Lobbyists try to reframe distracted driving issue
Responding to moves by state legislatures to restrict motorists’ use of cell phones and other devices, a major electronics industry trade group and a Washington lobbying firm have…
Month: July 2010
Schools’ stimulus spending tough to track amid varied reporting rules
Alongside textbooks and technology, Texas school districts have doled out stimulus money to car dealerships, Atmos Energy, and neighboring cities. Why? It's hard to tell, reports the Dallas…
Technology brings new role to public libraries
Tucked under a public library computer keyboard was an anonymous note: "Thank you for helping me get a job." The paper scrap turned up at downtown Baltimore's Enoch…
Kid vandals?
The criminals seem to get younger all the time. A school in Louisiana recently reported...
Lawmakers trade broadband grants, school reforms for education jobs
Schools would get $10 billion to help them avoid teacher layoffs under a bill passed by the House. But the funding would come at a price for other…
iPad pilots launching in higher ed this fall
Educators say there’s a simple reason they believe the Apple iPad pilot programs coming to colleges and universities this fall will run smoother than previous trials with popular…
Apple says iPhones overstate signal strength
Apple Inc. said its iPhones overstate wireless network signal strength and promised to fix the glitch in the coming weeks, Reuters reports.
Obama to announce broadband grants to spur jobs
U.S. President Barack Obama is slated to announce on July 2 nearly $800 million in loans and grants for the build-out of broadband networks to reach homes, schools,…
Google rumored to be building a Facebook competitor
Silicon Valley is speculating that Google is working on a social network to compete with Facebook, called Google Me, reports the Los Angeles Times.
Groups push feds for video-game age restrictions
Video game aficionados might have to enter a credit card or find another way to verify their age before playing a networked game, thanks to a new push…
Google Apps for Education wins over Iowa and Colorado
Google Apps for Education, a version of Google’s web-based application and productivity suite tailored for educational institutions, has won the endorsement of the states of Iowa and Colorado,…
3,000 new sex offenders each month
As of June, there are now 716,750 registered sex offenders in this country. What alarms me is that number is up nearly 72,000 over the past two years.…
Oceanographer touts deep sea web surfing
Bob Ballard, the explorer best known for the discovery of the Titanic and other wrecks, has not only made deep-sea exploration more accessible for K-12 and college students,…
How to avoid accidental data breaches
While most CIOs spend their days worrying about the external hacking threats, a university’s greatest vulnerability comes from its own students, faculty, and administrative staff.
eSchool News June 2010
Highlights State Tech Perspectives Michigan’s four-part plan to reduce the dropout rate involves an innovative cyber high school. — Bruce Umpstead with Kyle Grigg Security Checkpoint Digital copiers…
eSchool News May 2010
Highlights Education in Focus A new standard could make interactive whiteboard content more accessible in the U.K.; is the U.S. next? — Meris Stansbury Stakeholder & Community Relations…
A strong budget narrative can help sell your proposal
If you've written a significant number of grant proposals, you might have noticed there are two narratives that funders often request as a part of an application. The…
No failure to communicate: School-wide communication systems for the 21st century
For most of us who remember classroom announcements in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, we recall the tinny, muffled "voice of God" summoning an unlucky classmate to the…
eSchool News – July 2010
Highlights 26 Viewpoint Social networking is here to stay—so let’s harness it for learning. — William Kist What´s News 1 ... Read more
NCTAF: Transform teaching through collaboration
According to a new report, 21st-century teaching and learning can only occur if teachers and school staff work together as a collaborative team; simple adjustments to antiquated school…
Keynote: STEM should include arts education
Not only do global learners create global leaders, but the world's future depends on education focusing on creative and innovative science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning, said…
Thoughts from the show floor
Which came first...the chicken or the egg? I sometimes wonder about that when I'm in the exhibit hall at educational technology conferences like ISTE. When you look around…
Microsoft’s Imagine Cup aims to inspire creativity
As the world's best soccer players battle for the World Cup in South Africa, an elite group of student engineers will gather in Poland from July 3-8 to…
Amazon updates Kindle DX, lowers price
Amazon.com is launching an updated version of its high-end Kindle electronic reader and cutting the price in a move to address the threat from Apple's iPad tablet computer,…
Facebook launches ‘permissions’ for apps, web sites
Facebook is rolling out a new feature that requires outside applications and web sites to tell users exactly what parts of their profiles have to be shared for…
Microsoft pulls plug on Kin social-networking phones
Microsoft has pulled the plug on a new generation of smart phones aimed at young consumers, less than three months after unveiling the devices that were part of…
iPhone 4 antenna glitch sparks lawsuit
A pair of Maryland residents filed a lawsuit against Apple on June 30, claiming the iPhone 4's wonky antenna has caused them "emotional distress," InformationWeek reports.
Google Wave for the K-12 classroom
Here I am at a session about Google Wave (presenters: Tim Stack, Utah Education Network, Jared Covili, and Mitchell Jorgensen). I have always been intrigued by this technology,…