$10,000 to an outstanding young educator
ASCD's Outstanding Young Educator Award (OYEA) Program recognizes creative and committed teachers and administrators under the age of 40 who are making a difference in the lives of…
Month: April 2010
Up $400,000 to provide literacy to migrant families
The Migrant Education Even Start (MEES) Family Literacy program is intended to help break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy of migratory agricultural or fishing families.
Win up to $5.3 million for using telecom to improve teaching
The Ready to Teach program (RTT) supports the use of telecommunications to improve teaching.
Win an Amazon Kindle and a $100 gift certificate
Educators are asked to share how they creatively use technology in their classrooms, automatically entering them into a contest to win one of three Amazon Kindles as well…
Win free textbooks or an Apple iPad
Students are invited to enter to win a grand prize of free textbooks for them and five friends, valued at $2,500.
Steve Jobs attacks Adobe Flash as unfit for iPhone
For iPhone users who've been wondering whether their devices will support Flash technology for web video and games anytime soon, the answer is finally here, straight from Steve…
Win up to $50,000 in savings bonds
The Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge is a national science competition for students in grades five through eight.
Google Apps could save Oregon schools $1.5M
Oregon educators hope a free suite of web-based software applications will help students become digitally literate while saving money for their struggling school districts, reports the Associated Press.
Software update could turn Kindle users into a cloud-based book club
Amazon has posted an overview of what Kindle owners can expect in its version 2.5 software update slated for late May, and a key feature of the update…
Rosetta Stone loses court case against Google
Foreign-language education company Rosetta Stone Inc. has lost a court case in which it sued Google Inc. for allowing rivals to advertise copycat software when Rosetta trademarks are…
LAUSD launches ESL instructional videos online
The Los Angeles Unified School District’s Division of Adult and Career Education has made its English as a Second Language (ESL) instructional videos available online for the benefit…
Calypso extends Be Heard | School Grant deadline
Calypso Systems, a leading developer of multimedia technology solutions for K-12 classrooms, announced its call for entries in the 2010 ... Read more
Free tool lets students participate during class
Joining in the effort to keep students engaged in the classroom, Microsoft on April 29 announced a new addition to its PowerPoint software that allows students to participate…
Intel partners with McGraw-Hill on updated Classmate PC
Intel's newest Convertible Classmate PC design, unveiled April 26, gives elementary school students a chance to have “micro-mobility” as they move between individual, small-group, and whole-class activities, Intel…
Professor to students: Text away
Georgia State University students who don’t want to yell their questions from the back of a cavernous lecture hall now have another option: They can send text messages…
Know your security risks
Before beginning any major campus security project or even a minor upgrade, I recommend a thorough risk assessment. Most quality, experienced security integrators will provide one free of…
It could happen here
Most of us would like to think that the campus where we work or send our children to school is safe--free from the shootings, stabbings, and assaults we…
Let’s work together
For more than 30 years I have been involved in security and law enforcement. I have helped to protect presidents, heads of state, and other senior dignitaries. But…
HP buying Palm for $1.2 billion
Palm, the company that invented the PDA but has struggled to stay relevant in recent years, will be acquired by computing giant Hewlett-Packard for $1.2 billion, CNET reports.
Simulator program shows dangers of texting while driving
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's Drive Smart division is using a simulator program to educate the public, particularly young drivers, on the hazards of distracted driving, WKMS reports.
UGA wraps up investigation of music-downloading extortion
University of Georgia police have closed a months-long investigation into a former employee's alleged scheme to shake down students who used UGA's computer network to illegally download music…
Turnitin used by all universities in Singapore
iParadigms, creator of the plagiarism prevention program Turnitin, has announced that its software has been adopted by all four universities in Singapore, PR Newswire reports.
Stanford students’ video helps effort to save preemies
Through an experimental class at Stanford's Graduate School of Business that tries to use social media for the public good, a trio of students posted a video to…
Foundations offer $506M for education innovation
A coalition of wealthy foundations is offering up to half a billion dollars to match federal grants meant to encourage education reform, taking the pressure off schools scrambling…
Lots of technology, but we’re missing the point
No matter how much technology we throw at our students, they will flounder if they do not know how to handle information effectively.
Oregon schools adopt Google Apps to save cash, expand ed-tech offerings
Oregon’s 540,000 public school students will be able to get teacher feedback on classroom projects in real time and create web sites and online videos after the state…
Avatar’s James Cameron: ‘We need innovators’
Avatar director James Cameron urged young Americans on April 26 to pursue careers in science and technology to keep the United States at the forefront of technical innovation,…
McGraw-Hill moves beyond electronic textbooks, but obstacles remain
McGraw-Hill Cos.’ McGraw Hill Education unit is venturing further into digital learning with the release of a new internet-based elementary-school ... Read more
Fake antivirus software a growing online threat, Google says
Google said April 27 that fake software security programs rigged to infect computers are a growing online threat with hackers tricking people into installing nefarious code on machines,…
In New Jersey, a civics lesson in the Internet Age
Inspired by a Facebook message, thousands of New Jersey students walked out of class on April 27 to protest cuts in school aid, reports the New York Times.
In a world of ads, teaching students how to read them
government campaign, built around a new web site called Admongo, will try to teach children from the fourth to the sixth grades how to think critically about advertising,…
New media literacy campaign teaches ‘tweens’ about advertising
Advertising to American kids is nothing new--but now the internet and social media have taken kids' exposure to advertising to new levels: Ads are virtually everywhere. That's why…
Digital copiers pose security threat
Although stolen laptops and computer-savvy hackers are frequently the focus of school security discussions, information retained when sensitive documents are photocopied poses another very real, although often overlooked,…
Educators hope Ning stays affordable
Ning, an online social network that lets members create groups on any topic, says it soon will "phase out" its free service, forcing educators to find other alternatives…
A Harlem middle school bets on technology
Attendance, the bane of many schools that serve a community of mostly poor minority kids, is not a problem at Global Technology Preparatory, a new middle school in…
Supreme Court to hear case on video violence
The Supreme Court agreed April 26 to decide whether California and six other states can forbid the sale to minors of violent video games that show images of…
Senators see privacy problem in Facebook expansion
Four U.S. senators want Facebook to make it easier for its more than 400 million users to protect their privacy as the web site develops new outlets to…
McAfee promises some customers refunds after update fiasco
McAfee on April 26 said it would reimburse "reasonable expenses" that were incurred after an incorrect malware alert last week caused computers running Windows XP Service Pack 3…
Florida House opens door for more technology in classrooms
A bill that would give Florida school districts more flexibility in buying technology has passed the state House and is heading to the Senate, reports the Tampa Bay…
Every child needed to boost economy
At a time when the global workforce demands more science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professionals, education stakeholders worry that today’s students aren’t answering the call.