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Kyocera Teaching AssistantTM Streamlines Classroom Workflow
Kyocera Mita America, Inc. — Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Kyocera Mita America, Inc announced the availability of Kyocera Teaching Assistant, an affordable test creation, grading and analysis solution designed to streamline classroom workflow and boost student achievement. Kyocera Teaching Assistant simplifies the task of printing, collecting and analyzing multiple-choice test results using bubble-sheet forms. Read More »
Shmoop Literature Guides and Biographies Now Available Through Discovery Education streaming PLUS
Discovery Education — Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Discovery Education announces that Literature Guides and Biographies from Shmoop, a digital curriculum company that makes fun, rigorous learning and teaching materials, are now available in Discovery Education streaming PLUS. Shmoop’s Literature Guides and Biographies are written by Ph.D. students from Stanford, Harvard, UC Berkley, and other top universities. Read More »
NEW REPORT: 43% of Students Feel Unprepared to Use Technology in College and Work Life
Nellie Mae Education Foundation — Saturday, July 16, 2011
Nellie Mae Education Foundation has released a new report, Integrating Technology with Student-Centered Learning. Prepared by Education Development Center, Inc., the report examines current literature in order to better understand how technology might be used to personalize learning for students. Read More »
Connections Education Approved as Virtual Learning Provider by VA
Connections Education — Thursday, July 14, 2011
Connections Education has been approved by Virginia State Superintendent of Public Instruction Patricia I. Wright to provide virtual instruction to students in all Virginia public K–12 school divisions statewide. With the advent of the 2011–12 school year, Connections Education products and services will be available to Virginia schools and districts looking to enhance their e-learning offerings with state-approved online learning. Read More »
Funds For Learning’s FCC Petition Pays Off For Schools and Libraries
Funds For Learning, LLC. — Thursday, July 14, 2011
The Universal Service Administration Company officially announced to the FCC yesterday that it has identified additional monies to fund Funding Year 2010 E-rate Priority Two (internal connections and basic maintenance of internal connections) requests at the 80 percent discount level. Read More »
AppTech and Super Star Learning Launch the Nation's First Social Achievement Platform
AppTech Corp. — Tuesday, July 12, 2011
AppTech Corp and Super Star Learning Company announced the launch of My Dream Machine, the nation's very first Social Achievement platform for schools, specifically designed to give students the critical thinking skills to set and achieve goals, necessary for success in higher education and in the career arena. Read More »
Blackboard Extends Leadership in Open Standards with Support for LIS, Enhanced SCORM
Blackboard Inc. — Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Blackboard Inc. today announced extended support for two key open education standards that make it easier for institutions to integrate the Blackboard Learn(TM) platform with other enterprise data systems and enable greater flexibility in the use of educational content and resources. Read More »
School Webmasters and eBackpack Partnership Will Help Teachers Share and Store Content
eBackpack — Tuesday, July 12, 2011
eBackpacks—a secure, cloud-based location for teachers to store files, distribute assignments, and collaborate with students and colleagues—has partnered with School Webmasters, which builds and maintains highly professional websites for schools and also offers hosting and content management. Read More »
Blackboard Launches New, Real-Time Collaboration Platform Built for Education
Blackboard Inc. — Monday, July 11, 2011
Blackboard Inc. announced today the launch of Blackboard Collaborate(TM), the only education-focused platform for real-time collaboration that helps institutions shift more learning, networking, and communication online to improve education quality while reducing the cost of academic operations. Read More »
IL District Announces One-to-One Student Laptop Project
Pearson — Monday, July 11, 2011
Mendon’s Community Unit School District No. 4 (CUSD #4) Superintendent Diane Robertson today announced a three-year partnership with the education and technology company Pearson that will put laptops in the hands of its students providing online learning, progress monitoring, and assessment that will personalize instruction for each child. Read More »
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