Ed tech developer DyKnow is releasing a new version of its DyKnow Monitor, a classroom management tool designed for 1-to-1 computing environments in K-12 schools.
Students at Washington Park Environmental Studies Academy and Mound K-8 School in Cleveland, OH will be starting classes with a Barnes and Noble Nook Color tablet tucked in their backpacks.
- By Chris-Rachael Oseland
- 01/10/12
Piedmont City Schools (AL) Superintendent Matt Akin discusses how his small district is setting the pace when it comes to the use of technology, creating a class of responsible digital citizens, and beginning an E-Rate-funded program that will deliver high-speed internet to every student's home.
- By Stephen Noonoo
- 01/03/12
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently hosted a workshop on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education that included a demonstration of a university project to create STEM focused videos that can be freely used in high school classes.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 01/03/12
Charles County Public Schools has adopted an online program designed to teach high school students financial literacy.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 01/03/12
Sonic Foundry has released a version of its lecture capture software that allows users to view presentations on their mobile devices.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 01/03/12
netTrekker, an educational search engine for grades K-12, has added resources that are aligned with Common Core State Standards for English and math to its search product.
NEC Display Solutions of America has announced two new projector models, the PX700W and PX800X. Both are large screen, professional installation models intended for large venues with high ambient light.
InFocus has started shipping a pair of high-definition DLP-based projectors designed for classrooms and other medium-sized venues.
BenQ has rolled out a DLP-based handheld projector that displays HD in small, low-light venues without the use of a traditional bulb.
A recently announced YouTube pilot program, YouTube for Schools, is focused on putting a limited amount of educational content back in schools that currently block access to the site.
- By Stephen Noonoo
- 12/12/11
Trivantis has released version X.6 of its Lectora e-learning software, a tool designed to allow users to easily create online courses and materials, such as Web sites or presentations.
Research and reference publisher Gale has done a major revamp of the interface for Gale Virtual Reference Library, its online e-book platform, emulating some of the techniques used by physical libraries.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 12/08/11
Instructure has released a free mobile app for Apple's iOS that will facilitate communication among instructors and their students using Canvas, its Web-based learning management system.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 12/08/11
Desire2Learn has unveiled a new release to its learning management platform, offering enhancements to streaming media delivery and new integration features supporting Google Apps for Education.
ePals, a provider of educational technology products, will acquire Carus Publishing, the parent company of Cricket Magazine Group, Cobblestone Publishing, and Open Court Publishing.
- By Mike Hohenbrink
- 12/06/11
A South Carolina school district is providing its 30,000 students, teachers, and staff with browser-based access to Windows applications and desktops from smartphones, tablets, laptops, and netbooks.
Crestron has come out with a new high-definition lecture capture kit that provides "one-button" operation. CaptureLiveHD lets users schedule, record, publish online, and view lectures, presentations, seminars, and training sessions.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 12/06/11
Lenovo this month is launching a new line of ruggedized laptops for education that are taking a bead on netbooks. The company, which has reportedly deployed about 5 million notebooks in 1:1 programs in schools around the world, today began previewing a laptop line that starts at $469 and offers either Intel Core i3-2367M or AMD Fusion E-300/E-450 processors.
Questionmark has unveiled a new version of its assessment management platform.
BenchPrep has released OpenPrep, a new tool that features access to thousands of educational videos and resources.
- By Mike Hohenbrink
- 12/05/11
GoKnow Mobile Learning, in collaboration with the Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals (MASSP), has released GoObserve, a classroom observation and walkthrough app for Android tablets and the iPad.
- By Stephen Noonoo
- 12/01/11
Two mobile applications took the top awards in the 2011 Software & Information Industry Association's latest education technology competition.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 12/01/11
edWeb.net and Action Learning Systems have partnered to create a free online professional learning community for K-12 educators to learn about implementing Common Core State Standards.
Starting next August, teachers in Gwinnett County Public Schools will use Web-based software as part of the district's multi-year digital learning initiative called eCLASS.
- By Jessica DiNapoli
- 11/29/11
Hemet Unified School District (CA) is piloting a new app aimed at getting parents more involved in their child's education through instant mobile alerts sent right to their iPhone.
- By Stephen Noonoo
- 11/29/11
Saint Leo University's Education Department has opened a ground-breaking teacher training facility designed to prepare teachers to be at the forefront when it comes to new technologies in the classroom.
- By Mike Hohenbrink
- 11/29/11
Safari Montage has unveiled version 5 of Safari Montage Live (SML5), its IP-based interactive videoconferencing system, with upgrades such as enhancements to its screen sharing capabilities and improvements to video and audio.
- By Mike Hohenbrink
- 11/28/11
Super Star Learning has released a school edition of My Dream Machine, the company's social goal setting and achievement platform.
Two Kansas elementary schools are deploying software to help improve students' reading skills.
Pearson LearningStudio has integrated Genius SIS to provide a Web-based student information system for customers.
