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  • Free text reader to help print-disabled students
    Fri, Apr 04, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  New Product Announcements
    Students with print or reading disabilities will have a new resource to help them access thousands of books, magazines, and other texts electronically: Bookshare, a nonprofit online community, and Don Johnston Incorporated, a supplemental instruction provider, recently announced a partnership that will give print-disabled students a free text reader to access electronic books from the Bookshare.org library. [ Read More ]

  • Microsoft makes a bid for Yahoo
    Fri, Feb 01, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Business news
    The highly competitive web-search business became a lot more interesting on Feb. 1 when Microsoft Corp. made an unsolicited bid to purchase Yahoo Inc. Educators, students, and the rest of the internet world are likely beneficiaries. [ Read More ]

  • High-tech gadgets top kids' holiday lists
    Thu, Dec 20, 2007    Primary Topic Channel:  Business news
    Savvy school leaders know the key to engaging students is to understand their tastes and interests. That's why a snapshot of the hottest selling items this holiday season, which reveals that even children as young as preschool are gravitating toward high-tech gadgets instead of more traditional toys, has important implications for schools. [ Read More ]

  • MPC acquires Gateway's school business
    Tue, Sep 11, 2007    Primary Topic Channel:  Gateway Inc.
    Just days after Taiwanese computer maker Acer Inc. announced plans to acquire Gateway Inc. for $710 million, Gateway's school customers learned they will have a new supplier for sales, service, and support: Gateway has agreed to sell its professional business unit to Nampa, Idaho-based MPC Corp. in a separate, $90 million deal. [ Read More ]

  • Computer makers thinking outside the box
    Thu, Jun 14, 2007    Primary Topic Channel:  Business news , Emerging technologies
    At a recent Wall Street Journal technology conference, technology companies unveiled the newest forms for computers. From Microsoft’s Surface to LiveScribe’s Smartpen, computer developers are taking new approaches when designing computers, diverging from the traditional formats. [ Read More ]

  • Virtual tours offer trips through time
    Thu, May 31, 2007    Primary Topic Channel:  Curriculum , Business news
    As technology improves and costs fall, educators, museums, and others increasingly are using video, animation, graphics, and other technology to depict historical sites virtually, in three dimensions--beyond what text, maps, and drawings can offer. [ Read More ]

 

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