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Computerworld Education/Training News Computerworld.com connects the IT community with important news, business and technology information, as well as with their peers. View source archive --> Search this source --> ·In high-tech schools of the future, Facebook in class is boosted -- not banned Some K-12 schools are starting to adopt Web 2.0 tools that let students create their own curriculums and satisfy their intellectual curiosity while avoiding the stifling rigidity that many associate with traditional public schools. ·Wall Street's losses may be computer science's gain The collapse of Wall Street may help make computer science and IT careers attractive to students who abandoned these fields in droves after the pop of the last big bubble, the dot-com bust of 2001. ·Glory days: How high school shaped nine IT leaders Nine IT leaders reflect on their high school selves and how their younger personas affected the adults they've become. ·Want to telecommute? The Smart2020 report shows it's greener Smart2020, a report from The Climate Group of the Global e-Sustainability Initiative, has just been released. The report describes ways that the tech industry could reduce emissions as well as monitor its own explosive growth that is predicted over the next 12 years. ·Obama's choice for DHS could flame tech visa battle Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, thought to be President-elect Barack Obama's leading choice to head the Department of Homeland Security, has been a strong advocate of increasing H-1B visas -- a stance that could become an issue during her confirmation. ·Profile: Microsoft hires noted database researcher to help scale SQL Server David DeWitt retired from the Computer Science Department at the University of Wisconsin last year, but he's already returned, this time as head of a new database research center located on the Madison campus and funded primarily by Microsoft. ·More Education/Training News View more Education/Training news and analysis from Computerworld.com

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