IT Spotlight
These tablet tools will help technology directors and coordinators make the most out of their mobile devices. MoreTo support the new standards' emphasis on student collaboration, keyboarding and online research, Pascagoula School District (MS) implemented GAFE. A tech integration specialist shares how the move has eased the district's transition to the Common Core State Standards. More
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Worldwide sales of phablets, smartphones with screens between 5.5 and 7 inches, will top sales of portable PCs in 2014 and surpass sales of tablets in the next year, according to a new forecast from market research company International Data Corp. MoreNinety percent of students said tablets will change the way they learn and 89 percent said the devices would make learning more fun, according to a new survey conducted by Harris Poll for Pearson. MoreInteractive displays fell off in the United States education sector in the first half of 2014 as budgets focused more on computing devices. MoreWritten by Linda Darling-Hammond, Molly B. Zielezinski and Shelley Goldman, the report includes a review of the literature studying the impact of technology on at-risk students, as well as recommendations for districts. MoreThe global lecture capture market is expected to grow 24.1 percent in the next five years, from revenues of $162.0 million in 2013 to $592.2 million in 2019, according to a recent analysis from research firm Frost & Sullivan. MoreDistricts in some states aren't exactly going hog-wild spending money on their Common Core-related activities. A recent study has found that the bulk of the contract bids related to Common Core work put out in the last couple years were generated by districts in 11 of the 45 states that were committed to implementation of the state standards. The high-rollers were California and New York. MoreMore than 1.25 billion smartphones will be sold in 2014, an increase of nearly a quarter over the previous year's 1.01 billion units, according to a new forecast. More
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A small Nebraska school district has gone public with an upgrade in security from the use of an analog digital video recorder camera system in its high school building to track vandalism and doors locked by key to a surveillance system with dozens of network cameras and door secured with readers and controllers. MoreSamsung's annual Solve for Tomorrow STEM competition focuses on using science and technology concepts to improve local communities. Winning classrooms will share in almost $2 million in technology from the company and other partners. MoreAs the result of a wireless device recycling project, Sprint is donating 65 Dell laptops and funding for Internet access to a high school in the San Francisco Bay area. MoreAfter a failed override election, the Sunnyside District used a geovisual analytics tool to determine and explain boundary changes and school closures. MoreWashington state's Highline Public schools has become the first district to deploy a new service that provides students with mobile broadband access for school work using their Chromebook devices. MoreProximity-based mobile interactions are moving out of the realm of science fiction and into the education, healthcare and retail markets. MoreMobile device management company FileWave is now compatible with data integrator Clever, a partnership that will let schools use their SIS data to prepopulate information fields in FileWave's classroom management tool, Engage. MoreA start-up company with an online application that allows people to create and publish interactive courses recently held a "Code for Education" night in its home town of San Francisco. MoreDropbox, the popular free and fee cloud storage service, has launched a new Pro version that includes a remote wipe feature, enhancements to the sharing of files and a simplified price structure. MoreThe school district in Birmingham, AL introduced a new registration process this year that will save money, avoid legal problems and, most importantly, save parents and staff members time. MoreEdsys has introduced real-time tracking software that lets parents and teachers monitor the location of students riding on school buses. More
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