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June June 23-24 Atlanta. North Central Regional Educational Laboratory Eastern Conference. This year’s conference, “Guidelines for Evaluating Technology in Education,” will address the issues of assessment and evaluation as they relate to…
Internet: Streaming video links parents to school events online
School districts trying to reach more parents and stakeholders have begun dabbling with streaming video to let community members watch school board meetings, graduations, sporting events, and other school functions…
For South Carolina’s Horry County Schools, success is a product of solid planning and firm convictions
South Carolina is one of the primary states affected by the technological rift between the “haves” and the “have-nots.” But one school district in Myrtle Beach, S.C., is forging ahead…
Summer school takes on a high-tech flair in Colo.
From eSchool News staff and wire service reports Summer school never seemed so good or challenging as the classes being offered throughout Colorado this year. Gov.…
Threats prompt Boston school officials to drop free eMail accounts
Death threats via computer to a high school sophomore have prompted Boston public school officials to end free eMail accounts for all students. School officials traced the…
Teen gets jail for eMail threat to Columbine student
A Florida teen has been sentenced to four months in prison for threatening in an eMail message to finish what two student gunmen started last spring at Columbine High School. …
Tornado alert system unveiled for north Alabama schools
A warning system that eventually could be used to phone homes and businesses to warn of approaching severe weather is ready for use in some north Alabama schools. …
Satellite link brings students face to face with Gettysburg
From the woods where Pickett’s Charge began, the National Park Service beamed the battle of Gettysburg across the country to at least 300,000 pupils on May 3. …
Lawmaker unveils tough federal ‘cyberstalking’ measure
People who stalk other internet users with a few clicks of a computer keyboard will face greater chances of hearing the clicks of handcuffs and prison doors, if…
NetDay organizers launch new ‘model schools’ program
With 95 percent of schools and 63 percent of classrooms now connected to the internet, it would appear the national NetDay movement, known for its one-day school wiring projects, has…