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Students take virtual field trip to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Since 2005, more than 8,000 students nationwide have participated in "Ball of Confusion," one of six distance learning lessons put together by the Cleveland, Ohio, Rock and Roll Hall of…
Former FCC chairs push digital-education effort
Common Sense Media is teaming up with Former Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell and two other former FCC chairmen to push for government and industry funding of a broad-based…
Fueling the future, one student at a time
Entrepreneur Dan Goodman is fueling a project he founded in early 2006: Biodiesel University, a non-profit, renewable energy education organization designed to educate students, teachers and consumers about renewable energy…
Immersive Education Initiative announces Education Grid
During the 2008 Boston Digital Media Summit last week, the Immersive Education Initiative announced the Education Grid and corresponding Platform Ecosystem...…
Students flocking to online study
In the state of Washington, the ever-escalating trend of attending school online is being set largely by community colleges, with their propensity for nontraditional students who need an easier, more…
Dot-gov is free, dot-com costs $79.99
As high school seniors and their families begin to complete the federal government's Free Application for Federal Student Aid, they should be aware that typing .com instead of .gov into…
Sears.com to offer $199 Linux PCs
Linspire, Inc., developers of community desktop Linux operating systems, and Mirus Innovations, a North American PC manufacturer, have announced the availability of a $199 Linux PC that will be sold…
Microsoft discloses plans for virtualization strategy
Microsoft Corp. this week is disclosing more details of its plans to take on VMware Inc. and others in a hot field called virtualization... …
New version of digital storage software for libraries released
A new, 12th version of a software program to create, manage, publish, share and preserve digital content that has been used by libraries at Cornell and the University of Virginia…
Nasa investigates virtual space
The US space agency is exploring the possibility of developing a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game. The virtual world would be aimed at students and would "simulate real Nasa engineering…