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Video helps overhaul district's curriculum
Recognizing the need to engage a new generation of students who are visual learners, Maryland's Baltimore County Public Schools--the nation's 25th-largest school system--has installed video servers and a video-on-demand system in all of its 169 schools.
The system, SAFARI Montage by the Library Video Company, will allow teachers to access and play more than a thousand video programs from leadin... | Full Story
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MGM to offer films on iTunes
MGM has become the latest major film studio to offer downloadable movies on Apple's iTunes Store, reports the New York Times. The deal, announced April 11, builds the iTunes catalog to more t... | Full Story
Malicious online videos hurting teachers
USA Today reports on a speech by British Education Secretary Alan Johnson at a national teacher’s conference in the U.K. on April 10, in which Johnson said the online harassment of teachers "... | Full Story
Plugging Africa's kids in to $100 laptop
In part three of a three-day series that looks at technologists who are working to help the world’s poor, CNET reports on Khaled Hassounah and his efforts in the Middle East and Africa to direct Nicho... | Full Story
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Robots tackle core of STEM education
Hoping to inspire a new crop of engineers, many educators are turning to robotics, holding design competitions, and challenging classmates to outdo one another in a battle for technical supremacy.
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Wanted: Single standard for open-content licenses
The use of open, sharable course materials is transforming education worldwide: Educators across the globe are taking open digital content items and repurposing them for their own classrooms; universi... | Full Story
ED official cited in student-loan probe
A scandal involving the student loan industry is shaking up financial aid offices in colleges and universities throughout the country and might claim a federal Education Department (ED) official, too.... | Full Story
Major study questions value of school software
The use of certain educational software programs to help teach reading and math did not lead to higher test scores after a year of implementation, according to a major federal report released April 5.... | Full Story |
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