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5/15/2012

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Virtual Schools Come Under Scrutiny
The latest volley across the bow of virtual schools has been fired with the release of a new report by The Center for Public Education, a research arm of the National School Boards Association.
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MIT, Khan Academy Partner on Instructional Videos
MIT and Khan Academy have partnering on an initiative called MIT+K12. As part of the collaboration, which began July 2011, videos produced by students of the Cambridge, MA-based university will be available through the academy's Web site.
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Plagiarism Survey: 'Cloning' Is the Most Common Form
Word-for-word copying, or "cloning," is the most common and problematic form of plagiarism, according to a new survey released this month that identifies 10 types of plagiarism and ranks them according to frequency and severity.
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New Jersey District Implements Platform for Year-Round Teacher Evaluations
New Brunswick Public Schools has implemented a new teacher assessment platform in an effort to target professional development more effectively.
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Teams from 39 Southern California Schools Prepare for Solar Boat Races
Student teams from 39 Southern California high schools are putting the finishing touches on solar-powered vessels they will operate over a three-day cycle of racing on Lake Skimmer, just north of Temecula, CA, beginning May 18.
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Citrix Project Avalon Delivers Windows as a Cloud Service
If there were any confusion about where Citrix Systems believes its future lies, it has tried to put confusion to rest with announcement of Project Avalon, an ambitious program to sew together its desktop and application virtualization technologies and infrastructure services and allow them to be managed from a common cloud-based layer.
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Barracuda Launches 90 TB Backup Appliance
Barracuda Networks has introduced a new 90 TB server to its line of backup appliances, the Barracuda Backup Server 1090.
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Oracle Desktop Virtualization Offerings Get Enhanced Storage, Security
Oracle has released new versions of its desktop virtualization products, Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) 3.4, Sun Ray Software 5.3, and Oracle Virtual Desktop Client 3.1.
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HP Releases Trio of Cloud Services for Public Beta
HP has released three cloud services, HP Cloud Compute, HP Cloud Object Storage, and HP Cloud Content Delivery Network, for public beta testing.
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SIIA 2012 Ed Tech Survey Deadline Nears
The Software & Information Industry Association is calling on educators to participate in its 2012 Vision K-20 Survey, part of the SIIA's Vision K-20 initiative that focuses on developing a technology-based educational framework for K-12 schools, colleges, and universities.
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Assessment Technology Releases Instructional Effectiveness Assessment System
Assessment Technology has unveiled the Galileo K-12 Online Instructional Effectiveness Assessment System.
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Citrix Bolsters Tech Support Options for Users
Citrix is upgrading a remote support application to work on more mobile devices and will be adding a feature to its virtualized desktop application to give users remote access to their devices from any other device.
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HP and F5 Automate Cloud Application Deployment
HP and F5 have teamed up to deliver technology intended to speed up the deployment of cloud applications by delivering automated, policy-based application, network, and user configuration.
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