Funding, Grants & Awards | News
Team Antipodes, a three-person robotics team profiled recently on THEJournal.com, was awarded first place in robot design during the recent international FIRST Tech Challenge robotics competition, which took place in St. Louis, MO.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/24/12
Gaming | News
AT&T, as part of its AT&T Aspire program, is contributing $3.8 million to help Los Angeles-based nonprofit research and technology institute GameDesk take its model of embedding academic materials and assessments into interactive digital games and simulations to a national audience.
Mobile Computing | News
A professor at the University of Michigan has launched an iPad app developed to help large classes seem smaller and less intimidating.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/24/12
Digital Textbooks | News
CourseSmart released its first e-commerce platform in the United Kingdom and Europe, which will allow students and teachers to access e-textbooks and other digital learning materials on any connected device.
- By Caitlin Moriarity
- 05/24/12
Funding, Grants & Awards | News
Citizens in Space, a project of the United States Rocket Academy, is asking the public to dream up and build space hardware in exchange for a shot at cash prizes up to $10,000.
- By Mike Hohenbrink
- 05/23/12
Distance Learning | News
Students throughout Ohio now have the option to enroll in a new K-12 virtual school, Steubenville Cyber Academy.
Mobile Learning | News
Blackboard Inc has released a new Blackboard Connect app for Android that lets users create and send messages directly from mobile devices, both to users and on social media channels like Facebook and Twitter.
- By Stephen Noonoo
- 05/23/12
Professional Development | News
Honeywell has awarded scholarships to 185 teachers from 19 countries and 37 American states to attend a simulated astronaut training and professional development program in June in at the United States Space & Rocket Center.
- By Mike Hohenbrink
- 05/23/12
Information Technology | News
DeSoto Unified School District in Kansas has voted to outsource the management of its technology services in a deal that's estimated to save the district $1.2 million over five years.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/23/12
Mobile Computing | News
A company that distributes multiple brands of laptop carts has come out with one for charging and storing Apple iPads, intended specifically for small classrooms.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/23/12