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Wowzers® Launches New Website

Online learning developer Wowzers® (http://wowzers.com) today announced the launch of its newly designed and updated Web site, featuring a more intutitive design and dynamic new features, including a tailored user interface, richer, individualized content and a live web demo. Read More »

Mimio Begins Shipping the MimioBoard

Mimio announced that it is now delivering its new MimioBoard™ to schools and districts. The fixed whiteboard solution, powered by the award-winning MimioTeach™ interactive technology bar, is an affordable, full-featured fixed solution that supports both wired and wireless operations and can be used as both an interactive whiteboard and a traditional dry erase board. Read More »

RealPresence® Video Goes Mobile at Jefferson County Schools

At Jefferson County (Jeffco) Public Schools, which serves nearly 86,000 students across half of Denver and into the mountains west of the city, educators and staff members are connecting securely face-to-face through video with colleagues, classrooms and district offices on the same mobile devices and PCs they rely on every day. Read More »

Turning Technologies Announces New ResponseCard Integration with IPAL

Turning Technologies announced a ResponseCard integration with IPAL, a web-based Moodle module (plug-in) and stand-alone program that enables in-class polling. Turning Technologies' API integration with IPAL is the first of its kind to enable polling with ResponseCard clicker hardware into the IPAL system. Read More »

Calcasieu Schools goes live with GuideK12™

GuideK12™, the leading provider of geovisual analytics for education, is thrilled to announce that Calcasieu Parish Public Schools has implemented their state of the art technology to translate student data into actionable insights. GuideK12 allows Calcasieu Parish to geographically explore and analyze school district data instantly to improve the decision-making process. Read More »

MathFileFolderGames.com's New '4 Dice' Math App

Fractions are a learning sore spot for many students. Learning them thoroughly is important for math proficiency from upper-elementary school all the way through college. To that end, a iPad/iPhone app that turns fractions into a fun, engaging experience would be helpful to parents and teachers that want to see progress in their students' math education. 4 Dice: Fraction Games is such an application. Read More »

DeSoto County Schools Use Live Online Speech Therapy

The School District of DeSoto County in Arcadia, Florida adopted PresenceLearning, the leader in online speech therapy services for K-12 students. The live online speech therapy platform provides the district with "anytime anywhere" access to PresenceLearning's nationwide network of highly-qualified SLPs to work with special needs students. Read More »

Califone Launches Listening First™ Headsets

Califone International, Inc. today announces the launch of the Listening First™ Headsets. The new headsets are an extension of the popular Listening First headphone line and now feature a built-in microphone onto the same brightly colored and animal-theme designs. Read More »

Sixth Annual K-12 IT Benchmarking Research Survey Launches

SchoolDude announced today that it launched the sixth annual K-12 IT benchmarking survey, in partnership with the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN). This independent industry research seeks to uncover the unique challenges facing IT professionals working in U.S. public school districts today. Read More »

Ed-Fi® Version 1.1 Released

Ed-Fi Version 1.1. has been released today and is now available at www.ed-fi.org. The Ed-Fi solution, which is compatible with many existing education data standards, including the Common Education Data Standards (CEDS,) facilitates secure data exchange among disparate data systems in K-12 education. The Ed-Fi solution is available through a free license to state and local education agencies, organizations and vendors serving the education sector. Read More »