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Free App To Revolutionize How Educators Connect with Students
Net Texts — Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The iPad App aims to transform the way teachers and students connect both in and outside of the classroom The app, which will be available free of charge, replaces conventional textbooks with tablets by organizing and delivering the wide and growing array of Open Educational Resources already freely available on the Internet. Read More »
Personal Information Is Top Target of Cyber Attacks
CDW Government LLC — Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Customer, student, employee and patient information is most at risk for cyber attacks today, and defending that data is a top concern for IT professionals this year, according to the Data Loss Straw Poll, a national survey published today by CDW Government LLC, a leading provider of technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare. Read More »
Smithsonian Concludes 2012 Program with Free "Water Quality" Webinars
Smithsonian — Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The Shout environmental exploration program is concluding its 2012 "Water Matters" series with the interactive webinar sessions, "Water Quality: When It's Not Clean and Healthy," from May 16-17. Shout is a joint project of the Smithsonian, Microsoft Partners in Learning and TakingITGlobal. Read More »
Concentric Sky Releases Android Viewer for Khan Academy Content
Concentric Sky — Monday, April 16, 2012
Concentric Sky today released Viewer for Khan Academy, a free application that brings more than 2,700 educational videos to Android tablet users. Students, teachers and life-long learners can use Viewer to download and view Khan Academy’s entire library of math, science, humanities, finance and economics lessons. Read More »
MO District Uses Kineo Tablets To Focus on State Testing
Brainchild, Corp. — Monday, April 16, 2012
Exeter R-VI School District will be deploying 50 Kineo tablets into Exeter Elementary School. The district plans to pilot the strategy with the initial 50 devices in order to consider a one-to-one strategy in the future. They are implementing Brainchild's AYP package which includes 50 Kineo's, Achiever! subscription for the whole school, Read More »
Rosetta Stone Inc. and Lodi Unified SD Announce Language-Learning Program on the iPad
Rosetta Stone Inc. — Monday, April 16, 2012
Rosetta Stone Inc. announced an initiative program with Lodi Unified School District to provide the Rosetta Stone TOTALe® Course™ HD application for iPad® devices, part of the TOTALe® PRO solution, for English language learners. Read More »
Florida Virtual School® and Root-1 Partner for Mobile Learning App
Florida Virtual School,Root-1 — Saturday, April 14, 2012
Florida Virtual School as partnered with Root-1 to offer Word Joust for SAT, powered by Florida Virtual School, a mobile learning app that preps students for the verbal section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Word Joust's adaptive and interactive word games, set on a medieval battlefield, help students master more than 3,000 vocabulary words. Read More »
CoSN Awards First-Ever CETL Certifications
Consortium for School Networking — Saturday, April 14, 2012
The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) is pleased to announce the names of 32 education technology professionals who have earned the Certified Education Technology Leader designation. These CETLs are the first to take and pass a rigorous two-part certification exam demonstrating that they have mastered the knowledge and skills needed to bring 21st century technology to our K-12 school systems. Read More »
Ematic Announces the Release of the eGlide Prism
Ematic — Thursday, April 12, 2012
Ematic, a leader in value tablets, is excited to release its latest Android-powered tablet: the 7" eGlide Prism. Building on the success of its existing tablet collection, Ematic's Prism enhances gaming and entertainment experiences, and boasts powerful productivity. Read More »
eCYBERMISSION Opens Online Conversation about STEM
eCYBERMISSION — Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The U.S. Army eCYBERMISSION IDEA eNGINE, a web-based forum also known as crowdsourcing, encourages educators around the country to share ideas and tools on bringing STEM and the eCYBERMISSION Program into the classroom. Read More »
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