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What you believe about professional learning communities (PLCs) may be wrong. That's what Rem Jackson, CEO of Top Practices Education, has discovered in working with a group of educators from around the world whose goal has been to create sustainable change in schools. More
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Blackboard has released a major update to its cross-platform mobile learning management system, Mobile Learn 2.0. The new version expands the types of content users can create via their mobile devices and also offers an enhanced UI and support for some Angel and WebCT customers. MoreMicrosoft has shared additional details for its next generation of Live@edu. Named Office 365, the set of cloud-based applications adds additional collaboration and communication components and is scheduled to appear in the second half of 2011. MoreBlackboard this week announced support in its learning management system, Blackboard Learn, for two open standards--Common Cartridge 1.0 and Basic Learning Tools Interoperability. MoreEdvance360 has released version 6.0 of its flagship learning management system, Edvance360 LMS-SN. The new release expands mobile access to the online systems and adds enhancements for cloning courses and sending out notifications and reminders to users. MoreFollett Corp. is launching a $100,000 competition for school libraries that are helping to drive student achievement and boosting information literacy through technology. MoreEducational software company WordXpress has launched an initiative aimed at emphasizing to students and teachers around the world the importance of building strong vocabularies. The cornerstone of the company's "Save the Words" Campaign is the offer of a free one-year license of WordXpress high-speed vocabulary building software to schools that sign up for the program. MoreThe Learning Co., a division of educational publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), has released four new mobile games to help preschoolers play and learn on the Apple iPhone and iPad mobile devices. More
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