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  • Is cloud computing inevitable? Not so fast, one educator says
    Fri, Nov 06, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Technologies
    Is cloud computing inevitable? Maybe, Computerworld reports, but IT still has a lot of questions to ask before floating away on its promises, according to Melissa Woo, director of cyber infrastructure and network and operations services at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. [ Read More ]

  • Virtual schools chart new course in Georgia
    Fri, Nov 06, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Distance learning
    Representatives of five would-be virtual charter schools will file into the Georgia Department of Education today to pitch their brand of public education, which lets students study from home online. Some state officials, however, aren't ready to OK more cyber schools without first doing more homework on the subject, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. [ Read More ]

  • More report cards go online
    Fri, Nov 06, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Tech Leadership
    When report cards went out for students in the Clarksville-Montgomery County school district in Tennessee last month, most of the 29,000-plus students did not have a printed version for their parents to sign. That's because the district went largely paperless with its report cards for the first time, making grades available to parents with secure accounts online, USA Today reports. [ Read More ]

  • Study: Technology not causing social isolation
    Thu, Nov 05, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Research
    Contrary to popular belief, technology is not leading to social isolation, AFP reports -- and Americans who use the internet and mobile phones have larger and more diverse social networks, according to a new study. [ Read More ]

  • Content owners using 'moral panics' to change copyright law
    Thu, Nov 05, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Copyright
    One of the top copyright lawyers in the United States takes content owners to the woodshed in his new book, Ars Technica reports, saying that "the Copyright Wars are a fight against our own children -- and it is a fight that says everything about the adults and very little about the children." [ Read More ]

  • 1,200 Ga. students getting Mac laptops
    Wed, Nov 04, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Computers , Apple Computer
    Greater Atlanta Christian Schools has launched a massive Apple technology initiative that will put new laptops in the hands of more than 1,200 students--and higher tuition bills in the mailboxes of parents, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. [ Read More ]

  • School to offer nation's first degree program in video game audio
    Wed, Nov 04, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Gaming
    Ever wonder how the deafening gunshots and explosions on the "Halo" video game are created? Or the crushing sounds of a quarterback sack in the Madden football games? Beginning next month, reports the Pasadena Star-News, Pinnacle College in Alhambra, Calif., will offer a 16-month program in video game audio production--the nation's first accredited degree program in that field, according to Eitan Teomi, the program's director. [ Read More ]

  • IU celebrates new $32M data center with tours
    Wed, Nov 04, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Emergency Planning
    Indiana University is celebrating its new $32 million data center--built to protect its computers from floods, power outages, tornados, and other emergencies--by giving a reception and opening the facility to the campus community, reports the Associated Press. [ Read More ]

  • An app so you'll never forget
    Tue, Nov 03, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Handheld technologies
    A language-learning application that's already big in Japan is coming to the U.S. in the form of a new iPhone app -- and Tokyo-based Smart.fm says that the adaptive-learning algorithms behind its software can help users memorize all kinds of information, reports the MIT Technology Review. [ Read More ]

 

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