K-12 Tech Trends :: July 11, 2007
Focus
WA District Redefines Vocational Training with 3D Design
By David Kopf
Lakewood, WA's Clover Park School District is immersing students as young as elementary school in advanced technologies such as 3D scanning, 3D modeling and 3D printing to raise the bar for K-12 technical education....
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News Briefs
SETDA Elects Board, Launches 2007 Toolkit
The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) has announced the results of its board elections. The Arlington, VA-based organization has also released its 2007 Toolkit focusing on media literacy....
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SIIA Releases Software Implementation Toolkit
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), through its Education Division, has released its new Software Implementation Toolkit for Educators, a compendium of tips for making better use of software in education settings through effective implementation of these technologies....
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Minnesota Opts for E-Transcripts
Minnesota has aligned itself with the Midwestern Higher Education Compact's (Minneapolis, MN) electronic transcript initiative, which seeks to facilitate the electronic transfer of high school transcripts to colleges....
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Renaissance Adds Wireless to Latest NEO 'Sub-laptop'
Renaissance Learning (Wisconsin Rapids, WI) has released the AlphaSmart NEO 2 sub-laptop for the education environment....
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Adobe Ships CS3 Master Collection, Production Premium Suite
Adobe today is launching the Creative Suite 3 Production Premium and Creative Suite 3 Master Collection, the two final installments in the Creative Suite 3 rollout....
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Research: Benchmarks for School Safety
Districts around the country, from urban centers to rural communities, are focusing their security efforts in large part on data security--in particular in regulating and monitoring Internet usage and keeping students' computer screens within view of adults. But schools may be neglecting the physical side of security, according to the K-12 School Safety Index 2007, a benchmark study conducted by Quality Education Data and released by CDW Government (CDW-G)....
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Coming Up
- JULY 7-12, 2007
BbWorld '07
Boston, MA - JULY 9-12, 2007
Teaching History with Technology Workshop
Noble and Greenough School
Dedham, MA - JULY 12-14, 2007
2007 International Conference on Information
Communication Technologies in Education
Crete, Greece - JULY 15-18, 2007
National Conference on Differentiated Instruction 2007
Las Vegas, NV - JULY 19-20, 2007
ICEL 2007: The International Conference on e-Learning
New York , NY - JULY 24-28, 2007
EDUCAUSE/ Cornell Institute for Computer Policy and Law Seminar 2007
Ithaca, NY - JULY 25-27, 2007
Mid-America Education Technology Conference (2007)
Bonner Springs, KS - JULY 30-AUG. 2, 2007
Campus Technology 2007
Washington, DC
Find more events at THE Journal's online Conference Calendar.
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