NEWS ALERT ...
'Smartpaper' tech to transform learning
A new textbook publishing method that uses
infrared technology to combine traditional books with digital
content might ultimately decrease the cost of textbooks, make
them much more interactive for users, and remove barriers for
students who have difficulty....
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GRANT ALERT ...
WEEK'S TOP NEWS ...
Discovery
Education buys top competitor
Discovery Communications has acquired AIMS
Multimedia, one of its largest competitors in the instructional
video market, for an undisclosed sum. Company executives say the
deal, announced Aug. 16, will expand the content and services
available....
Fewer
internal fans but same 'cool' tech
Come September, computer maker Gateway Inc.
will be among the first in the industry to begin outfitting its
desktop machines with a new cooling architecture intended to reduce
fan noise and increase airflow around high-powered chipsets. The....
Grants
to Bennett's K12 Inc. challenged
Some public-education advocates are questioning
$4 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Education (ED)
to launch an online charter school in Arkansas that benefits the
for-profit education company founded by conservative icon William
J. Bennett....
Test
scores fuel laptop debate
Eighth-graders' scores on Maine's most recent annual achievement
test are refueling the debate over that state's groundbreaking effort
to give laptop computers to students....
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discussions with your fellow peers about school technology issues
that are most important to your district....
PARTNERS UPDATE ...
Private
grant brings SAS inSchool technology to Berks County Schools
From SAS inSchool, Aug. 19--Teachers and students
in Berks County, Pa., will have access to SAS inSchool's award-winning,
Web-based educational curriculum for the next two years, thanks
to private funding through the Berks Business Education Coalition....
ProQuest
K-12 products to offer standards-based searching
From ProQuest Information and Learning, Aug.
17--ProQuest Information and Learning will launch dynamic standards-based
searching in its K-12 databases this month. ProQuest Information
and Learning, a unit of ProQuest Company, creates and publishes
databases for libraries and educational institutions worldwide....
Applications
accepted for 2005 Intel and Scholastic Schools of Distinction
Award
From Scholastic Inc., Aug. 16--Intel and Scholastic
have announced terms of the 2005 application process for the Intel
and Scholastic Schools of Distinction Award, recognizing outstanding
K-12 schools....
Fasthosts
Internet selects Vexira Antivirus for Linux
From Central Command, Aug. 16--Central Command,
a provider of Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD antivirus solutions,
announced that Fasthosts Internet Ltd, the leading web hosting
company in the United Kingdom, has selected Vexira Antivirus for
Linux to protect its email infrastructure against worms, viruses,
trojans, and other malicious programs....
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