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Over the next five years, Android-based tablets will gain on Apple's iPad, though iOS will lead (by a declining margin) at least through 2015, according to a new report from market research firm Gartner. Devices based on HP's webOS and BlackBerry's QNX will also gain traction in worldwide market share. More
Ed Tech News
Ed tech developer NetSupport has released a new classroom management tool for Mac OS X and Linux, NetSupport Assist. MoreConnectYard is bringing its social channel communication functionality into BlackBoard Learn through a Blackboard Building Block. MoreAlexander Street Press is releasing an online library of more than 8,000 academic video titles and plans to expand their offerings to more than 10,000 this year and 20,000 by 2013. MoreHoughton Mifflin Harcourt has partnered with Achieve3000 to deliver individualized reading instruction to students in North Carolina. MoreScholastic has released a new version of Grolier Online, the company's online database of nonfiction content for grades 3 and up. MoreTutor.com has launched Tutor.com To-Go, which makes homework help available on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. MoreThe use of Web 2.0 is increasing in K-12 schools. But, according to a new report, more widespread adoption is being hampered at least in part by teachers' lack of knowledge of how to use the technologies. MoreThis spring Scholastic will launch This is Teen, an initiative to connect teens to authors and create an online community of readers. More
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