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11/19/2013

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Report: Technology and Educators Need to Start Working Together Better
Schools can no longer keep technology specialists and educators separated. In fact, teachers can be the "best advocates" for moving technology initiatives forward in a district — once they understand how and why it will support teaching and learning, according to a new report.
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ISTE: E-Rate Funds Should Be Increased to $5 Billion
The International Society for Technology in Education has released comments it has submitted to the Federal Communications Commission ahead of the agency's update of the Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund, or E-rate.
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Report: More States Are Using Data Systems To Help Improve Student Achievement
An increasing number of states are collecting and analyzing student data effectively for the purpose of improving student achievement, according to a report from the Data Quality Campaign released today.
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Education Community Responds to Google Books Fair Use Ruling
Library leaders weigh in on last week's court decision to dismiss the long-running lawsuit over Google Books.
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Today's networks enable technology-driven learning

Blended learning, mobile devices, online assessments and video collaboration are revolutionizing the classroom. Learn how to build the modern networks that are making it all possible at The Modern Network.
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Carnegie Mellon U Launches Simon Initiative, Global Learning Council for Ed Tech Advancement
Carnegie Mellon University has launched the Simon Initiative in an effort to improve student learning through the use of science and technology.
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Detroit Public Schools Receives $35,000 for STEM Ed Projects
Twenty-six teachers at Detroit Public Schools will have funding for science, technology, engineering and math projects thanks to $35,000 in grants.
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Ed Selects 25 i3 Grant Winners
The United States Department of Education has chosen 25 applicants to receive a total of more than $135 million in the fourth round of the Investing in Innovation (i3) competition.
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Students Undertake Marathon Coding Sessions in Four Cities
The nonprofit StudentRND has partnered with the data folks at Splunk to host CodeDay SF, a full day for 100 students aged 9-22 to learn about coding and experiment with demo-able projects.
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Fujitsu To Offer 'Bring Your Own Cloud' Management Platform
During an annual customer conference, Fujitsu introduced a new set of technologies designed to enable IT organizations to implement a "bring your own cloud" strategy.
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All-Flash XtremIO Array Offers 250 TB Capacity
EMC has shipped an all-flash array designed to provide reliable performance for applications such as VDI, virtual servers, massively consolidated databases and development and test environments.
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Red Hat Rolls Out CloudForms 3.0, Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 Beta
Red Hat has released CloudForms 3.0, a major update to the company's cloud management platform. The new version adds support for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform and offers additional management capabilities for Amazon Web Services.
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Brief: Trapp Tech Launches Managed IT Services for K-12 Districts
Trapp Tech, an Arizona-based provider of managed services, has begun offering IT services for K-12 districts across the country.
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