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Data | Research

K-12 Student Data and Learning Management Systems Miss the Mark

Teachers and administrators both cited technical issues and a culture of mistrust as factors hindering more effective use of school data systems, including learning management systems and student information systems.

  • By David Nagel
  • 02/06/12

ERP | News

Florida District to Deploy ERP Software

The Pasco County (FL) school board has signed a $7.9 million contract with Tyler Technologies to deploy its Munis ERP, or enterprise resource planning software, to help standardize its business processes and increase efficiency.

  • By Tim Sohn
  • 02/06/12

Personalized Learning | News

Knovation Releases iCurio Content Search for Educators, Students

Knovation, makers of neTrekker, have just released iCurio, an online content search aimed at providing educators with a wealth of learning materials to help differentiate instruction for students.

  • By Stephen Noonoo
  • 02/06/12

WiFi | News

Cisco Ships Quad-Antenna Aironet 3600 Wireless AP

Cisco has launched its new Aironet 3600 Series Access Point, which provides 802.11n connectivity over four antennas and three spatial streams.

  • By Leila Meyer
  • 02/02/12

Grants & Funding | News

SanDisk To Award $1 million in STEM Scholarships

Scholarships totaling $1 million will be offered to students with disadvantaged backgrounds by the SanDisk Scholars Fund to pursue studies in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

  • By Mike Hohenbrink
  • 02/02/12

Science Education | News

Students Explore the Moon in NASA's GRAIL Mission

Video taken of the far side of the moon by NASA's Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission will be used in classroom's across the country with footage taken by MoonKAM ("Moon Knowledge Acquired by Middle school students") cameras.

  • By Mike Hohenbrink
  • 02/02/12

Learning Environments | News

SMALLab Launches Embodied Learning Environment

SMALLab has launched Flow, an embodied learning environment, and multiple lessons for use with the platform.

  • By Joshua Bolkan
  • 02/02/12

Interactive Whiteboards | News

eBeam Now Available in Quebec

Luidia's eBeam technology is now available to approximately 43,000 classrooms and 72 school boards throughout Quebec.

  • By Joshua Bolkan
  • 02/02/12

Learning Resources | News

Questia Library App Now Available for iPad

Questia, an online research tool for students, has launched a new version of its free Questia Library app to make it compatible with the iPad.

  • By Joshua Bolkan
  • 02/02/12

Mobile Computing | News

Brooklyn School Pilots iPads in 1-to-1 Initiative

Yeshivah of Flatbush (YOF) will soon use iPads for everyday learning. The 1-to-1 iPad initiative will start this fall at Yeshivah's Joel Braverman High School and will expand to the YOF Elementary School after it establishes wireless access.

  • By Kimberly Horg-Webb
  • 02/01/12

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