A Startup Revolution for College Education.
We’ve all been warned about it, but a surprising amount of college students still plagiarize. This cool infographic from EasyBib gives us some numbers to think about, and reminds us who we need to turn to to teach students better research habits- librarians!
1. Why are manhole covers round?
Manhole covers are round because squares are lame. Oh, and because they’re probably less likely to collapse upon top-down force from motor vehicles.
2. If you could learn to do anything, what would you learn how to do?I would definitely learn how to fly a plane.
It’s infographic time! Open Colleges and edudemic put together some interesting stats about technology and education- thanks for the interesting article with it Molly Greenberg and IntheCapital!
1. If your life were a board game, which one would it be and why?
Cranium. I tend to talk with my hands a lot and it often turns into charades.
2. If you could learn to do anything, what would you learn how to do?
I would want to learn ballroom dancing- everything except for the quickstep.
3. If you could have any exotic pet, what would it be?
An elephant- he could reach the top shelf in my kitchen for me and be great at soccer.
4. Who is your ideal movie character best friend?
Genie- He even has his own song about how great a friend he is.
5. What did you want to be when you grew up?
A jockey.
Here’s guessing your college classroom looks a little bit different than your grandmother’s. Digital text books are lightening college students’ backpacks, online discussions, tablets, and new software are changing the face of contemporary college courses. Take a look at OnlineUniversity’s infographic about it.
1. Why are manhole covers round?
Because they can’t be forced down the manhole, unlike if they were another shape.
2. If you could learn to do anything, what would you learn how to do?
Either learn to fly or learn how to be an astronaut.
3. You have to perform at a talent show: what is your talent?
I would never let myself get put on stage at a talent show.
4. Why did your parents give you the name that you have?
I’m not positive but I’m pretty surethey went through the family tree looking for a unique name because I have an ancestor named Wells but he wasn’t anyone important. How it got changed to Welles is another story in its own right…
5. Who is your ideal movie character best friend?
Ted from How I Met Your Mother
Some great videos we made about StudyHall- take a look!
Here’s guessing textbooks will look dramatically different when I go to grad school in a few years- OnlineEducation.net has some interesting ideas about what cracking open a book will look like in the near future!
1. Why are manhole covers round?
Why not?
2. If your life were a board game, which one would it be and why?
Sorry! No explanation needed.
3. What disease did cured ham have?
Obesity.
4. If you could learn to do anything, what would you learn how to do?
The ability to paint like Jackson Pollock.
5. You have to perform at a talent show: what is your talent?
Spitting a grape up into the air and catching it my mouth similar to how people throw grapes to each other to catch in their mouths.
Interested to see the breakdown for how college students spend their time and money? So were we! This infographic by bacherlosdegreeonline.com breaks it down- check it out and compare (we had a lively debate about number of classes we’d missed in school… we decided 26 is about right, especially thinking about Snowpocalypse a few years back).
