THE Journal: Samsung Pushes Apple Out of Top Smart Phone Slot

Display, Presentation, eLearning

11/9/2011

Spotlight

Samsung Pushes Apple Out of Top Smart Phone Slot
Samsung moved to the top position among smart phone manufacturers worldwide in the third quarter, bumping Apple, Nokia, and Research in Motion out of the way in the process.
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Mobile Technology Changes the Game
As schools start to place mobile technologies in the hands of every student, the traditional use of the classroom PC is waning. Education technology consultant and FETC 2012 speaker Brent Williams talks about the challenges ahead and why going mobile is in everyone's best interest.
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Google+ Adds Pages for Organizations
Google has launched pages for Google+ to give organizations a presence on the social network. Previously, only individuals were allowed on the platform.
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Ed Tech News

Massachusetts District Launches Parent Academies To Improve Community Connections
Worcester Public Schools is creating customized education solution designed to improve home-school connections and support digital learning for the 24,000 students in its district.
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Dayton Public Schools Implements Fast ForWord To Improve Reading Skills
Ohio's Dayton Public Schools (DPS) will implement a family of intervention programs to help students who need to improve their reading skills.
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HP Revs Windows Tablet Lineup with Slate 2
HP has debuted the Slate 2, a replacement for the Slate 500 Windows-based tablet introduced last year.
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Texas District Ramps Up Classroom Tech
One Texas school district is drastically expanding its use of interactive whiteboards and document cameras in its classroom.
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Advanced Academics Addresses Accessibility in Online Modules
A company that creates online learning programs for use in middle and high school education has begun the work of making its courses accessible.
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New Grant Program Encourages Creative Lesson Plans
As part of its classroom technology grant series, DYMO/Mimio will award two teachers a trove of interactive learning gear for demonstrating how they would blend individual student instruction and group lessons using DYMO/Mimio hardware and Headsprout Reading Comprehension software.
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Cisco Intros TelePresence Hosted Service for Small Organizations
Cisco has created a new TelePresence solution for small to medium-sized organizations with limited budgets and IT staff.
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oneDrum Brings Real-Time Collaboration to Microsoft Office; Mac Version To Hit Beta Later This Year
A UK company has launched a free application that allows users to collaborate on Microsoft Office files in real time similar to the way they can with Google Docs.
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ROADS Adds Text-to-Speech, Tutoring to Version 3.0
Online education provider Advanced Academics has launched version 3.0 of ROADS, the company's learning management system (LMS).
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Archipelago Learning Launches Reading Eggspress
Archipelago Learning has unveiled an expansion of its early-learning product line with the release of Reading Eggspress, a reading and comprehension program designed to serve grades 2-6.
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