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• 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 ]

• Teacher merit pay hasn't boosted Texas student performance
  Thu, Nov 05, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Research
  For the $300 million it spent on merit pay for teachers over the last three years, Texas was hoping for a big boost in student achievement. But according to experts hired by the state, that didn't happen, reports the Dallas Morning News. [ 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 ]

• IBM helps students put their heads in the cloud
  Thu, Nov 05, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Technologies
  IBM on Nov. 4 announced a program designed to help educators and students pursue cloud-computing initiatives and better take advantage of collaboration technology in their studies, CNET reports. [ Read More ]

• Grant creates shared digital library for Georgia's colleges
  Thu, Nov 05, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Grants
  Georgia Tech has received an $857,000 grant to create a digital library to be shared by colleges in the University System of Georgia, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. [ Read More ]

• College road trip for Microsoft's research chief
  Wed, Nov 04, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Microsoft Corp.
  While most people were turning their clocks backward over the weekend, Microsoft research chief Craig Mundie was moving his forward, five to 10 years into the future, reports the Seattle Times. [ Read More ]

• Danish pupils use web in exams
  Wed, Nov 04, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Curriculum , International , Technologies
  In Denmark, the government has taken the bold step of giving pupils full access to the internet during their final school-year exams, reports the BBC News. [ 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 ]

• Educational video games mix cool with purpose
  Tue, Nov 03, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Emerging technologies
  A growing number of children are playing educational video games as part of their school curriculum, in after-school programs, or via the web from home, reports the New York Times. [ Read More ]

• Mo. partners with Microsoft for tech education
  Tue, Nov 03, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Tech Leadership , Microsoft Corp.
  The state of Missouri and Microsoft Corp. are teaming up on a program that Gov. Jay Nixon says will provide thousands of the state's residents with free access to eLearning and certification programs from the company, reports the Associated Press. [ Read More ]

• New iTunes web site offered for Neb. teachers
  Tue, Nov 03, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Tech Leadership
  The Nebraska Department of Education and Apple Inc. have partnered to offer teachers a new online educational tool, reports the Associated Press. [ Read More ]

• Biggest net-neutrality boosters question FCC proposal
  Mon, Nov 02, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Federal Policy
  The strength or weakness of proposed internet rules for net neutrality could rest in the interpretation of just one word, reports the Washington Post: "reasonable." [ Read More ]

• Poll: Illegal downloaders spend the most on music
  Mon, Nov 02, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Research
  A new survey suggests that people who illegally download music from the internet also spend more money on music than anyone else, reports the Independent. [ Read More ]

• Universities join together for cost-saving measures
  Mon, Nov 02, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Higher ed-tech leadership
  Already hit with a 5-percent budget cut this year and bracing for another 3-percent cut, Mississippi's university system is putting together cost-cutting plans to increase efficiency, reports the Hattiesburg American. [ Read More ]

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