T.H.E. News Update :: October 10, 2007
News & Issues
Envision High Schools Spread WiFi Across Campuses
Charter school management organization Envision Schools is expanding its use of WiFi and deploying campus-wide wireless networking across all four of its high school campuses in Northern California....
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Portsmouth To Deploy Web-Based SIS
Portsmouth Public Schools in New Hampshire is deploying a new, district-wide student information system to replace its 10-year-old system in an effort to consolidate disparate databases and improve efficiency for state reporting purposes. The district will be using Infinite Campus District Edition....
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DOC Cop Expands Plagiarism Detection
Last month we wrote about the launch of DOC Cop, a Web-based service that provides free plagiarism detection tools. Since that time, the service has been expanded to include two types of Web checks, in addition to the original Corpus Check and DOC Check....
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San Diego USD Cogitates on Cognitive Tutor
San Diego Unified School District in California is hoping to bump student performance in math with the help of a research-based multimedia math curriculum called Cognitive Tutor Bridge to Algebra. The district spent $177,000 on licenses to bring the algebra readiness curriculum to students in 11 of its middle schools....
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GenevaLogic Kicks Off Visionary Grants
Ed tech developer GenevaLogic has launched a new grant program called "GenevaLogic Visionary Grants." The grants award software and various benefits, including ISTE membership, to schools and individual teachers using Vision classroom management software in innovative ways....
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DL Expands Vocab Development System
Curriculum developer Dynamic Literacy has released Elements Level 2, an expansion of the company's WordBuild Vocabulary Development System....
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Coming Up
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Oct. 11-13, 2007
NASBE Annual Conference 2007
Philadelphia
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Oct. 13, 2007
11th annual Innovations in Education
Visalia, CA
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Oct. 16-19, 2007
mLearn 2007 - 6th World conference on Mobile Learning and Emerging Technology
Melbourne, Australia
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Oct. 17-19, 2007
OELMA 2007 Conference
Dayton, OH
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Oct. 17-19, 2007
NSBA's 21st Annual T+L Conference
Nashville, TN
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Oct. 18-20, 2007
25th Annual Closing The Gap Conference
Minneapolis, MN
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Oct. 19-21, 2007
ASCD Conference on Teaching and Learning 2007
Atlanta, GA
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Oct. 21-23, 2007
NASDSE 70th Annual Conference
Scottsdale, AZ
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Oct. 22-23, 2007
NACSA Annual Conference 2007
Savannah, GA
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Oct. 25-28, 2007
2007 California Science Education Conference
Long Beach, CA
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Oct. 28-Nov. 2, 2007
TDWI World Conference (Fall 2007)
Orlando, FL
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JAN. 22-25, 2008
F.E.T.C. 2008
The K-12 Conference You Can't Afford to Miss
Orange County Convention Center
Orlando, FL
Find more events at THE Journal's online Conference Calendar.
THE Journal Opportunities
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