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Ed-tech best practices: November/December 2012
How to make “bring your own device” programs work for your schools, and how to assess your students’ reading skills without losing valuable instructional time to testing: These are among…
New ed-tech products and services: November/December 2012
A convertible computing device with three different modes (tablet, productivity, and presentation); software that simplifies management of school bell schedules and AV systems; and replacement lamps for school projectors starting…
eSchool Media to stream Iowa Bullying Prevention Summit live
eSchool Media, in partnership with EduVision by JDL Horizons, will be streaming live video coverage of the Iowa Governor’s Bullying Prevention Summit on Nov. 27.…
‘Bugscope’ lets kids explore insects through an electron microscope
The Bugscope project provides free, interactive access to a scanning electron microscope over the internet, so that students anywhere in the world can explore the microscopic world of insects.…
Top ed-tech news: November/December 2012
The nation’s top education chief wants textbooks to go all-digital within the next five years … a Georgia elementary-school teacher has made about $1 million selling her lesson plans online…
One year of free math software
This grant program gives elementary and middle school math teachers the opportunity to use a math program free for one year.…
Math equipment to boost student engagement
This grant aims to improve the quality of mathematical education, enhance the transfer of mathematical thinking into other classes, and increase students’ ability to apply rigorous mathematics outside the classroom.…
Software license for program participation
I CAN Learn Education Systems has teamed up with Dr. Geoffrey Borman, principal standing panel member of the Education Systems And Broad Reform Research Review Panel of the U.S. Department…
Nursing school receives more than $2.1M
The University of North Alabama College of Nursing and Allied Health has just received a grant of $2.1 million from the U.S. Department of Health Resources and Services Administration. The…
Professor wins $50K Hiett Prize
Dr. Elizabeth Samet, Professor of English at the United States Military Academy at West Point, is the 2012 recipient of the $50,000 Hiett Prize in the Humanities from the Dallas…