ISTE 2010


Plato Learning Environment 2.0 Adds AP Courses

Plato Learning has added Advanced Placement courses to its online curriculum platform, providing an option for high schools that don't currently offer AP classes.

Adaptive Curriculum Brings Hands on Learning to Online Science

Adaptive Curriculum has released a new science curriculum aimed at providing a deeper understanding of science and math to middle and high school students.

Considering Open Source Software for K-12

IT directors across the country are implementing open source software in their K-12 districts--a decision often prompted by the improving quality of open source options, as well as cost savings.

Promethean, McGraw-Hill Partner for Classroom Clicker-Based Assessments

CTB/McGraw-Hill and Promethean have partnered to bring classroom clicker functionality to the Acuity line of student assessment products.

ActivClassroom Goes Mobile

Education technology developer Promethean has updated its ActivClassroom lineup with a new 1.4 release of its ActivInspire software and a new mobile ActivBoard system. The company also added new features to its online teacher community.

Mimio Unveils Classroom Polling System, Document Camera

At the ISTE 2010 conference in Denver, DYMO/Mimio Interactive Teaching Technologies debuted a rechargeable interactive polling system, a document camera with two adjustable light sources, and a new portable device for writing on projected images.

PolyVision Debuts Eno One Whiteboard System

PolyVision has launched a new classroom presentation system that couples interactive whiteboard hardware with an open software platform.

Report: Online Learning Nearly Doubles Among High School Students

The percentage of high school students taking online courses nearly doubled in a single year. According to the latest data available from Project Tomorrow's annual Speak Up Survey, more than one-quarter (27 percent) of all high school students took at least one class online last year, up from 14 percent the year before. But the numbers could have been higher, according to the researchers.

ISTE Launches Professional Development Site for Ed Tech at Annual Conference

At its annual conference this week in Denver, the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) launched ISTE Learning, its own professional development Web site for the entire spectrum of education technology.

Read&Write 4 Comes to Mac OS X

Texthelp has released Read&Write 4 Gold for Mac, the latest version of Read&Write software intended to help struggling students. The software was previously available only for Windows systems.