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IT Spotlight
If you build it, will they come? That is the question many schools have about finding room on campus for a "makerspace." MoreAs districts adopt 1-to-1 or BYOD, they need to adapt new ways of financing and maintaining their networks. MoreIn a June 29 special session at the annual ISTE Conference in Philadelphia, the New Media Consortium (NMC) and the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) released the 6th annual NMC Horizon Report K-12 Edition, describing emerging technologies that are likely to have the most impact on teaching and learning. MoreIn a panel discussion at the ISTE conference, the Department of Education's Richard Culatta and his colleagues touted new E-rate funding, the ConnectED and Future Ready initiatives, and a new National Educational Technology Plan. More
Ed Tech Research & Trends
Parents are spending more on school supplies this year, mostly for technology purchases, according to a new Consumer Pulse survey from Rubicon Project. MoreDemand for enterprise storage systems has grown nearly seven percent in the last year, according to tech research firm IDC. MoreSchools are seeing much more positive results from the use of digital tools than even a year ago, according to the annual Speak Up report produced by Project Tomorrow and Blackboard. MoreEducational institutions in higher ed and K-12 are making slow but steady progress toward instructional and operational goals, such as improved use of student data, through use of technology, according to a new report from the Software and Information Industry Association. More
K-12 Technology News & Issues
Blackboard has acquired X-Ray Analytics, a predictive analytics tool for education, and plans to integrate it with its Moodlerooms and Moodle Enterprise learning management systems, among other products. MoreNew features include an API; a button that allows teacher to share links, videos and images; and mobile notifications in the iOS and Android apps. MoreBretford, a provider of technology-enabled furniture for classrooms, has expanded its line of EDU 2.0 smart furniture with the addition of eight new tables in five shapes. MoreEducational Resources has launched EdRedi, a tool designed to combine device, content and instructional management for tablets in one-to-one computing environments. MoreA new content marketplace for educators that is currently being tested in beta will be fully available later this fall. MoreKnovation is partnering with the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) in an effort to close the "assessment-instruction loop." MoreThe Touchjet Pond Projector, which will fit in the palm of your hand, can project an 80-inch image on any surface. MoreNoRedInk has partnered with the Northwest Evaluation Association to integrate data from the latter's Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) with its adaptive curriculum engine. MorePearson has launched a new version of its student information system, PowerSchool, featuring a major update in the area of standards and grades with new data visualization tools and enhancements in the areas of data export, scheduling and academic performance indexes. MoreColumbia Public Schools in central Missouri is updated its Wi-Fi infrastructure to improve speed. MoreEarn2Learn is launching a new mobile app designed to encourage family engagement and student attendance at the middle school through college levels.
MoreGale has become a Google for Education Partner and integrated the companies tools into its own products in an effort to better connect research technology with its users' workflows. More
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