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Teachers monitoring computer monitors
New software installed in Boulder and Longmont, Colo., high school computer labs is giving teachers a technological superpower: From their screens, they're able to monitor what's happening on those of…
Schools urged to expand online learning
The San Mateo County, Calif., Civil Grand Jury has urged local school districts to take more advantage of online programs to expand instruction in math, science, foreign languages, and other…
Free laptop-tracking system now available
Researchers at the University of Washington and the University of California, San Diego, have launched Adeona (http://adeona.cs.washington.edu/index.html), an open-source service aimed at helping individuals and organizations track the location of…
Blackboard partners with Syracuse on Sakai integration
Blackboard Inc. has partnered with Syracuse University to develop software that will allow institutions to connect their Blackboard learning environment with the open-source Sakai course management system, MarketWatch reports. …
California offers new tool for comparing schools
California will give parents one-stop shopping starting July 16 to compare neighborhood schools’ performance on everything from test scores to graduation rates to student demographics online, the San Jose Mercury…
For teens, the future is mobile
CNET reports that a market research firm is predicting mobile phones will surpass the popularity of desktops for teens in the United States. Only an estimated 20 percent of teens…
Viacom, Google reach deal over YouTube privacy
Google may conceal YouTube users' identities when it hands a database of their viewing habits to Viacom International in response to a court order, Computerworld reports. …
New Zealand teen fined in Penn computer hack
A New Zealand teenager who admitted to hacking into the University of Pennsylvania computer system was ordered July 15 to pay more than $11,000 in fines but avoided a conviction…
Schools find savings while updating technology
School districts' technology budgets vary, but one thing remains a constant--there's more technology out there than money to pay for it. To deal with that reality, many districts cut where…
For teens (and tweens), cell phones are increasingly important
Tweens and teens are pushing parents to adopt text messaging so they don't have to talk "live" over the cell phone--but they're also looking for social networking and entertainment via…