- By Mike Hohenbrink
- 11/28/11
Sciencia.org, a social network that publishes links to breaking science news contributed by its 64,000 international users, has added economics and financial science sections to its Web site.
Desire2Learn has struck a deal to make digital course materials from CourseSmart available to its learning management system customers as a new addition to its Partner Network.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 11/28/11
Acer has unveiled an ultra portable DLP projector that displays HD and 3D images in small, low light venues without the aid of a bulb.
Schools across Texas will go digital as they move from traditional textbooks to an electronic version.
- By Mike Hohenbrink
- 11/18/11
Evan-Moor Educational Publishers has unveiled Portals, a platform through which educators can access Daily Practice interactive apps produced by the company.
The 2nd annual National STEM Video Game Challenge--a competition to motivate interest in STEM learning among America’s youth--has officially launched its call to entries. The challenge calls on students to create their own video games for the chance to win a variety of prizes, including laptops and game design software.
- By Stephen Noonoo
- 11/17/11
Microsoft has revealed that Live@edu, the company's free, hosted collaboration and communications service for education, now has more than 22 million users, a 100 percent increase in the past year.
Pearson has launched a new version of CourseConnect, its customizable online course library.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 11/17/11
New Dimension Media will release in January a streaming media program with curriculum material focusing exclusively on the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math.
Online learning provider Adaptive Curriculum has launched a Spanish-language version of its concept-mastery math and science program, AC Math and AC Science, to meet the needs of the nation’s growing population of English language learners (ELLs).
- By Mike Hohenbrink
- 11/16/11
Nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of school administrators who responded to a recent survey said 1:1 computing classrooms where teachers act as a coach for students are the future of education, in a poll that looked at some of the changes, opportunities, and challenges that lie ahead for schools.
- By Stephen Noonoo
- 11/16/11
Renaissance Academy in Nevada is turning to 3G-connected Google Chromebooks to help connect students in the 13 counties it covers.
Sanyo and eInstruction have teamed up to release two new solutions that combine an ultra short throw LCD projector and interactive lesson software to enable interactive whiteboard functionality without the board.
Polycom has introduced a new solution that enables interactive whiteboard functionality without a board and streams annotated lessons or presentations to students or colleagues connected to video conferencing systems.
Planar has unveiled a new series of entry level digital signage displays for use in venues with varying degrees of ambient light.
ViewSonic has unveiled three 3D-ready DLP-based projector's for classrooms.
AVer Information has started shipping a new $200 portable document camera that offers 1.3 megapixel image capture and 720p HD output at 30 frames per second.
Adobe has launched six new apps for the Android platform, including a new version of Photoshop optimized specifically for Android-based tablets.
Schoolwires has released Nimbus, a hosted social learning platform developed to increase student and teacher engagement in grades K-12.
PBS Kids has launched Fetch! Lunch Rush, an educational augmented reality app for iPhones and iPod Touch devices.
Amazon will release its new tablet, the Kindle Fire, one day early, and its new e-readers, the Kindle Touch and the Kindle Touch 3G, six days early.
Trivantis has released a new version of Lectora Online e-learning software, which includes a lineup of features including additional Flash games, new characters, and collaboration tools.
Kentucky's Pulaski County School District has eliminated its cable TV network and deployed an IP video solution to decrease costs and add video options in the classroom.
Panasonic has debuted an upcoming line of ruggedized tablets built on the Android platform. Dubbed "Toughpad," the devices will begin shipping in 2012, with the first model, the A1, starting at $1,299.
Jefferson Parish School District in New Orleans, LA has purchased 750 tablets to help students master Louisiana Content Standards.
Google has launched pages for Google+ to give organizations a presence on the social network. Previously, only individuals were allowed on the platform.
Education publisher Pearson and adaptive learning startup Knewton have teamed up to create a new suite of personalized education products. Pearson will be integrating Knewton's adaptive learning platform into its digital offerings, beginning with its MyLab and Mastering series.
Samsung moved to the top position among smart phone manufacturers worldwide in the third quarter, bumping Apple, Nokia, and Research in Motion out of the way in the process.
Ohio's Dayton Public Schools (DPS) will implement a family of intervention programs to help students who need to improve their reading skills.
Users who feel inadequate to the task of protecting their privacy online aren't alone. The types of tools available for opting out of Internet tracking are hard to set up and confusing to use, according to new research from Carnegie Mellon University.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 11/07/11
Following its participation in a pilot program, one charter secondary school in Arizona has expanded its deployment of motivation software to boost student performance.
Worcester Public Schools is creating customized education solution designed to improve home-school connections and support digital learning for the 24,000 students in its district.
A UK company has launched a free application that allows users to collaborate on Microsoft Office files in real time similar to the way they can with Google Docs.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 11/03/11
Trivantis has released a new version of Snap! by Lectora, which lets instructors convert resources from PowerPoint to Flash.
