A company that sells enhanced 911 (E911) applications has developed a smartphone app for campuses that transmits location details from the mobile phone during the call.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/14/10
The Iowa Communications Network, established in the 1990s, is providing hundreds of classrooms in the state with two-way and one-way video communications, affording public and private schools the opportunity to expand learning opportunities for students.
- By Denise Harrison
- 05/13/10
An infusion of nearly $2 million has been awarded to Abilene Christian University to help it expand its mobile learning programs, including a K-12 teacher professional development initiative focused on the use of mobile technologies in teaching.
The H1N1 scare isn't over. That's the message being broadcast through Blackboard Connect by the California Department of Public Health, which is reminding school and college leaders to promote H1N1 vaccinations to their campus communities.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/11/10
Videoconferencing in education settings often involves pricey, state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment with eye-level cameras, sound reinforcement, specific seating structures, and an expert AV tech just a call away. Cherrie MacInnes had no such setup when she started a new and different way of connecting her students to others.
- By Denise Harrison
- 05/05/10
Two companies are working together to deliver a WiFi emergency call location service for campuses.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/29/10
Send Word Now, a provider of on-demand emergency notification services, has released Incident Management Service (IMS), which offers incident management and mass notification tools using a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model.
- By Scott Aronowitz
- 04/21/10
The release of the iPad has been hyped like no product since, well, the last new Apple gadget, the industry-transforming iPhone.
A three-judge federal appeals court panel dealt a serious blow Tuesday to the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC's) authority to regulate broadband Internet service providers (ISPs).
The challenge of teaching language well is one that is central to the K-12 experience. Web 2.0 provides some tools to help meet that challenge.