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Empowering Students with Clickers: Enhancing the Learning Environment with Student Response Systems
Date: Wednesday, March 08, 2012 Time: 2:00pm ET / 11:00am PT Duration: One hour. Based on the findings of his Case Study, Eric Hartman will speak to faculty and…
F.C.C. bars the use of airwaves for a broadband plan
The New York Times reports that a proposed wireless broadband network that would provide voice and Internet service using airwaves once reserved for satellite-telephone transmissions should be shelved because it…
Twitter uploads contact list data without consent; retains for 18 months
A harmless button in Twitter’s mobile application bears a resemblance to Path’s contact list uploading controversy, ZDNet reports. Twitter has admitted it stores user contact details — including phone numbers…
Windows 8 will be more accessible to those with disabilities
Microsoft is enhancing some of the accessibility features in Windows 8 to make the new OS easier for people with disabilities, CNET reports. Certain "assistive technologies" have long been a…
Teachers union in Ontario takes the ‘better safe than sorry’ approach to WiFi
Wi-Fi has found its way into classrooms across Canada, and the Ontario English Catholic Teacher’s Association (OECTA) believes it “may present a potential health and safety risk or hazard in…
Apple crowned top smart phone vendor of 2011 by Gartner
Apple won last year's smart phone wars, according to data released today by Gartner, CNET reports. Other reports have pointed to Samsung as the leading vendor in 2011, but the…
Up to $2,500 for reading initiatives
Each year, the National Book Foundation awards a number of prizes of up to $2,500 each to individuals and institutions—or partnerships between the two—that have developed innovative means of creating…
$3,000 awards for summer reading
Dollar General Literacy Foundation Summer Reading Grants provide funding to local nonprofit organizations and libraries to help with the implementation or expansion of summer reading programs. Programs must target Pre-K…
50 document cameras for educators
Teachers can enter to win by writing 100 words or less on how the SAMCAM 860 will be used in their classroom. The grant program will provide the document cameras…
Doing More with Less: How Informed Assessment Practices Can Help
In this latest STAR (School Technology Action Report), “Doing More with Less: How Informed Assessment Practices can help”—part of a series of STAR documents from eSchool Media: timely collections of…