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.
An agency in Washington will be offering free emergency notification services until the end of June 2010 to school districts in the state that use the organization's data system.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 03/08/10
High school students in a rural Texas district have started using videoconferencing to learn and teach as they reach out to the rest of the country using technology-based resources they've created themselves.
- By Denise Harrison
- 03/04/10
Blackboard has just added a new feature to its Blackboard Connect notification service that allows teachers to send messages to parents one on one.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 03/02/10
Denville School District of Denville, NJ, is looking to boost its network capabilities and expand access to technology in its classrooms by overhauling its telecommunications infrastructure.
- By Scott Aronowitz
- 03/01/10
Denville School District of Denville, NJ, is looking to boost its network capabilities and expand access to technology in its classrooms by overhauling its telecommunications infrastructure.
- By Scott Aronowitz
- 02/26/10
The K-12 emergency notification industry has a new entrant that has traditionally sold into the municipal public safety market. Swiftreach recently launched SwiftK12, a version of its alerting service designed specifically for K-12. The system can send automated phone messages, text, e-mail, and pager alerts.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 02/25/10
The federal E-Rate program could be in for some major changes as it heads toward "version 2.0." A bill introduced in the House Tuesday, known as the E-Rate 2.0 Act of 2010, would amend the school technology program by adding a $2.5 billion residential broadband voucher pilot program for students; a $200 million e-book pilot program; and refinements to program administration designed to ease the application process.
Expectations run high for Apple's new mobile device, the iPad, which made its formal debut Wednesday. And much of the anticipation is centered around education, both in terms of its usefulness as a computing platform and its potential to usurp the traditional textbook model.
- By Bridget McCrea
- 01/27/10
UK-based Call-Systems Technology has launched a new Web service to notify parents and guardians in the event of a school emergency.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 01/12/10