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Viewpoint: Educational software games could leave poor children even poorer

November 6, 2013October 6, 2010 by By Alistair Owens

The amazing progress of technology used in modern teaching resources herald huge advances in learning opportunities. But are the costs of the equipment that play the new educational…

IT Management

One Laptop Per Child gets $5.6M grant to build Android tablet

October 6, 2010 by Laura Ascione

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organization has received a $5.6 million grant from hardware component maker Marvell to fund the development of an Android-powered mobile tablet based…

District Management

Apple challenges $625.5M patent-infringement award to Yale prof

October 6, 2010 by Laura Ascione

Apple Inc. is challenging a federal jury's order that it pay $625.5 million in damages for violating the patents of a small technology company founded by a Yale…

IT Management

Michigan students prove vulnerability of online election site

October 6, 2010 by Laura Ascione

University of Michigan students hacked a prototype voting web site and programmed it to play their fight song, prompting election officials to take the site down temporarily, reports…

Research

Aiming to learn as we do, a machine teaches itself

October 5, 2010 by Laura Ascione

Researchers are fine-tuning a computer system that is trying to master semantics by learning more like a human, reports the New York Times. Give a computer a task…

District Management

U.K. schools install facial recognition cameras to curb tardiness

October 5, 2010 by Laura Ascione

In a controversial move that could make taking attendance a thing of the past, some U.K. schools are using cutting-edge cameras to scan students’ faces as they enter…

Blended Learning

Despite rumors, MIT OpenCourseWare insists ‘no paywall’

October 5, 2010 by Laura Ascione

Contrary to erroneous reports, MIT says it has no plans to implement a paywall for its free open courseware, ReadWriteWeb reports. "That is simply not under consideration," says…

IT Management

FCC seeks more info from Comcast, NBC

October 5, 2010 by Laura Ascione

The Federal Communications Commission is requesting additional information from Comcast Corp. and NBC Universal as it reviews the cable operator's plan to acquire a controlling stake in the…

IT Management

Two eBooks cost more than Amazon hardcovers

October 5, 2010 by Laura Ascione

Readers of eBooks might not be able to turn paper pages, lend their copies to friends, or file them away on living room bookshelves. But until now, they…

District Management

Education in a social world

November 6, 2013October 5, 2010 by By Farb Nivi

Prior to the industrialization of education, the education model was centered around a single-room school house consisting of one teacher with many students throughout many grades. The teacher…

Expert Blog: Security Insights

SROs: A great investment in campus safety

January 6, 2011October 5, 2010 by Laura Ascione

One of the best security measures any district can employ is a school resource officer (SRO)--a trained police officer assigned to a campus. If an emergency strikes, the…

IT Management

College yearbook collections, newspaper archives go digital

November 5, 2013October 4, 2010 by Laura Ascione

Colleges across the nation are making digital copies of old yearbooks, student newspapers, and course catalogs for researchers and alumni to access online, USA Today reports. LYRASIS, an…

District Management

McGraw-Hill Education buys lecture capture company Tegrity

October 4, 2010 by Laura Ascione

McGraw-Hill Education has bought privately held Tegrity Inc., a lecture capture software company, as it continues to shift away from its traditional textbook publishing roots, Dow Jones reports.…

IT Management

Ad group unveils plan to improve web privacy

October 4, 2010 by Laura Ascione

As the debate over online privacy and advertiser access to users’ data continues, a group of the advertising industry’s largest trade organizations was to announce on Oct. 4…

IT Management

Toshiba unveils glasses-free 3D TV

November 5, 2013October 4, 2010 by Laura Ascione

Toshiba Corp. has unveiled the world's first high-definition, liquid crystal display (LCD) 3D television that does not require special glasses—one of the biggest consumer complaints about the technology,…

Curriculum

Boston schools failed non-English speakers

October 4, 2010 by Laura Ascione

Thousands of students in Boston who are not proficient in English will be entitled to language assistance under an agreement between the city's public schools and the U.S.…

District Management

Senators spar over for-profit education

October 1, 2010 by Laura Ascione

A U.S. Senate committee probing allegations that some for-profit schools push students into big debt and fail to educate them likely will introduce a bill tightening rules next…

District Management

House bill would create office of STEM education

October 1, 2010 by Laura Ascione

Calling the country "woefully inequipped" to teach students about science and math, Rep. Mike Honda, D-Calif., introduced a bill Sept. 29 that would create an office to oversee…

Curriculum

Making math lessons as easy as 1, pause, 2, pause …

October 1, 2010 by Laura Ascione

An increasingly popular approach to teaching math emphasizes visual aids and a slow pace, with a week on the numbers 1 and 2. And while teachers initially are…

IT Management

A simple swipe on a phone, and you’re paid

November 5, 2013October 1, 2010 by Laura Ascione

A new device from a company called Square snaps into an iPhone and lets any user become a credit card authorizing entrepreneur, with no setup fees or contracts,…

Viewpoint: Educational software games could leave poor children even poorer

One Laptop Per Child gets $5.6M grant to build Android tablet

Apple challenges $625.5M patent-infringement award to Yale prof

Michigan students prove vulnerability of online election site

Aiming to learn as we do, a machine teaches itself

U.K. schools install facial recognition cameras to curb tardiness

Despite rumors, MIT OpenCourseWare insists ‘no paywall’

FCC seeks more info from Comcast, NBC

Two eBooks cost more than Amazon hardcovers

SROs: A great investment in campus safety

College yearbook collections, newspaper archives go digital

McGraw-Hill Education buys lecture capture company Tegrity

Ad group unveils plan to improve web privacy

Toshiba unveils glasses-free 3D TV

Boston schools failed non-English speakers

Senators spar over for-profit education

House bill would create office of STEM education

Making math lessons as easy as 1, pause, 2, pause …

A simple swipe on a phone, and you’re paid

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