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Ohio's Bloom-Carroll Local School District is shoring up its classrooms through two technology grant programs open to all schools--one a corporate program providing free classroom amplification systems, the other a program that distributes used computers to schools from government and military sources. More
Ed Tech News
Nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of school administrators who responded to a recent survey said 1:1 computing classrooms where teachers act as a coach for students are the future of education, in a poll that looked at some of the changes, opportunities, and challenges that lie ahead for schools. MoreStarting next August, teachers in Gwinnett County Public Schools will use Web-based software as part of the district's multi-year digital learning initiative called eCLASS. MoreRenaissance Academy in Nevada is turning to 3G-connected Google Chromebooks to help connect students in the 13 counties it covers. MoreMicrosoft has revealed that Live@edu, the company's free, hosted collaboration and communications service for education, now has more than 22 million users, a 100 percent increase in the past year. MoreThe 2nd annual National STEM Video Game Challenge--a competition to motivate interest in STEM learning among America’s youth--has officially launched its call to entries. The challenge calls on students to create their own video games for the chance to win a variety of prizes, including laptops and game design software. MoreNew Dimension Media will release in January a streaming media program with curriculum material focusing exclusively on the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math. MoreSchoolwires has released Nimbus, a hosted social learning platform developed to increase student and teacher engagement in grades K-12. MoreOnline learning provider Adaptive Curriculum has launched a Spanish-language version of its concept-mastery math and science program, AC Math and AC Science, to meet the needs of the nation’s growing population of English language learners (ELLs). MoreDesire2Learn has struck a deal to make digital course materials from CourseSmart available to its learning management system customers as a new addition to its Partner Network. MoreEvan-Moor Educational Publishers has unveiled Portals, a platform through which educators can access Daily Practice interactive apps produced by the company. MorePearson LearningStudio has integrated Genius SIS to provide a Web-based student information system for customers. MoreSafari Montage has unveiled version 5 of Safari Montage Live (SML5), its IP-based interactive videoconferencing system, with upgrades such as enhancements to its screen sharing capabilities and improvements to video and audio. MoreSchools across Texas will go digital as they move from traditional textbooks to an electronic version. MoreTwo Kansas elementary schools are deploying software to help improve students' reading skills. MoreAcer has unveiled an ultra portable DLP projector that displays HD and 3D images in small, low light venues without the aid of a bulb. MorePearson has launched a new version of CourseConnect, its customizable online course library. More
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