K-12 Technology News
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JoomlaLMS has released an update to its learning management system. JoomlaLMS 1.3.2 is now compatible with Joomla CMS 3.2 and includes a number of functional improvements.
Earthquakes, pandemics, wild fires, severe weather, terrorism, utility outages and floods appear at the top of the list for Los Angeles Unified School District's emergency management response concerns. To provide guidance to people facing those emergencies and others, the district is adopting an emergency preparedness mobile app.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/29/14
The Malaysian Department of Education has implemented virtual desktop infrastructure to bring high-quality computing and digital education resources to students in rural and inland areas of the country.
Instructure has launched a new service for schools, colleges and universities that lets them host their own branded distance courses and course catalogs online — Canvas Catalog.
The 18-month pilot is a collaborative effort of myON, a personalized, Web-based literacy environment for pre-K through 12th grade; the New York Institute of Technology; the NY State Teacher Centers and BOCES of New York State.
- By Christopher Piehler
- 05/29/14
Wasp Barcode Technologies today introduced MobileAsset v7 and MobileAsset.EDU, two fixed-asset tracking solutions that allow IT departments and education institutions to manage items such as software, furniture, media equipment, and more.
A major project to install video cameras in 80 Montreal schools is done.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/29/14
Professional development course provider Knowledge Delivery Systems is adding 25 new Common Core courses to its catalog, addressing topics like curricular shifts in math and ELA and leadership.
- By Stephen Noonoo
- 05/29/14
A new free virtual lab teaches students in grades 9-12 how turbines work to generate wind energy.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/29/14
Brigham Young University researchers have developed a system to project sign language interpreters onto Google Glass and other similar types of glasses.