K-12 Educational Technology News

All news articles from the THE Journal editorial team, in chronological order.


Knovation To Integrate SideVibe Assignment Publishing Tool

Knovation, which provides digital standards-based content and search tools for the classroom, has acquired SideVibe from Basis Applied Technology.

Education Portal Adds Free AP College Prep Courses for High School Students

Sillicon Valley courseware developer Education Portal has added 13 free online advanced placement courses designed to help high school students prepare for their college entry exams.

Bradford Central School District Implements Clientless RDP Solution for Chromebooks

Bradford Central School District in New York has implemented a clientless remote desktop protocol solution that lets teachers and students access Windows applications on their school-owned Chromebooks and other devices.

New Mexico Preps for Common Core Adoption with New Professional Development Service

As part of the New Mexico Public Education Department's four-year plan to adopt Common Core State Standards across all its districts and schools, the organization has chosen a service provider for Common Core-specific professional development for its educators.

Destiny 11.0 Adds Support for RDA Records

Follett has released Destiny 11.0, the newest version of its library management platform, with upgrades designed to help create digital learning environments and improve library efficiency.

IT Spending Inches Toward $4 Trillion

Worldwide IT spending grew to $3.618 trillion last year and is projected to increase by about $150 billion per year through 2014, when it will come just shy of $4 trillion.

Colorado School District Launches Human Resources Application To Evaluate and Retain Teachers

Denver Public Schools has implemented a system designed specifically to streamline the human resources process for hiring and evaluating the district's K-12 teachers.

Ukraine Establishes Nationwide Learning Platform for 1.5 Million Students

Ukraine has begun the process of implementing a nationwide learning platform for all of the country's students in grades 5-9, as well as the Ukrainian Knowledge Exchange, a platform that lets the country's educators publish and share educational content and research.

ASCI Connect Launches Cloud-Based Network Monitoring

ASCI Connect has launched a new cloud-based network monitoring and reporting service, Network Monitoring Centre, which is designed to provide visibility into network traffic from a single dashboard interface.

Gale Rolling Out New Platform To House Digital Humanities Collections

Educational publisher Gale will make all of its digital humanities collections available through one platform "over the coming years," according to a news release from the Michigan-based company.

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