There is a change coming in the world of academic structure. With the current article in U.S. News and World Report (http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/k-12/2009/08/25/a-kindle-for-every-student.html) the world of textbook publishing and its usage in the classroom is going to change for good. The report goes on to say that the experience of learning will also be different and it should be because the user base (student) has changed. Now students of this new Generation-i are looking for a greater experience. The New York Times recently ran an article on a study that found that students learn greater with the advantage of the online experience (http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/study-finds-that-online-education-beats-the-classroom/).
I have been trying to say this for the last ten years. So I went ahead and developed my own company and product line.
DigiEd Incorporated is an educational technology company that is focused on developing seven Web 2.0 products for the educational/literary community. The first in development is http://www.theCampusCenter.com
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theCampusCenter.com is a multi-dimensional SaaS/Web delivered environment. It is a no cost, safe, customizable academic student portal that features eight different streams of revenue sharing for academic institutions; Content appropriate advertising revenue, Online viewbooks, Affiliate sales, Affinity sections, Content distribution, In text advertising, Micro site sponsorships and Market research.
Today we need to fund academia at all levels. Tuition has topped out, endowments have been hurt by the current fiscal crisis and fundraising is at a standstill. Educational institutions are in desperate need of new alternative revenue streams. We provide those streams at no cost to these institutions and alleviate some IT and LMS demands.
theCampusCenter.com affords those revenue streams through a simple model based on open source code and non-proprietary backend.
It has numerous uses. It acts as a social network that is major centric for students around the world. It has a research center that contains validated, peer-reviewed links that aid students in doing their research while also diminishing the time it takes to find relevant, qualified research. Students and faculty can also contribute research links by sending them to us.
There are class forums and study forums that can be customized for each class. We have portal capabilities that can also be customized to look and feel like any school.
You can do your research in our Research Center, add to MyLinks and then add to MyNotes. You can add audio and video clips to MyMedia. Once you’re finished collecting your data you can then create your paper in MyPapers – research notes, citations, links, audio, images, video, whatever you need and save it to your profile and send it via email to your professor.
We provide up to the minute news, sports, games, entertainment and RSS feeds. You can also chat with friends in MyChat or just check your Weather. We have a section for you to post your Resume and a Job Search area for you to find or post a job.
Also we have a full Amazon powered College Store for all your needs. Anything Amazon.com carries we have as well. And every time you order from our store it helps your school create donations, scholarships and much needed revenue to help keep costs in line with these tough economic times.
We reward students for using the site with a point system that is redeemable at many vendors and retailers. All this and it helps in revenue generation for the institutions that use it.
Please use the site and see how it can be customized it for your school or institution so they can start benefiting from the revenue sharing.
Everything is here for your daily needs as a student or faculty. It is just finding the right source that is usually tough. We make it easier, quicker and more reliable.
Search Less. Find More. – theCampusCenter.com
Patrick Aievoli, Founder – patrick@theCampuscenter.com