Readers might associate Disney with its slew of animated features over the years. Now, the company is hoping educators will think of it as a provider of educational…
University of Maryland students who went 24 hours without TV, cell phones, MP3 players, and laptops reported symptoms you might expect from someone struggling with substance abuse, including…
An insurance company says it won't pay legal costs for a suburban Philadelphia school district accused in a lawsuit of spying on students through laptop webcams, reports the…
The University of Minnesota libraries are sending their first shipment of books to be digitized to Google this month as part of the Google books project, reports the…
An increasing number of students are using remote internet connections to complete their assignments and communicate with teachers and fellow students, while a portfolio of their work is…
New York’s Chester School District is one of several districts that are taking bold steps in the use of new media technology in classrooms, reports the Times Herald-Record.
Computer forensics is not a new field, but it is receiving a lot more attention in light of a slew of television shows—and now college programs are responding…
University of Kansas officials are considering working with a data-mining company to pinpoint strategies to keep students enrolled after a recent report showed that 28.7 percent of freshmen…
Web surfers requesting a Google Earth view of the Athenian School in Danville, Calif., are greeted with an image of what school officials call the "solar A"—a mass…
CFO reports that the United States continues to lose ground in the battle for high-tech jobs because of its lack of outreach to domestic companies, Intel's finance chief…
Researchers said an unusual genetic study supports the argument that good teachers make a difference and shows that poor teachers may do damage, even to gifted students, Reuters…
Teachers are finding creative ways to include mobile phones in instruction in an effort to bridge the divide between the technologies children use at home and what they…
Computers in schools, companies, and hospitals around the world got stuck repeatedly rebooting themselves April 21 after an antivirus program identified a normal Windows file as a virus,…
A recent article entitled "Why computer science students cheat" hit a raw nerve for undergraduates, software professionals, and hiring executives, Network World reports.