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Schools in two states are piloting a game development program that weaves Web 2.0 skills, such as blogging, advanced social networking, and wiki contribution and use, with the full range of 21st-century skills, including collaboration, problem solving, decision making, and digital citizenship. More
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Connecticut's Groton Public Schools is expanding its use of digital teaching tools. The district is in the process of ramping up digital resources for classroom instruction, including streaming media, virtual science labs, and other technologies. MoreQuestionmark has released a new program that allows users of its assessment software, Perception, to run in Microsoft's content and collaboration platform, SharePoint. MoreFollett has released an enhanced search and social networking update to its CaféScribe digital textbook platform. MoreTwitter could become the new mechanism for pollsters to gauge public opinion as natural language processing improves, according to research by Carnegie Mellon. MoreMicrosoft provided a few more details Friday about its forthcoming Office Web Apps, which enable document sharing and collaboration over the Internet. MoreMicrosoft this week released its Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 products to enterprise customers as part of a global launch event. More
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