marching on Washington D.C. to demand legislation to stop further shootings. Read more…
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View More Why three university students rallied to organise a London March for Our LivesMiley Cyrus encourages fans to support new charity single by Parkland survivors
In the weeks since the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, survivors have organized to protest gun violence and have their voices heard in truly remarkable ways.
A week after losing 17 members of their school c…