Multimedia
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Blu-ray wins in battle of video formats
Tue, Feb 19, 2008 Primary Topic Channel: Video technologies
Toshiba's Feb. 19 decision to stop making HD DVD high-definition video disc players and recorders brings to an end the largest battle in video formats since VHS and Betamax vied for consumers' wallets more than 20 years ago, and it means educators, students, and others can start feeling more confident about buying the victorious rival technology for playing high-definition DVDs: a Blu-ray disc player. [ Read More ]
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eSN TechWatch: Healthy Listening -- January 28, 2008
Mon, Jan 28, 2008 Primary Topic Channel: Curriculum , Audio , Music
A new public-service campaign teaches students about the dangers of misusing MP3 players. [ Read More ]
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eSN TechWatch: Books for the Visually Impaired -- January 21, 2008
Mon, Jan 21, 2008 Primary Topic Channel: Multimedia
Bookshare.org, a global digital library for people with print disabilities, was in the spotlight at the Technology Innovators Conference in Washington, D.C., not long ago. [ Read More ]
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Online video rentals give educators options
Fri, Jan 18, 2008 Primary Topic Channel: Video technologies
Educators who have ever spent an evening frantically calling several video rental stores in search of a particular movie for showing to their students in class the next day will appreciate a new online movie rental service unveiled Jan. 15 by Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs. [ Read More ]
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'Coursecasting' now a higher-education staple
Wed, Dec 19, 2007 Primary Topic Channel: Podcasts
Delivering lectures via podcasts no longer is reserved only for universities on the cutting edge of technology: Through the use of software and programs that make it easy to produce and distribute podcasts, colleges and universities increasingly are making course lectures available for downloading online. [ Read More ]
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New research lab advances educational gaming
Fri, Dec 14, 2007 Primary Topic Channel: Gaming
A new research lab at the prestigious Parsons design school in New York aims to develop video games with a conscience and study whether playing them can enhance learning. [ Read More ]
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Video sites make science more accessible
Thu, Dec 06, 2007 Primary Topic Channel: Video technologies
A number of video-sharing web sites have cropped up online, designed to let scientists broadcast themselves toiling in the laboratory or delivering lectures. Fans of the niche sites say they help students and the general public understand the scientific process, allow researchers to duplicate one another's results, and could help discourage fraud. And in the wake of disappointing results on an international science exam, they might even help spark more of an interest in science among U.S. students. [ Read More ]
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Facebook responds to privacy concerns
Fri, Nov 30, 2007 Primary Topic Channel: Multimedia
Seeking to keep the peace in its popular online hangout, Facebook Inc. has overhauled a new advertising system that sparked privacy complaints by turning its users, many of whom are students, into marketing tools for other companies. [ Read More ]
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Next ed-tech frontier: Classes via cell phone
Wed, Nov 28, 2007 Primary Topic Channel: Streaming Media , Software
In what could be a sign of things to come for colleges and universities worldwide, an online university in Japan has debuted a course that students can take through their cell phones. [ Read More ]
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Clark County schools give coax the 'ax'
Tue, Oct 02, 2007 Primary Topic Channel: Video technologies
Since Nevada's Clark County School District (CCSD) in Las Vegas stopped putting coaxial cable TV networks in its schools two years ago, opting instead to stream video service over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, the district has saved both money and time. Such savings, however, are just two of the many ways CCSD is taking advantage of IP-based video. [ Read More ]
