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Report: Policy Reform Needed for Digital Learning

Digital Learning Now! has released a new Digital Learning Report that measures the progress made by individual states toward digital learning and makes recommendations for future reforms.

  • By Joshua Bolkan
  • 04/04/13

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.

  • By David Nagel
  • 04/02/13
Smart Connected Devices Hit Record Levels Even as PCs Decline

Smart Connected Devices Hit Record Levels Even as PCs Decline

In the last year, both desktop and portable PCs experienced declines in both mature and emerging markets worldwide. Meanwhile, smart phones and tablets carried the "smart connected device" category to new highs, topping 1 billion units worldwide.

  • By David Nagel
  • 03/27/13

District Tech Leader Salaries Significantly Lower Than in Private Sector

A new report from CoSN also finds that the majority of school tech budgets will decline or remain flat in the upcoming year.

  • By David Nagel
  • 03/12/13

4 Out of 5 High Schools Offer Dual Credit Courses

More American schools are allowing students to earn both high school and college credit by passing the same course.

  • By Dian Schaffhauser
  • 03/07/13

73% of AP, NWP Teachers Say Their Students Use Mobile Phones for Learning

New research released today by the Pew Internet Project found that technology has made significant inroads among Advanced Placement and National Writing Project teachers. But it also revealed significant disparities in technology access between upper and lower income schools.

  • By David Nagel
  • 02/28/13

SETDA Appraises Broadband Speed Testing Tools

A national organization of state education technology directors has published the results of a comparison of tools that schools can use to assess their broadband capabilities in preparation for coming online Common Core assessments and the use of other digital resources.

  • By Dian Schaffhauser
  • 02/28/13

Android Mobile Phones See Triple-Digit Growth

The Android operating system saw triple-digit growth in the number of mobile phones shipped in the last year, while iOS--which runs on Apple's iPhone--also experienced significant increases in shipments. Nearly half a billion Android smart phones shipped in 2012, as iOS devices hit about 136 million.

  • By David Nagel
  • 02/19/13

Cloud Computing To Make Up 35% of K-12 IT Budgets in 4 Years

Within one year, cloud computing in K-12 schools is expected to consume a quarter of the entire IT budget; four years from now, that figure will grow to 35 percent. What's driving that growth?

  • By David Nagel
  • 02/19/13

Software Association Opens Annual Survey at Redesigned Site

The Software and Information Industry Association has launched its sixth annual Vision K-20 Survey at its newly revamped Web site.

  • By Sharleen Nelson
  • 02/06/13

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