K-12 Educational Technology News

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


Belkin Designs Mobile Device Charging Station for K-12 Environments

Station stores and charges up to 10 tablets, notebooks, and e-readers, simultaneously.

Sony Seeks Education Ambassadors

Electronics giant Sony is looking for educators to participate in its Sony Education Ambassador program.

Voyager Launches Blended Curriculum for Literacy Intervention

Voyager Learning has launched Language! Live, a blended literacy intervention curriculum for grades 4-12.

White House, Organizations Band To Pursue a Million STEM Volunteers by 2020

The Obama Administration and a group of corporate and non-profit organizations have banded together to promote the idea of bringing professionals in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) into contact with students to encourage young people to pursue careers in STEM.

WizIQ Boosts Streaming Performance

WizIQ has released an update to its virtual classroom software. The update is designed to provide significantly faster streaming media performance.

Gale adds National Geographic Kids to Virtual Library

New online resource features digital books and magazines covering a range of topics from science and nature to history and world cultures

BitTorrent Sync Takes on Dropbox, Google Drive with Free, Unlimited File Sync Without the Cloud

BitTorrent is going head to head against cloud file synchronization services like Dropbox and Google with the launch of Sync, a new, free tool designed to synchronize files across computers securely and without storage constraints. The twist: It's not cloud-based.

Missouri To Launch Performance-Based Assessments for Teacher Candidates

Missouri has entered into an agreement to develop performance-based assessments for teacher candidates seeking licenses.

Alaska Joins Smarter Balanced but Remains Independent of Common Core

Even as some states begin pushing back against Common Core State Standards, the state of Alaska has signed on as an "advisory" member with one of the two consortia responsible for developing CCSS assessments. But the move does not signal that Alaska will adopt Common Core State Standards.

Free, Online Project-based Geometry Course To Launch This Fall

Curriki's new, free online math course will aim to teach Geometry through real-world learning activities.

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