THE Journal — Wireless Technology
Education Market, Notebooks Help Propel Apple to Record Quarter
Apple yesterday held its third-quarter conference call to discuss financial results with investors. During the call, the company for the first time revealed initial sales for its newly introduced iPhone. It also announced record results for the education market and the Mac as a whole, along with positive growth for iPods.
(7/26/2007)
Discovery, CDW-G Award 5 Wireless Labs to Schools
Discovery Education and CDW Government (CDW-G) this week announced the winners in their 2007 Win a Wireless Lab sweepstakes. Each grand prize was valued at approximately $50,000. In total, some $300,000 in prizes was awarded to 45 educators from 22 states.
(7/19/2007)
Pennsylvania District Wireless Links High schools
The West Chester Area School District (WCASD) in Pennsylvania is deploying a district-wide wireless network to link all computers in its high school English and math classes.
(7/16/2007)
Interwrite Updates Bluetooth Classroom Pad
Interwrite Learning has announced an update to its Interwrite Pad, a wireless (Bluetooth) interactive pad designed for classroom use.
(6/26/2007)
Interwrite SRS Adds Compatibility with LearnStar
Interwrite Learning has partnered with LearnStar to offer compatibility between the two companies' education technologies. Interwrite manufactures and develops student response systems designed for classroom use; LearnStar is the developer of SmartTRAX software and state-aligned question banks for classroom assessments.
(6/19/2007)
DyKnow Releases Vision and Monitor 5
Education technology developer DyKnow has released DyKnow Vision and Monitor 5.0. Both tools, designed for classroom environments, add enhancements in the areas of compatibility, user interface, and various productivity features.
(6/5/2007)
Apple Rolls Out Upgraded MacBooks
Apple's entry-level series of notebook computers--the MacBook--today received performance improvements across the board, including processor speed, memory, hard drive capacity, and networking. The new models are shipping now, with education pricing set below $1,000 on the low end.
(5/15/2007)
Kansas District Deploys 75-Square-Mile WLAN
Soon to be Kansas' second largest school district, Olathe District Schools (ODS) has deployed a wireless LAN to 50 schools and eight support sites spread over 75 square miles.
(4/23/2007)
DyKnow To Add Blackboard Integration
Education technology provider DyKnow said it will be adding integration to Blackboard's course management system with the next release of it DyKnow Vision and DyKnow Monitor software, slated for release in May.
(4/5/2007)
Trillion Unwires 31 Minnesota Districts
Trillion has completed construction of a high-speed wireless network serving 31 school districts in Southwestern Minnesota for the Southwest/West Central Service Cooperatives (SW/WC). The deployment impacts more than 17,000 students, educators and administrators in Minnesota.
(4/2/2007)
Ace-Comm Provides Managed Mobility for Project K-Nect
Yesterday we reported on the launch of Project K-Nect, an initiative of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction that provides smart phones and service free of charge to at risk students to help increase their performance in school. We've learned since then that the project will incorporate security technologies from Ace-Comm in the phones.
(3/29/2007)
Grant: Extricom Offers $1 Million to Schools
Extricom, a manufacturer of WLAN technologies, announced the start of its 2007 Education Grant program for higher education and K-12 schools. The grant will award a total of $1 million worth of wireless local area network (WLAN) equipment and discounts to schools.
(2/26/2007)
50 Districts Adopt Meru WLAN System
Wireless solutions provider Meru Networks has reported that more than 50 K-12 school districts in North America have adopted its wireless LAN (WLAN) technologies, representing some 1,000 individual schools. The company also said that it sees adoption of WLAN technologies accelerating in schools, driven in part by a "growing reliance on mobile computing in the classroom is the need for interactive multi-media applications to support emerging learning techniques and environments."
(2/12/2007)
A World Without Wires
Whether helping to resurrect the Katrina-devastated South or upgrading educational access in districts far and wide, more affordable wireless mesh and voice networks are changing the learning environment across the nation.
(1/1/2006)
VoIP to the Rescue
Faced with the challenges hampering school communications nationwide, three districts move bravely into the future with Web-based telephony.
(12/1/2005)
District-Vendor Partnerships
(12/1/2005)
Industry News
(11/1/2005)
Warming Up To Wireless
(11/1/2005)
Tech Choices Across the Board
(11/1/2005)
Interactive Learning Environment Keeps Modesto Students Engaged
Cyber-instructors continually seek instructional tools that will hold students’ attention, and make online communications more efficient and effective.
(9/1/2005)
Big Dreams, Small Budget
(9/1/2005)
Mobile Classroom Awarded to Ohio Elementary School
(8/1/2005)
The Hidden Costs of Wireless Computer Labs
Mobile labs may bring us a step closer to one-to-one computing, but with the proliferation of security problems and tech support issues, are they
really ready to replace dedicated computer labs?
(8/1/2005)
Building a 'Smart' Campus
(6/1/2005)
Intercampus Wi-Fi Network Links K-12 Schools and Universities
(5/1/2005)
