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6/25/2013

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Teacher Prep Review Finds Most Teacher Education Dismal
A new extensive report out by the National Council on Teacher Quality says that only four institutions of higher education in the United States out of 1,130 deserve the highest rating in its evaluation of teacher education programs.
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Blackboard Validates Mozilla Digital Badges
Mozilla's Open Badges initiative has received the official nod from educational technology company Blackboard, which has integrated digital badges into its learning management systems Blackboard Learn and CourseSites.
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California HS Boosts 1-to-1 Control with Mobile Device Management
In its third year of a 1-to-1 iPad program a California Catholic high school will be adding a new level of security and management with an enterprise-level mobile management service.
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Microsoft Discounts Surface RT Tablets for Education
Microsoft is cutting more than half the price off its Surface RT tablet for schools, colleges, and universities. Microsoft announced the temporary discount program at the ISTE 2013 conference taking place this week in San Antonio, TX, where the company is also giving away 10,000 of the tablets for free.
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McGraw-Hill Buys Adaptive Learning Developer
McGraw-Hill Education will acquire ALEKS (Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces), a developer of adaptive learning technology for use in K-12 and higher education.
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Texas District Implements Software To Help Students with College Planning and Applications
Plano Independent School District (PISD) in Texas has implemented a software suite to help school counselors and students select courses to match graduation and postsecondary goals, submit supporting documents with college applications, and track alumni.
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CoSN Releases Horizon Report: 2013 K12 Edition Toolkit
Toolkit aims to help K-12 leaders and stakeholders have effective conversations about using new technologies to improve learning and instruction
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Dell Education Challenge Pushes College Students To Improve K-12
Dell is running its second Education Challenge, which will be awarding $30,000 in cash prizes as well as mentoring to university and college students who have workable ideas for improving the education experience for K-12 students.
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Follett Adds Mobile Features to Aspen SIS
Follett will release a new version of Aspen, its student information system, with new mobile features.
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Amplify Pilots 30 Educational Middle School Games
Amplify has unveiled a selection of more than 30 educational games designed to help middle school students with English language arts and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) skills.
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Camtasia Studio Adds Chroma Key Support, Video Cropping
TechSmith has released version 8.1 of is video capture and editing suite, Camtasia Studio.
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