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Schoolwires® Centricity2™ Helps CGCS Improve Member Communications
Schoolwires Centricity2 — Thursday, March 22, 2012
The Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS) has implemented Schoolwires Centricity2 to help improve communications and resource sharing with its members and to enhance its image as a champion of high academic standards for urban schools. Read More »
MOUSE Wins $100,000 in HASTAC "Badges for Lifelong Learning" Competition
Mouse, Inc. — Wednesday, March 21, 2012
MOUSE was awarded $100,000 as a winner of the Digital Media and Learning Competition: Badges for Lifelong Learning. This competition was designed to encourage the creation of digital badges and badge systems that identify, measure and account for new skills, competencies, knowledge and achievements for 21st century learners. Read More »
Pearson Announces pd21 Professional Development
Pearson, Edvation — Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Pearson is partnering with the award-winning Edvation to help teachers fast-track their skills development and use of technology in the classroom with their online pd21 professional development system. pd21 will help teachers integrate a wealth of powerful resources into their classrooms in practical and engaging ways to impact student learning and achievement. Read More »
SRI International Issues Report on Costs and Benefits of Online Learning
SRI International — Tuesday, March 20, 2012
A new SRI International report prepared for the U.S. Department of Education provides guidance to educational leaders as they work to implement successful, cost-effective online learning programs for secondary schools. The report, summarizes past research on the cost and outcomes associated with online learning programs in higher education and offers strategies for implementing such programs effectively in K-12 settings. Read More »
New Teachscape iPad App Eliminates Need for Internet Access;
Teachscape — Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Teachscape has developed an iPad application for its Teachscape Reflect Live classroom observation management and reporting system software. The application allows observers to quickly and accurately collect classroom evidence in an offline environment and then upload that data when a Wi-Fi connection is available. Read More »
Anonymous Cyber Bullying Reporting Service Launched by SchoolReach
GroupCast, LLC — Saturday, March 17, 2012
Anonymous bullying reporting is now required for schools by many state laws and is recommended by the major anti-bullying curriculum programs. In response, SchoolReach, a leading automated parent notification service used by public, private and parochial schools throughout the United States, has introduced the CyberBully Hotline. Read More »
Encyclopaedia Britannica To End Print Edition
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. — Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. will cease publication of the 32-volume printed edition of its flagship encyclopedia, continuing with the digital versions that have become popular with knowledge seekers in recent decades. The move is the latest in a series the company has made over many years in the direction of digital publishing and a wider range of educational products. Read More »
A BIG Gift for Educators Attending CUE
FableVision Learning — Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Peter H. Reynolds is delivering an unusually BIG gift to attendees of the annual CUE Technology Conference in Palm Springs (March 15-17). Through FableVision Learning, his K-12 educational creative resources company, Reynolds is giving away Big Screen Books™, group reading software optimized for interactive whiteboards. Read More »
Global Nomads Group Uses Polycom® RealPresence® Video Collaboration
Polycom, Inc. — Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Global Nomads Group is using Polycom® RealPresence® video collaboration solutions to support “Youth Talk,” an interactive video collaboration program for students ages 14-18 that helps build increased awareness and understanding between teens in the United States and the Arab world. Read More »
Virtual Field Trip: Immigration Experience at Ellis Island
Scholastic — Wednesday, March 14, 2012
More than a million students from across the U.S. will travel to Ellis Island in New York Harbor on March 29 to learn the history of immigration on a virtual field trip via a free live webcast on Scholastic.com. "Coming to America: Ellis Island" is an experiential supplement to free teaching resources and digital activities available to teachers in grades 3 to 8 at Scholastic.com/immigration Read More »
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