A lesson in design: High-performance schools are the future
Of all the trends that the K-12 market has experienced, there is one that we believe is here to stay and will guide the future of education: the…
Month: June 2009
Meaningful Learning Environments
Best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell explains what educators can learn from the rock band Fleetwood Mac about creating meaningful learning environments.
Blind phone hacker gets 11-year sentence
A blind Boston-area teenager was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison June 26 for hacking into the telephone network and harassing the Verizon investigator who was…
Audits frustrate e-Rate applicants
Opinions about the management of the federal e-Rate program have improved over the last year, a new survey suggests. But applicants continue to be frustrated by audits, and…
Rising enrollments require distance learning
Robert H. Messner, Jr. has watched faculty line up to use video-over-IP distance learning software at Delaware Technical & Community College, and as the school's chief technology officer,…
7 million YouTube hits make kids’ choir famous
A New York fifth-grade chorus has become a world-famous cyber phenomenon touted by top media outlets, celebrities, and politicians, thanks to the online video-sharing web site YouTube. Key…
BYU lifts YouTube ban
Brigham Young University, the Mormon church school where students agree to live a chaste and virtuous life, has lifted its almost three-year policy of blocking students' access to…
Rendell to cut grants to enhance technology
In the ongoing state budget battle, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has agreed to drop all funding for the four-year-old Classrooms for the Future grant program, which pumped nearly…
Project seeks to measure ed tech’s value
An ambitious new research project aims to revolutionize education by showing that well-implemented technology initiatives can save states money after an initial investment. Key words: school technology implementation,…
LEDs light up InfoComm 2009
School administrators, teachers, and professors were among thousands at the InfoComm audio-video conference in Orlando June 15-19, where technology vendors unveiled the latest in digital signage hardware and…