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Here are five key areas that K-12 districts, administrators, and teachers should keep an eye on in the year ahead. MoreIf you thought teacher evaluations were a challenge, welcome to the new federal requirements for evaluating principals and superintendents. MoreThe worldwide PC market saw a worse-than-expected decline in the fourth quarter, leading to the first holiday season drop in five years--6.4 percent--and a 12-month decline of 3.2 percent. The United States in particular experienced a more mild decline, but saw an even deeper drop of 7 percent for the year as a whole, according to new data. MoreGeoff gets his boss at the State Educational Technology Directors Association to speculate about what 2013 will look like for ed tech now that the Obama administration is continuing for a second term. MoreMemphis City Schools will implement a video capture solution in all 180 of its schools as a primary component of its professional development and teacher evaluation program. MorePanasonic is rolling out two new high-end, ruggedized tablets--a 10.1-inch model running Windows 8 Pro on a Core i5 processor and a 7-inch Android machine. More
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Exposure to word variation for early readers may boost their abilities, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Iowa to be published in the January issue of Developmental Psychology. MoreOpenERP has released version 7.0 of its open source enterprise resource planning system, OpenERP. The new version incorporates a range of new modules, collaborative messaging, and integration with Google Docs, among other new features. MoreOnline tutoring company Tutor.com has a new owner. IAC, the Barry Diller organization that owns About.com, Ask.com, Match.com, Newsweek and The Daily Beast, and Vimeo, among other well-known online brands, acquired Tutor.com for an undisclosed amount of money. MoreBloxx, a provider of Web content filtering and email security, has made its Bloxx Web Filter and Bloxx Secure Web Gateway products available as virtual appliances for VMware vSphere. MoreAn emergency response system designed for higher education and other sectors has been adapted for use in K-12 schools. Lauren Innovations has tailored NaviGate, its Web-based first-responder application, for use in smaller settings. MoreStorage start-up SoftNAS has released a new beta version of its virtual appliance for managing an organization's storage capacity. MoreSpringfield School District 186 in Illinois is in the process of upgrading the wireless LAN in all of its schools and offices to use 802.11n technology, which is faster and more reliable than the district's old wireless network. More
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