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Need some easy money for school? Well there could be nothing easier than destroying your flashcards for a scholarship. That’s right – you can get $500 from SimpleLeap Software if you destroy your flashcards.

It’s called the Flashcard Scholarship and you can get $500 for simply destroying your flashcards CREATIVELY and submitting the video of you doing so to the Flashcard Scholarship YouTube page.

Simply visit the Flashcard Scholarship website, complete the short application form, destroy your flashcards on video and submit it! Now you are well on your way to $500 – perfect to use for tuition, books, or anything school related.

SimpleLeap will choose one (1) winner to receive the scholarship based on the creativity, ratings, and views of your flashcard destruction video! You can enter as many different videos as you choose, and the video can be no longer than 3 minutes (even though they prefer videos under 1 minute). The scholarship deadline is August 1, 2010 so please remember to apply soon.  More details including the scholarship fine print is available on the Flashcard Scholarship website.

The Design Your Dorm site allows students to view an exact 3-D replica of their dorm, to drag and drop real furniture and decor into place, and then purchase these items, which are shipped directly to their dorms. The site also allows roommates to coordinate through social media tools, including in-site Facebook chat, sharing the design and eliminating the risk of buying two of one thing in the limited space. Entering their second back-to-school season, Design Your Dorm is running with last year’s success and looking to expand. Co-founder and University of Arizona 2008 graduate, Taylor Robinson, says, “We had such a positive response from students and parents last year, but the biggest complaint was that we didn’t have everyone’s schools. We worked tirelessly all year growing our database, and are proud to have the exact measurements from over 180 Universities.”

Check out their blog too at http://www.designyourdormblog.com/

Rebecca M. Carroll

The Coaching Educator^TM

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Collegeosity is a website that allows college students to share ideas, ask for help from their peers, save money, share their reviews, and guide each other through the college experience. 

The people behind Collegeosity noticed that high school college counselors and college resources largely deal with academic issues, and not with the basic, day-to-day details of life away from home, leaving students to feel intimidated by being away for possibly the first time. They also noticed that students have to deal with a small budget and this can be difficult without any experience. Parents and teachers can do only so much, but the people who understand the college experience and can anticipate its difficulties the best are current students. 

College students can use the website to:

Getting ready for College? Be sure to check out our new friends at SmartCollegeVisit!

SmartCollegeVisit-”The Educated Way to Visit Campus” is an enterprise of Smart College Visit, Inc. The web site serves as a college visit travel planning resource for college bound students and their families. We feature college visit stories from parents and students, travel tips and tools, “how tos” related to college visits, and campus hot spots that students should not miss when they visit. Follow us on Twitter @collegevisit and join us on Wednesday evenings at 9PM ET for #CampusChat.

Here are some things discussed on Smart College Visit:

Top Topics

• #CampusChat
• College Visits
• Parent to Parent
• Smart See, Smart Do
• The Real College Guide on SCV
• Travel Tips
• Wait Listed
• Where’d They Go to School

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Do you ever wonder how schools, universities, colleges, and large groups in general should use social media? Students are often early adopters, frequent users, and overall lovers of technology and social media.

This is a website devoted to these ‘geeky’ things with an education slant. We focus on what’s happening in the tech world and how it applies to higher education. We’re not trying to be the next Gizmodo, we’re trying to help educators get the most out of their students and vice versa.

What EduDemic Is Not:

• Another book about how social media can help you get a job or meet Ashton Kutcher
• A minute-by-minute blog about gizmos, Apple products, or other tech craze
• A lovefest for Steve Jobs

What To Expect

• Interviews with insiders and higher ed professionals who are passionate about social media and technology
• A look at how technology is currently used on campuses worldwide, and how it’s all going to change
• Much more!

Want to help us? We’re always looking for fun, creative, and exciting writers to join us. Get in touch with us by filling out this form or simply dropping us a line at edudemic@gmail.com