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Amazon looks to get Kindle into schools
Amazon.com Inc. has launched a service to help schools and workplaces manage Kindles used by students and employees—by sending out eBooks or blocking certain types of activities, for example.…
Can school networks keep up with demands?
School networks must be equipped to support new technologies if educators and students are to realize the full benefits of these changes—and new data suggest they aren't keeping up.…
Spokane schools’ software pays big dividends
Network administrators for the Spokane, Wash., Public Schools spent $104,000 in 2009 to slash energy consumption on 10,000 of the district’s 13,000 computers. And the return on the initial investment…
New site offers help with shift to digital education
A new online community that launched Aug. 22 aims to help schools and districts as they move toward digital education and implement corresponding policy changes.…
Survey: Ed-tech use falls short of desired goals
Despite budget constraints brought on by a lagging economy, K-12 schools and colleges are holding steady when it comes to ed-tech use. But they’d like to be doing even better.…
New online community shares ed-tech best practices
Project RED, an ed-tech research and advocacy group that has been studying how technology can help re-engineer the education system, has created a new online community for school technology decision…
To support ed tech, schools need to rethink budgets, infrastructure
As schools seek to provide more interactive, engaging, and personalized learning, newly released survey results reveal they need to radically rethink their budgets and infrastructure to support this new learning…
More educators view cloud computing as energy-saving option
An annual survey of different industries, including K-12 and higher education, reveals that attention to energy efficiency and "green" computing is increasing—although barriers such as cost still prevent complete implementation…
States to launch ‘IT readiness’ tool for common assessments
As two state consortia work to create next-generation common assessments to help make testing more meaningful for students and teachers, a new tool will launch later this month to help…
Illinois district helps others save money through the cloud
A growing "cloud" means a brighter future for many Illinois school districts, and Bloomington District 87 is leading the way.…