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IT Spotlight
Ed Tech Research & Trends
Tablets and two-in-one devices are expected to decline in shipments by 3.8 percent in 2015, but within that declining market the percentage of cellular-connected device sales is expected to grow, according to a new report. MoreWorldwide server shipments grew 13 percent and revenue 17.9 percent in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the first quarter of 2014, according to a new report. MoreNetwork administrators running data centers where moving directly to 100 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) is too big a leap may have an easier time making the transition with 25 GbE, demonstrated by QLogic and Huawei. MoreThe worldwide market for business process management (BPM) software is expected to reach $2.7 billion in 2015, an increase of 4.4 percent over 2014, according to the information technology research and advisory company Gartner. MoreGrowth of the wireless local area network (WLAN) enterprise market in the first quarter of 2015 slowed significantly compared to preceding quarters but still increased 3 percent compared to the first quarter of 2014, according to a new report. More
K-12 Technology News & Issues
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Students in China's Luoyang province will be monitored by drones to prevent cheating with electronic devices. More A company that enables schools to collaborate online through virtual meetings has introduced a new mobile app that lets users connect through their iOS-powered devices. MoreThe Aruba 320 AP is the company's first to offer dynamic multi-user multiple input/multiple output grouping.
MoreBlackboard and Pearson have revamped the integration of Blackboard's teaching and learning solutions and Pearson PowerSchool student information system (SIS) in an effort to improve data management functionality. MoreThe new organization is a blend of schools, regional support operations, government agencies and vendors that come together to lay out the technical blueprints for enabling products and services to work with and share educational data. MoreWith its third upgrade since introducing the Vision ME iPad classroom workflow app last October, Netop is now offering teachers an improved student enrollment process and both teachers and students the ability to use more file formats. MoreThe IW2 wireless interactive whiteboard system has just three components: a pen, wireless receiver and sensor cam. MoreRicoh's new Interactive Whiteboard D5510 offers a number of improvements over its previous model. MoreThe State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) has selected nine emerging private sector partners to highlight at its upcoming Emerging Technologies Forum June 26 in Philadelphia. MoreThe district, the first Canadian winner, was honored with the Sylvia Charp Award for focusing its technology planning on transformative learning with the student at the center. Morevideoconferencing application from a Russian company now allows up to 25 people to appear on screen during group sessions. MoreActivate Instruction is moving its teacher-created K-12 educational resources to the Gooru online platform. The migration should be nearly complete by mid-August. MoreLiteManager has updated its remote support and classroom management tool, also dubbed LiteManager, to include screen sharing and support for Mac OS and Linux. MoreThe STEM Funders Network has launched a new initiative designed to help create communities of practice supporting science, technology, engineering and math. More
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