Data Visualizations: 5 Amazing iPhone Visualization Videos

article by Stan Schroeder

submitted by Teresa Koltzenburg

Do you like data visualizations? How about visualizations on the go? Thanks to several very cool iPhone tools, you can turn your data into graphs, experience 3D worlds, or turn music into real-time visualizations in the palm of your hand. We bring you videos of five great iPhone visualization apps in action.

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University requires students to buy an iPhone or similar device

article by Alan Scher Zagier, Associated Press

submitted by T. J. Urbanski

Continue reading…   USA Today

New iPod rules touch off heated debate (eCampus News)

Missouri journalism freshmen required to have iPhones, iPod Touches, or similar devices–raising concerns about corporate influence (From staff and wire reports)

Summitted by Paul Kreider

A new policy by the University of Missouri School of Journalism requiring incoming students to have an iPhone, iPod Touch, or similar device has touched off a heated debate about the limits and possibilities of technology — as well as corporate influence — in academia.

Gadgets such as the Apple iPhone and the iPod Touch are mainstays on college campuses, largely for their ability to help students escape the pressures of the classroom–although a growing number of institutions also use the devices for academic purposes.

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University of Missouri’s Journalism School Will Make iPod Touch, iPhone Mandatory for Students

submitted by: Paul Kreider

Yet another institution is touting the education-changing potential of yet another device. This time the college is University of Missouri’s Journalism School, which now plans to require that students purchase either Apple’s iPod Touch or its iPhone.

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