T.H.E. SmartClassroom :: April 9, 2009
04/09/09
Interview
ISTE Director on Education Technology and Building 21st Century Schools
In a time of economic struggle, teachers and their schools may often feel they're fighting an futile battle, not only to educate their students, but to keep their students and themselves current and competitive in the seemingly ever-changing demands of both the domestic job market and worldwide marketplace of ideas.
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Ed Tech News
Virginia Launches K-12 iTunes U Portal
The commonwealth of Virginia has launched a new education portal on iTunes U, the education space within the iTunes service from Apple.
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Middle Schools Adopt Gaming in Response-to-Intervention Strategies
Garland Independent School District in Texas is using educational gaming in three middle schools in response-to-intervention (RTI) programs.
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Middle School Math Students Given Free Access to Online Homework Help
Algebra students agonizing over those one or two impenetrable problems in tonight's homework assignment now have a place to turn, free of charge.
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CourseCast 2.1 Adds Live Broadcasting, Analytics
Panopto has released CourseCast 2.1, an update to the company's classroom capture system that's available free to academic users.
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Wimba Collaboration Suite 6.0 Adds IM Whiteboarding, Enhanced Assessments
Wimba has announced an update to the Wimba Collaboration Suite. The new 6.0 release, introduced Tuesday at the Wimba Connect 2009 user conference, adds a number of new features to the individual applications in the suite, including new whiteboarding capabilities in the instant messaging module.
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Scientific Learning Contributes Content to Open Source Community
Scientific Learning Corp. has announced it will contribute neuroscience- and technology-based based activities from two of its educational products to open source program FreeReading.net.
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Sanyo Ships Short-Throw LCD Projector
Sanyo has debuted a new short-throw projector targeted toward classroom applications. The new LCD-based PLC-WXE45 can project an 80-inch (diagonal image) from a distance of less than a yard.
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Maine Ed Dept. Partners To Deliver Online Learning Tools to Students Statewide
The Maine Department of Education has partnered with ePals, a Herndon, VA-based education technology solutions provider, to launch "Maine Connects," a statewide online system to connect students and offer learning tools in a safe and reliable environment.
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