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		<title>Microsoft calls for cloud-computing regulations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Microsoft official argued Jan. 13 that the U.S. Congress should create rules and regulations for cloud computing, a burgeoning technology that has gained traction among schools and colleges. ]]></description>
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		<title>Grant-giving continues despite financial limitations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some grant-giving entities have had to make adjustments in their award programs owing to the economic downturn, affecting both educators and students.]]></description>
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		<title>Online college for union members in the works</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Labor College will make about 20 online courses available for the AFL-CIO's 11.5 million members next fall in an effort to help workers adapt to a job market that increasingly requires higher education.]]></description>
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		<title>Report details coming trends in campus technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Open scholarly content will become more commonplace in higher education in the next year as online universities and textbook companies organize and harness the internet's mass of educational material, according to a report that predicts campus technology advances within the next five years. ]]></description>
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		<title>Has Google developed the next wave of online education?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Combining text, audio, and video chat with features like drag-and-drop documents and interactive polls, Google Wave is a free web program that could add unprecedented depth to student interaction, many educators say.]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteers honor MLK Day by helping schools with technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To help meet schools' technology needs, several educators and web professionals volunteered their expertise during the Martin Luther King Day Technology Challenge on Jan. 18.]]></description>
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		<title>Schools weigh in on national broadband plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dpierce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To help provide broadband access to more citizens, the Federal Communications Commission should expand the eligible uses of e-Rate discounts to include after-school programs and community centers, many school leaders and education groups say—but only if the $2.25 billion-a-year funding cap also is raised.]]></description>
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		<title>Opinion: Virtual schools are a critical piece of education&#8217;s future</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Technological innovations might be categorized along a continuum from sustaining to disruptive. In education, a sustaining technology might be a SMART Board, which in most applications is a way to present information dynamically and efficiently--a sustaining upgrade to the chalkboard and overhead projector--while a disruptive technology would be a virtual school.]]></description>
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		<title>Technology gives engineering programs a real-world impact</title>
		<link>http://www.eschoolnews.com/2010/01/15/technology-gives-engineering-programs-a-real-world-impact/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://www.eschoolnews.com/2010/01/15/technology-gives-engineering-programs-a-real-world-impact/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drexel University engineering student Jeffrey Dowgala says real-time information recorded by electronic sensors has helped him and his classmates understand the many environmental factors that can affect a bridge--an impact impossible to explore in standard textbooks. ]]></description>
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		<title>Superintendents say they need resources, flexibility to transform schools</title>
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		<comments>http://www.eschoolnews.com/2010/01/14/superintendents-say-federal-resources-are-a-must/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mprabhu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finalists in the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) National Superintendent of the Year competition met to discuss ways that districts and the federal government can transform education.]]></description>
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