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Funds For Learning Announces Mobile Version of E-rate Manager

Funds For Learning, the nation's largest E-rate compliance firm, today announced the latest update to its award-winning E-rate ManagerĀ® service. E-rate Manager for Mobile allows iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry users the opportunity to quickly and easily track funding data on the go. Read More »

Glogster EDU's Global Call to Action:

Glogster EDU, an online education platform, launched an initiative today to unite educators across the globe in pursuit of a common goal: update current education methods to fit the interests of modern-day learners. For every educator who joins the initiative, Glogster EDU pledges to donate one subaccount toward a School License... Read More »

LoudCloud a Strategic Partner with Shared Learning Collaborative

LoudCloud Systems will be creating applications around instructional improvement and learning maps that will be compatible with the technology infrastructure from the Shared Learning Collaborative (SLC). Additionally, the two organizations have partnered with Jefferson County (CO) School District to develop and showcase a Learning Maps application integrated with SLC by early 2013. Read More »

Teaching Reading with Music Sees a 300% Gain in Fluency

Lyrics2learn.com was created and tested in Colorado classrooms during the 2011/12 school year. The site offers teachers, parents and homeschoolers an engaging supplemental reading curriculum, complete with stories, lessons, animation, questions, tests, music, graphed results, test taking strategies and member lesson sharing for $5.00 to $10.00. Read More »

My Big Campus Rolls Out Exciting New Features

With the addition of ISTE NETS Tech Standards for Students and the release of the newly redesigned Schoolwork feature, My Big Campus continues to combine the functionality of a classroom LMS with a social networking site and library of educational resources... Read More »

Tales2Go Partners with Maine ACTEM

Tales2Go announced today their partnership with ACTEM, the Association of Computer Technology Educators of Maine, to offer a group buying opportunity for ACTEM members. The Tales2Go group buy exemplifies ACTEM's ability to source preferred services and discounts for its members. Read More »

Teacher Observation Solution Gets New Look, Features

While students and teachers were enjoying their summer breaks, RANDA designers and developers were working full-throttle to release TOWER System 2.0 and TOWER Mobile 2.6. Both represent significant upgrades in usability while the user interfaces themselves are strikingly clean and intuitive. Read More »

VISNET and K12 Inc. Expand Access to Online Learning

K12 Inc. and VISNET, an online learning and professional development consortium supported by independent school associations, today announced they have expanded access to a broader suite of online learning options to independent schools in Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Read More »

Mimio Survey: BYOT About To Take Off

According to a recent survey conducted by MDR's EdNET Insight research services for Mimio, what many students are going to hear is, "Class turn on your mobile phone, it's time to learn." Respondents were asked the impact that consumer technology devices and bring-your-own-technology initiatives were likely to have on future interactive classroom planning and purchases. Read More »

Texthelp's New App Provides Accessibility within Google Docs

Texthelp Inc. announced the release of Read&Write for Google Docs. Google Docs allows teachers and students to create and collaborate on documents in real time in the Cloud while Read&Write for Google Docs provides the support tools needed to make these documents accessible to all. Read More »