As part of its classroom technology grant series, DYMO/Mimio will award two teachers a trove of interactive learning gear for demonstrating how they would blend individual student instruction and group lessons using DYMO/Mimio hardware and Headsprout Reading Comprehension software.
- By Stephen Noonoo
- 11/03/11
Online education provider Advanced Academics has launched version 3.0 of ROADS, the company's learning management system (LMS).
A company that creates online learning programs for use in middle and high school education has begun the work of making its courses accessible.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 11/03/11
One Texas school district is drastically expanding its use of interactive whiteboards and document cameras in its classroom.
HP has debuted the Slate 2, a replacement for the Slate 500 Windows-based tablet introduced last year.
Trivantis has released Snap! Empower, a new tool to create and share Flash animations.
Cisco has created a new TelePresence solution for small to medium-sized organizations with limited budgets and IT staff.
Archipelago Learning has unveiled an expansion of its early-learning product line with the release of Reading Eggspress, a reading and comprehension program designed to serve grades 2-6.
- By Mike Hohenbrink
- 11/02/11
Turn around and you'll run into a professional development offering that claims to help you integrate the Apple iPad into classroom instruction. But that can only go so far, said Susan Brooks-Young, who works with educators on the effective use of technology for both adults and kids. What's often missing, she said, is the role that the school or district administrator plays in an iPad deployment.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 11/02/11
Pearson recently released an update to its digital repository, Equella. The 5.1 release includes new tools for working with Microsoft Office files, new notifications, and integration with Flickr and YouTube.
iSpring Solutions has released iSpring Suite 6.0, a collection of three software tools to help e-learning professionals to develop courses, quizzes, and interactions within the PowerPoint environment.
ParentLink has released a new suite of e-mail tools for its communication platform designed to improve e-mail communications between schools and parents.
While data consumption continues to rise--owing to the growing number of consumers purchasing smart phones and tablets--mobile device users are still wary about the security of their data, according to a new report released Monday by Oracle.
Lectora will release a redesigned user interface for its line-up of e-learning software this summer, and it is looking for schools to try out the beta version.
Logical Choice Technologies has released an update to Letters Alive, an augmented reality education app for kindergarten and preschool.
Califone has unveiled a new wall-mountable frame that provides interactive whiteboard capabilities without a whiteboard or stylus.
Canon has released a new multimedia classroom projector that can produce an 80-inch image at a distance of about a foot from the screen.
Teachers from 10 schools received classroom technology grants this month in the second DYMO/Mimio Jump Start Grant program. Another classroom tech grant program, Bridging the Gap, is currently accepting applications.
Cisco has released Lecture Vision, a solution to help educators capture and share educational materials with students. Cisco Lecture Vision is a suite of modular solutions backed by a set of services created specifically for education institutions.
FrontRow and Calypso Systems will merge into a single entity with the name FrontRow and a focus on communication and device control technologies.
- By Mike Hohenbrink
- 10/24/11
One hundred K-12 schools in one New York City borough have deployed a Web-based software platform to ramp up communication with parents.
RM Education has released an update to Easiteach Next Generation (Easiteach NG) for interactive classrooms. The new release, version 1.3, incorporates a range of additional features, including screen capture and a batch of additional widgets.
Ed tech developer Promethean has launched a new and significantly enhanced generation of classroom response systems, ActivExpression2.
Cengage Learning has announced it will partner with Moodlerooms and with Unicon on open source learning projects. Both partnerships are designed to increase functionality for the respective learning platforms through Cengage's new service, Mindlinks.
- By Mike Hohenbrink
- 10/19/11
SmartDesks has released iLid tables and desks, a new line of flip computer workstations.
More than a half-dozen school districts in Texas have approved an all-digital curricula for grades 5 through 12, which is delivered via the cloud and compatible with most devices, like tablets and PCs.
- By Stephen Noonoo
- 10/18/11
Goggle Docs has updated its presentation tool with real-time collaboration and more than 50 new features.
TechSmith has revealed details about a forthcoming update to the company's lecture and screen capture system, Camtasia Relay 4, this week at the Educause conference in Philadelphia.
Approximately 75 schools in Mississippi have deployed reading software with the goal of increasing students' reading skills.
ClassLink has released LaunchPad Instructional Desktop View, an upgrade to the company's cloud-based virtual desktop software designed for K-12 schools.
Cisco has debuted two new Cisco Virtualization Experience Client (VXC) endpoints that enable high-quality voice and video in virtual desktop environments.
Inmedius has released an update to its Web-based learning management system for small organizations, Omnibus.
School Improvement Network has unveiled a new version of Observation 360, a teacher professional development tool that integrates with PD 360.
Teachscape is expanding the capabilities of its professional learning community for teachers, Teachscape Reflect Video.
Epson has debuted four new short-throw LCD classroom projectors and is gearing up to release a new standalone module that turns those projectors into interactive display devices.