Tag: stanford

The Steve Jobs Speech Emails

Back in 2005, Steve Jobs gave one of the most iconic commencement speeches ever and now we know what went into the speech. The Steve Jobs Archive has released the emails that Steve sent to himself in order to create the speech. 8 emails include an outline of the speech as well as the individual pieces of the speech. The emails include individual thoughts for each section of the outline and shows a lot of how Steve thought about life…

Apple to Hold Education Event in New York Next Week

As predicted here by our staff, Apple has scheduled an education related event at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.  The event which will be held at 10:00 am on the 19th of January will outline Apple’s Education initiative.  While many have said this event will feature the iPad 3 prominently, we are expecting it to take more of the Standford and MITx education initiatives in hand and show how those initiatives will integrate with iTunes. As stated in…

Stanford University Offering Intro to AI Online

In what the professors of Stanford University’s Intro to Artificial Intelligence are calling a “Grand Experiment”, they are offering the full CS-221 course online for free, complete with tests, homework and everything else including a final exam.  Students who complete the course, which runs from October 10, 2012 to December 18, 2012, will get a certificate of completion.  No college credit will be offered to anyone outside the classroom and those who are paying for the course at the university….