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New EBSCOhost® App Is Now Available for Android Devices
EBSCO Publishing — Tuesday, November 29, 2011
EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has released an EBSCOhost® Android app ensuring that Android device users can quickly and easily take full advantage of their premium EBSCOhost database content from wherever they happen to be. The Android app is the latest option in EBSCO’s mobile access technology.... Read More »
Adaptive Curriculum Launches E-Commerce Site
— Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Adaptive Curriculum is opening the doors to a broader population of teachers and students by allowing for the direct, online purchase of AC Math and AC Science through the new Adaptive Curriculum Direct web site. The products available on the new site are created for users who want to access the full features of Adaptive Curriculum’s solutions through a quick and simple online ordering process, including credit card transactions... Read More »
SAFARI Montage Announces All-New Videoconferencing System
SAFARI Montage — Monday, November 28, 2011
SAFARI Montage Live! v.5 is a feature-rich, IP-based videoconferencing system that enables educators to connect and collaborate with colleagues and students like never before – easily and affordably. It includes enhanced screen sharing capabilities, higher quality video and audio, the ability to play video recordings from the host’s desktop and much more Read More »
edWeb.net and Action Learning Systems, Inc. Create a PLC for CCSS
edWeb.net — Monday, November 28, 2011
edWeb.net and Action Learning Systems, Inc. announce the creation of an online professional learning community to provide a forum for K-12 educators all across the nation to come together to learn about and discuss the implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Read More »
Callaway Digital Arts and Sesame Street Launch New Educational Mobile App
Callaway Digital Arts, Inc. — Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Callaway Digital Arts, Inc., interactive publisher of premium children's and lifestyle mobile applications, and Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street , announce their second collaboration, Another Monster at the End of This Book for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. Read More »
New Math App Adds to VA Middle Schoolers’ Test Prep Tools
Virginia.gov — Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Master the Math fulfills Virginia Interactive’s promise to the Virginia Department of Education to reinvest the winnings from VDOE’s October 2010 “Standards of Learning Apple Apps Challenge," which recognized VI’s Pass the Past mobile application. Like Master the Math, Pass the Past is an educational game that helps students prepare for Virginia’s SOL exams. Read More »
PD 360 Mobile Released
School Improvement Network — Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Just two months before the launch of PD360's regular updates comes the much-anticipated PD 360 Mobile application for any iOS (Apple) or Android mobile device. PD 360 is the world's first and largest on-demand professional development platform. The online PD training library has 1,800 video segments, but not until now have the training videos been accessible on a mobile device. Read More »
Simple, Affordable Video Conferencing for K-12 Education
Vidyo, Inc. — Wednesday, November 16, 2011
In an effort to provide classrooms and libraries with affordable, high-quality video conferencing, Vidyo, Inc., is currently working with U.S. schools to help enhance students' learning experiences by enabling virtual classes and field trips that supplement K-12 curriculum with real world interactions via low-cost, high-quality video conferencing. Read More »
AVer U10 USB Document Camera Released
AVer Information Inc. — Tuesday, November 15, 2011
The ultra compact and portable U10 is USB powered, connecting directly to a laptop or desktop computer to display live documents and 3D objects. The U10 is a high quality, yet easy to use and affordable document camera solution, perfect for classroom or presentation use as a standalone visual device.... Read More »
Lightspeed Systems Web Filtering Update Allows Seamless Access to New YouTube for Schools
Lightspeed Systems — Tuesday, November 15, 2011
This week, Lightspeed Systems is releasing an update to its award-winning Web Filter solution to give its K12 customers another way to use educational YouTube videos in school: seamless access to the new YouTube for Schools feature. Read More »
