Funds for Learning is adding a mobile version of its E-rate Manager service. The company this week released the update with support for iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry users. It's available now.
Across all mobile platforms, nearly 90 percent of all downloads from app stores will be free apps in 2012. And, according to a new report from Gartner, 90 percent of the apps for which users are willing to pay will cost less than $3. Total downloads this year are projected to be nearly last year's figure.
Belkin has come out with two tablet stands specifically intended for education use.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 09/13/12
Mooresville, NC's four-year path to a districtwide laptop program led to across-the-board academic achievement and this year's Sylvia Charp Award.
The state of Virginia has published the first of two textbooks developed on iBooks, Apple's iPad digital textbook platform.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 09/10/12
Wowzers has launched a new, mobile version of its online game-based math instruction program for grades 3 through 8.
Northwest Independent School District in Fort Worth, TX, is overhauling its wireless LAN to accommodate an increase in mobile device use across its 25 campuses and district office.
A Tennessee K-5 school has deployed a wireless network to support its increasing use of mobile technology in the classroom.
Shipments of traditional computers will fare worse in 2012 than previously expected, according to a newly revised forecast issued by market research firm IDC. A "challenging" back to school season in the United States is just one of the factors that will drive an overall decline in both desktop and portable systems domestically for the second year running.
Lightspeed Systems is launching a new cloud-based system designed to help K-12 schools manage their iPad deployments.