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- As with many school districts, the Mobile County Public School System (MCPSS) in Alabama had challenges delivering consistent education to many and varied schools across a large area. Mobile is one of the largest in the country, however, with more than 100 schools across 1,644 square miles, which made it difficult to find an efficient solution. More
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- Digital media--streaming video, interactive presentations, photo slideshows, audio programs--are today a common component of many educational curricula. Now Discovery Education has launched a service it hopes will be the logical next step: working with school districts to integrate digital content directly into lesson plans and day-to-day instruction.More
- The Youth Exchange and Study Program (YES) is expanding its efforts to connect students across cultures, is expanding its efforts into more countries in Africa and bringing collaborative technologies to bear in order to help exchange students communicate before, during, and after their programs.More
- Canon has introduced a new high-light-output projector for education settings, the LV-7275 Multimedia Projector, which also offers wired network connectivity.More
- Maplesoft has released Maple T.A. 5.0, a new Blackboard Vista-compatible version of its math assessment tool.More
- Ocean Beach School District in Washington has rolled out a new wireless network, replacing a previous 802.11n network that reportedly failed to deliver interoperability with the district's legacy laptop systems.More
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