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Schoolwires® PassKey Manager™ Helps Accelerate Adoption of District Web Solutions
Schoolwires, Inc. — Saturday, July 09, 2011
Schoolwires is introducing Schoolwires PassKey Manager, an enterprise single sign-on(SSO) management solution for K-12 school districts, designed to drive adoption and utilization of district technologies, increasing the value of existing technology investments while reducing the workload of IT staff. Read More »
Eden Autism Services Launches Online Learning Community for Teachers
Eden Autism Services — Saturday, July 09, 2011
Eden Autism Services, a nationally acclaimed organization specializing in educating children and adults with autism as well as providing workshops and training for families and educators has recently launched two online learning communities specifically designed for teachers through edWeb.net, a professional social network for the education community. Read More »
HMH and netTrekker Connect Assessment and Instruction
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and netTrekker — Wednesday, July 06, 2011
netTrekker and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), have partnered to help educators conduct data-driven instruction more effectively and efficiently. DataDirector, an online assessment management system from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, is now integrated with netTrekker, enabling teachers to easily identify standards-aligned, digital content that can be used to address students’ individual needs... Read More »
Alexander Street's Five New Online Collections
Alexander Street Press — Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Electronic publisher Alexander Street Press today announced plans to publish five new online collections for scholars and students in the final quarter of 2011. Said Alexander Street publisher Stephen Rhind-Tutt, “It’s a big year for us in terms of new product launches, both in our traditional areas of primary materials and music education, and now in video. ..." Read More »
Learning.com Launches Online Marketplace
Learning.com — Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Learning.com announces today the launch of its online marketplace to help teachers find, buy and use the best digital teaching resources available. The Learning.com Marketplace gives teachers a single online point to find, organize, assign, and track students' progress with effective digital content that is safe and aligned to their state standards. Read More »
Allegany County Schools Turn to Aerohive
Aerohive Networks — Saturday, July 02, 2011
Aerohive Networks announced that Allegany County Public Schools has upgraded its WLAN with an all Aerohive solution to accommodate an influx of Apple iPads, and other popular Wi-Fi-enabled mobile devices coming onto its wireless network. Read More »
Book Buddy's On-demand GoReaders™
Book Buddy Digital Media, Inc. — Saturday, July 02, 2011
Book Buddy Digital Media, Inc. President, Brett Hodus announced yesterday, that in addition to the bulk ordering of the GoReader™ the company expects to have its on–demand production fully operational in a few weeks. “We’ve decided that we want to make our technology available to smaller publishers that positively impact education and for all publishers that have important titles...." Read More »
CoSN’s Online Community of Practice Expands
Consortium for School Networking — Saturday, July 02, 2011
The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) today announced that four leading education associations have signed on as partners in CoSN’s online community of practice – Access4Ed.net – focused on innovative approaches to providing access to technology in K-12 schools and school districts. Read More »
Next Generation of MimioStudio Software
DYMO™/Mimio — Saturday, July 02, 2011
DYMO™/Mimio® announced today the launch of MimioStudio™ 8 software, the newest generation of the software powering the MimioClassroom™ product suite. Now available in 31 languages, the software's expanded toolset offers more flexibility for teachers to develop engaging interactive lessons for students of all grade and skill levels. Read More »
Changes to E-rate Program
Funds For Learning — Saturday, July 02, 2011
In September 2010, the FCC announced some of the most sweeping changes to the E-rate program since its inception. John Harrington, CEO of Funds For Learning, a leading E-rate compliance services firm, presented on this topic today at the 2011 International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference... Read More »
