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8/13/2009

Spotlight

Going Virtual
Bigfork High School and Bigfork Middle School may be fairly small, rural institutions in Montana, but that doesn't mean their teachers can't offer a good selection of specialized classes to their students. Thanks to online learning, in fact, the schools can deliver advanced courses like international business and biotechnology, plus other classes that "fill the gaps" for students who are experimenting with intended majors and specific careers. More

Ed Tech News

Calgary Begins 802.11n WiFi Deployment to 217 Schools
The Calgary Board of Education has begun deploying 802.11n wireless services across its massive 217 campuses and educational centers. The move is being made in an effort to support new electronic learning initiatives launching this year.More
CourseCast Lecture Capture System Integrates with Moodle
Panopto this week announced that it has developed a module to integrate CourseCast with the open source learning management system Moodle. Moodle. CourseCast is a lecture capture platform that is available free for academic institutions.More
Deer Valley USD Moves to Blended Algebra
Deer Valley Unified School District in Arizona is adopting a blended math curriculum for all of its high schools.More
Desire2Learn Gets IMS Common Cartridge 1.0 Certified
Desire2Learn this week announced that its Desire2Learn Learning Environment has been certified by the IMS Global Learning Consortium to comply with the IMS Common Cartridge Standard 1.0.More
Lumens Ships Cross Platform Visual Presenter
Lumens Integration has begun shipping a new model in its Ladybug line of classroom visual presenters/document cameras, one with a 14" x 11" capture area and 6x optical zoom.More
Tennessee District Creates Custom Multimedia Math Curriculum
Hamilton County Schools in Tennessee is looking to boost student performance in math with the help of a custom multimedia math curriculum built around Carnegie Learning's Bridge to Algebra Grade 8 and Algebra I.More
U Texas Austin Lets High Schoolers i>click in Class
To show 600 high school honor students what college is like, the University of Texas at Austin handed out clickers from i>clicker at an Honors Colloquium. More

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