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Students from elementary school through college are learning on laptops and have access to smartphone apps for virtually everything imaginable, but they are not learning the basic computer-related technology that makes all those gadgets work. Some organizations are partnering with universities to change that. MoreEducation data coalition urges changes to certification and licensure to ensure competency in teachers' and administrators' understanding of data. MoreA new industry forecast is predicting that cloud computing will account for 33 percent of all data center traffic by 2015--triple the current percentage and about 12 times the total current volume. MoreDallas Independent School District has signed with a national company to build a major wide area network (WAN) that will connect its facilities and increase data communications capacity. MoreSaint Leo University's Education Department has opened a ground-breaking teacher training facility designed to prepare teachers to be at the forefront when it comes to new technologies in the classroom. More
Environmentally friendly schooling has taken a step closer to reality for one Los Angeles school. MoreBuffalo City School District will deploy an online enrollment system in place of its entirely paper-based enrollment process to save time and money. MoreNew York-based Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School will be centralizing management and security to address the needs of its growing population of Mac users among students and faculty. MoreeIQnetworks has released a beta version of a new security utility for maintaining "situational awareness." SecureVue Express is a free download with a five-node perpetual license that allows a security administrator to stay informed about security and compliance through multiple channels. MoreMicrosoft has posted a preview release of its new SQL Server ODBC Driver for Linux, which enables access to Microsoft SQL Server databases from Linux operating systems. MoreBennington Public Schools in Bennington, NE has made the move to the Web for payroll and accounting in an effort to save money for the district. MoreHemet Unified School District (CA) is piloting a new app aimed at getting parents more involved in their child's education through instant mobile alerts sent right to their iPhone. MoreA group of female high school students will have the chance to meet numerous women in STEM fields during an upcoming daylong workshop taking place Dec. 1. The Young Women in Science and Engineering College and Career Workshop is the brainchild of a senior research scientist from the United States Army who wanted to make sure her daughter and other students could interact with professionals in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers. More
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