THE News Update: Report: 40 Percent of Wristworn Devices Will Be Smartwatches by 2016

9/18/2014

News & Issues

Report: 40 Percent of Wristworn Devices Will Be Smartwatches by 2016
Forty percent of all devices worn on the wrist will be smartwatches by 2016, according to a new report. That prediction follows a swell in the smartwatches available to consumers as the number of companies offering the devices has increased from just two a year ago to seven with a device either currently on the market or about to ship.
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Lake County School District Saves $1 Million, Adds a Week of Instruction Time by Adjusting Bells
Lake County enlisted the help of Amplify School by Design (SxD), a software and consulting service designed to increase school efficiency and quality, which determined that the district could add instructional time by shifting the first and last bells of the day.
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Free Software Matches Students with College Choices
Campus Steps is a free matchmaking application that helps students identify appropriate colleges to apply to based on self-reported data, such as academic achievements, assessment scores and future goals.
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ISTE Will Create a Common Core Teacher Practice Network
ISTE will collaborate with the National Center for Literacy Education to provide expertise on the Common Core for professional learning, share resources with network members, develop a tool to guide alignment of instruction and learning activities to the standards, and publish examples on the NCLE and ISTE websites.
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