Technologies

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  • Low cost or learning tool?
    Thu, Oct 08, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Handheld technologies
    The "next big thing" has arrived in education, and it's a little computer--the netbook. School districts from Maine to California are considering acquiring netbooks for student use, figuring they are a low-cost route toward one-to-one computing. Never mind whether one-to-one computing is truly a panacea--are netbooks a good education platform for our children? [ Read More ]

  • Twitter tool could help educators
    Wed, Oct 07, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Technologies , Communication & Collaboration
    The micro-blogging web site Twitter is often crowded with extraneous posts and comments that distract from the site's meaningful content. To bring order to this chaos and help make Twitter a more useful tool for educators, web developers at Purdue University unveiled a tool this week that would help Twitter members find the most popular and relevant tweets. Key words: Purdue University, Twitter, online communications, education technology, school technology [ Read More ]

  • Alcohol awareness goes online for students
    Fri, Oct 02, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Research , Technologies , Campus-based
    Higher-education officials are hoping to reduce alcohol-related deaths and injuries with online alcohol awareness courses that inform and test students on the adverse effects of excessive drinking. Key words: alcohol awareness, education technology, school technology, drunk driving accidents, the University of Kansas [ Read More ]

  • Computer virus steals $325K from district
    Thu, Oct 01, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Computer security , Network administration
    The FBI is investigating what it is calling an online computer intrusion that siphoned several hundred thousands of dollars from at least one Chicago area school district's bank accounts, prompting the school district to beef up its IT network security. Key words: computer virus, Clampi, educational technology, Crystal Lake School District, IT network security [ Read More ]

  • Florida college students get free online books
    Mon, Sep 28, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  State Policy , Technologies
    The board that oversees Florida's state universities has launched a program that will offer free online textbooks to students; the program makes printed books available as well, for about half the price that students now pay every semester. Key words: online textbooks, college textbooks, Florida schools, education technology, school technology [ Read More ]

  • Web calendar boosts student communication
    Thu, Sep 24, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Technologies , Connectivity
    A group of 43 Clemson University freshmen are using a new web-based calendar program this fall that integrates with students' mobile devices and sends alerts when campus events change time or venue. Key words: Bay State College, online calendars, Google calendars, education technology, school technology [ Read More ]

  • Grant to spur supercomputing network
    Wed, Sep 23, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Research , Technologies , Campus-based
    More than 1,000 sophisticated computer processing units soon will be connected at five U.S. locations, including Indiana University, creating a supercomputing network that will aid research requiring enormous data processing capacity for modeling and analyzing climate systems. Key words: supercomputer, education technology, school technology, Indiana University, University of Buffalo [ Read More ]

  • Program goes beyond open course model
    Wed, Sep 16, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Virtual schooling / Distance Learning
    A web-based learning program developed by Carnegie Mellon University that tracks student progress and provides virtual tutors for students is being expanded to 40 community colleges in an effort to raise course completion by 25 percent. Key words: Carnegie Mellon University, online distance learning, University of Illinois, education technology [ Read More ]

  • 3-D video coming to education
    Tue, Sep 15, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Projectors & presentation
    Imagine you're back in school, and you're learning about the human body. You open your book and see the flat image of a skeleton on your page. You imagine what it must really look like and try to study as best you can. Now, imagine you're a student today. ... That's where the imagination stops. Thanks to new technology developments in projection and filming, students soon will be able to see the human body and other complex images, projected up close and in three dimensions. Welcome to the real education of the future. Key words: 3d technology, 3d projection, student education, education technology, Boulder Valley, dlp technology, Texas Instruments [ Read More ]

  • College students vulnerable to web addiction
    Mon, Sep 14, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Connectivity
    The proliferation of online social networks and video games has led to the rise of what many psychologists are calling a very real phenomenon: internet addiction. And college students, researchers say, are particularly vulnerable to pathological computer use, because they are living by themselves for the first time and have uninhibited access to games and sites like Facebook and Twitter. Key words: internet addiction, video game addiction, college counseling, addiction abuse, education technology [ Read More ]

 

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