THE Journal: Denver Schools To Accelerate Blended Learning with $2.3 Million Corporate Grant

AV, Interactive & Collaborative Technologies for K-12 Education

10/10/2012

Spotlight

Denver Schools To Accelerate Blended Learning with $2.3 Million Corporate Grant
The foundation for an investment firm based in Denver that manages about $152 billion in assets worldwide is nearly doubling down on a multi-million-dollar investment it made in the local public school system.
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Innovation Abroad, Insight at Home
A global team of researchers goes around the world to see what it takes to prepare students for their futures, and suggests ways to apply the lessons here in the United States.
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Solving Formative Assessment's Catch-22
Teachers often have a hard time embedding assessment in their instruction, but some technologies are making it a little easier.
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Ed Tech News

Florida Department of Education Proposes $441.7 Million in New Technology Funding
The Florida Department of Education has made a budget request for more than $440 million in 2013 to pay for computers, broadband connections, and other high tech equipment to ensure the state's public schools are sufficiently equipped for digital learning.
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Memphis Grade Six Class Pilots New 1:1 Learning Platform
Students in a grade six math class at Geeter Middle School in Memphis are participating in a pilot program of the Samsung Smart School Solution, an integrated 1:1 learning platform that enables teachers to lead interactive lessons through Samsung tablets.
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Online Common Core Test Items Released by Smarter Balanced Consortium
The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium released a sizable sampling of online assessment items, giving teachers, educational leaders, and members of the public an early look at what kinds of items and tasks will appear on the high-stakes tests that are due to debut in the 2014-2015 school year.
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Southern California High School Opens $20MM Facility On Cal Poly Pomona Campus
Students at southern California's iPoly High last week moved out of the portable classrooms that have housed the school since 1991 into a brand-new two story, 21-classroom, green-friendly facility outfitted with the latest innovations in education technology.
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Bill Nye 'The Science Guy' Talks Flipped Classrooms
Bill Nye "The Science Guy" is fired up about flipped classrooms—and has a new program to get students and teachers to get fired up as well.
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ASCD Launches Teacher Training Courses on Common Core, Differentiated Instruction
ASCD has added three courses to its PD Online lineup. The nonprofit organization is now offering courses on Common Core State Standards and differentiated instruction.
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Digital Conversion Service Publishes Accessible, Multi-Platform Textbooks
A company known for helping clients in the media and retail sectors digitize their publications has launched a version of its publishing platform for converting PDF-based books into interactive texts that can be accessed on multiple platforms for the education segment.
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Extron Releases Campus Communication Suite
Extron Electronics has released a new AV communication suite for school campuses that combines multiple tools into a single software package.
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Georgia Online High School Creates 38,000-Member Community Group
A Georgia high school has added a group to its online community that includes social and academic resources, including discussions, blogs, and study groups.
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My Big Campus Social LMS Adding Parent Portal
Lightspeed Systems is adding a Parent Portal component to its LMS, My Big Campus, that will allow parents, students, and teachers to communicate and share information online.
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Splashtop Adds Whiteboard Kindle App
Splashtop has added a Kindle Fire app that allows teachers to access their computer desktops remotely and use it as an interactive whiteboard.
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TechSmith Revamps Academic Licensing for Lecture Capture Software
Riding a wave of flipped classroom action, TechSmith has introduced new pricing structures for its screen capture and recording software specifically for educators.
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