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...stage and held up a new kind of computer. It was flat, and it didn't have a keyboard. This very rich, very clever man then tried to convince a bunch of reporters that in five years this flat, keyboardless computer would be the most popular kind of computer in the country. Some of them even believed...
...allows you to create your own mini-Revolutionary War reenactment. Rest assured, though, a little less will be at stake than when Paul Revere made this journey in 1775. This 11-mile path through Arlington, Lexington, and Bedford closely mirrors the route of Revere’s legendary ride. Popular with young and old alike, the flat paved walkway follows the former tracks of the since closed Lexington & West Cambridge Railroad. It’s a scenic but shaded path, with some history to complement a leisurely trip that’s accessible for casual cyclists. To avoid city biking...
...Harvard University section of iTunes U, on the other hand, went live last week with only one course—Justice, Michael Sandel’s extremely popular class on everyday morality—that had already been offered free of charge on the course’s public website. While the Harvard section also prominently features podcasts from different Harvard Schools and videos dedicated to exploring life on campus, it clearly lags behind other universities’ sections...
...stop academic shop for university multimedia, for over a year; it offers a handful of computer science courses free of charge. Several Harvard graduate schools also publish public course material online. The official Harvard YouTube channel offers a few courses from the College, including David Malan’s popular Computer Science...
Moreover, personal access to lecture on iTunes can benefit students, too. As the popular event Harvard Thinks Big showed, students are often interested in courses that do not fit into their schedules. While many classes already make lecture videos available to students via Harvard iSites, being able to easily download and sync the videos using the familiar iTunes interface will add a layer of convenience that works to meet the on-campus demand for lecture videos...