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The Iowa Communications Network, established in the 1990s, is providing hundreds of classrooms in the state with two-way and one-way video communications, affording public and private schools the opportunity to expand learning opportunities for students. More
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One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) has announced new initiatives to bring personal computers to primary school students in East Africa and to Palestinian refugee children in the Middle East. OLPC has gained renown for bringing durable, inexpensive laptop computers to children in economically and technologically disadvantaged areas throughout the world. MoreMoodlerooms has released an update to its learning management system, joule. Version 1.2, released just about a month after version 1.1, expands reporting and content management features and gains integration with Adobe Connect. MoreAn infusion of nearly $2 million has been awarded to Abilene Christian University to help it expand its mobile learning programs, including a K-12 teacher professional development initiative focused on the use of mobile technologies in teaching. MoreAmpliVox has released its iPod Remote Controlled Wireless PA System, a complete audiovisual system for multimedia presentations that includes a dock for charging an iPod and using the device's audio, video, and still-frame image capabilities in conjunction with the PA system. MoreSeaford School District (SSD) in Delaware is looking to give its adequate yearly progress (AYP) a shot in the arm through the use of a software-based reading intervention. MoreErgotron has introduced its new LCD Mobile Digital Platform, the latest addition to the TeachWell brand of classroom technology consolidation tools. MoreInFocus recently began shipping four new models in its mobile and portable ranges of 3D-capable DLP projectors, including a sub-$500 classroom projector. MoreTechSmith has released Snagit 10, an update to the company's screen capture tool. The new version adds built-in sharing, transparency, and formatted text capture, in addition to expanded capture capabilities, new effects, and updated tools. More
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