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1/14/2010

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Good Science, Great Technology Will Drive Student Engagement
It's up to America's teachers to get the country's youth involved in critical environment issues. But that's not going to happen if teachers aren't delivering the message in a way that engages students, according to Ed Begley Jr., who delivered the opening general address at this year's FETC conference in Florida. "We have to speak in a language young people understand. And that language," he said, "is technology."More

Ed Tech News

Florida Middle School Transforms into Ed Tech Showcase
In 2009, Ocoee Middle School in Ocoee, FL, underwent a unique transformation. It remains a public middle school, still teaches the usual subjects to the usual suspects, and the Cardinal is still the school mascot. But with a full-scale technological renovation, OMS is now a veritable showcase for technology-enhanced learning.More
Promethean, Waterford Launch Whiteboard Lessons for Early Reading
Waterford and Promethean announced this week at the FETC 2010 conference that they have created a set of ActivLessons (interactive whiteboard lessons) designed to boost reading comprehension in early education students.More
Classroom Learning Platform Gets Plagiarism Control, New Reporting Tools
Ed tech developer It's Learning has enhanced its Web-based learning platform with new safety and collaboration features. The platform encompasses multiple functions for use in the classroom, including blog and eportfolio software, sound and video recorders, discussion forums, plagiarism control, a gradebook, testing tools, attendance reporting, and alerts.More
Epson Expands LCD Classroom Projector Lineup
Epson has introduced six new projectors designed for schools, including a new short-throw model that can be mounted as close as 2.8 inches from the projection surface. The new lineup debuted Wednesday at the FETC 2010 conference, underway this week in Orlando, FL.More
Discovery Education To Stream Natural History Series
Discovery Education has announced it will stream each episode of Discovery Channel's new natural history series Life beginning the day after it premieres on the cable TV network.More
ATutor Open Source CMS Supports Content Interoperability Standard
Open source learning content management system ATutor has been updated to version 1.6.4. It now includes support for the IMS Common Cartridge Lite 1.0 content interoperability standard.More
CDW-G and Discovery Ed Contest To Give Away 21st Century Classroom Gear
Three K-12 schools will win a 21st century classroom outfit that includes 20 tablet or notebook computers, three wireless access points, a notebook cart, interactive whiteboard, student response system, projector, printer, document camera, and a $5,000 digital media grant in an annual contest.More
Ed Publisher Offers Multimodal Instruction System for Struggling Students
Brainchild, a publisher of educational assessment and intervention programs, is offering a new approach to instruction that keeps students continuously working and engaged while in the classroom.More
Interactive Technology Provider Will Offer Training Guides in 11 Languages
Beginning in late February, teaching technology provider mimio will offer its Quick Learn reference and learning guides in 11 languages in order to make interactive technology more accessible throughout the world. The company made the announcement at FETC, being held this week in Orlando, FL.More
MRV Media Converter Simplifies Cable Management with Single Module
MRV Communications has announced an optical media converter addition to the company's XY line, the Fiber Driver EM316GSW-XY, a gigabit/Fast Ethernet multi-function media converter.More
Planar Ships Clarity Matrix LCD Video Wall System
Planar Systems has started shipping the new Clarity Matrix LCD Video Wall System, an LCD panel system that delivers tiled visuals to create a wall-sized display.More

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