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Carnegie Mellon to offer internet safety resources »
Carnegie Mellon University will use a $20,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation to create and distribute web safety advice to faculty, teachers, and students in K-12 schools and on college campuses. ...
February 9 2010 / Read More »
Feds still troubled by Google Books deal »
The U.S. Justice Department still thinks a proposal to give Google the digital rights to millions of hard-to-find books threatens to stifle competition and undermine copyright laws, despite revisions aimed at easing those concerns....
February 5 2010 / Read More »
Rulings on MySpace suspensions leave more questions than answers »
Federal appellate judges wrestling with whether school leaders can discipline their students for internet speech posted outside of school reached different rulings in two Pennsylvania cases on Feb. 4, further clouding an already murky area...
February 5 2010 / Read More »
Microsoft opens its cloud to researchers »
Researchers have until March 15 to submit proposals to the National Science Foundation that would grant access to Microsoft’s massive cloud-computing power for three years....
February 5 2010 / Read More »
Teens’ social media use on the rise, but fewer are blogging »
The use of social-networking web sites among young Americans continues to climb—but fewer teens and young adults are blogging now than four years ago, and the number of those who use Twitter is still very...
February 4 2010 / Read More »View all Top News
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New Jersey businessmen sentenced to jail for e-Rate fraud
The former co-owners of a New Jersey computer services provider each have been sentenced to 27 months in prison on charges of conspiracy to defraud the federal e-Rate program, which helps bring internet access to...
February 8 2010 / Read More »Oregon panel votes to add restrictions to online schools
A bill to increase restrictions on online public schools was approved by a key committee in the Oregon Legislature on Feb. 3, despite pleas from parents for exceptions to the proposal, reports the Statesman Journal....
February 8 2010 / Read More »Electronic books now come in snack sizes
Who has time to read a whole book anymore? That’s the thinking behind a new publishing venture by the FT Press, a unit of Pearson, which has introduced two series of short, digital-only titles for...
February 8 2010 / Read More »Web not yet the answer to college textbook costs
Most students still prefer print to digital textbooks, and even if they didn't, college campuses so far have made very few titles available online, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer....
February 8 2010 / Read More »A federal effort to push junk food out of schools
The Obama administration will begin a drive this week to expel Pepsi, French fries, and Snickers bars from the nation’s schools in hopes of reducing the number of children who get fat during their school...
February 8 2010 / Read More »View all Around the Web News Articles
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Securing Student Laptops for Safe Learning »
Technology is an essential part of a 21st-century education for both teachers and students, and district 1-to-1 computing initiatives and laptop lending...
Dec 13 2009 / Read More »21st Century Libraries »
The internet has given students an incredibly vast world of up-to-the-minute resources, including nearly limitless outlets for research and investigation. But many...
Dec 13 2009 / Read More »Successful Video Production »
Now more than ever, technology plays a crucial role in the way that students learn and prepare for careers in a global...
May 11 2009 / Read More »Igniting and Sustaining STEM Education »
As the workplace changes and becomes increasingly global, today's students must be educated with a 21st-century mindset. Science, technology, engineering, and math...
Dec 13 2009 / Read More »Securing Your Campus from the Inside Out »
With online learning surging in popularity, making it possible for students in rural areas to enroll in courses not offered in their...
Jan 18 2010 / Read More »Next Generation Collaboration »
The ability to work together on group projects is seen as an increasingly important skill for the 21st-century workplace, and a growing...
Jan 4 2010 / Read More »Measuring 21st-century skills »
To remain competitive in an increasingly global, knowledge-based economy, today’s employers need graduates who are adept at so-called “21st-century skills” such as...
Aug 14 2009 / Read More »Effective Programs for Dealing with Autism in Schools Today »
It's estimated that one out of every 150 children in the United States has some form of autism, and that number is...
Dec 13 2009 / Read More »Enterprising Instruction: Using Data to Improve Teaching »
Using data to inform instruction is one of the Obama administration's keys to effective school reform, and technology is helping a growing...
Dec 13 2009 / Read More »
