$75,000 for projects using American art
This program invites proposals for local and regional projects that foster collaboration between K-12 teachers and humanities scholars to encourage engagement with the rich resources of American art…
Month: September 2010
Year of the smart phone on college campuses?
An international market research firm predicts a 55-percent jump in smart-phone sales this year—a projection that could lead to an unprecedented increase in internet-enabled phone use during colleges’…
Publishing giant makes $400M commitment to ed tech
Educational publishing giant Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) is making a $400 million investment to back up the company's increasing emphasis on putting more technology into classrooms. The reason,…
‘YouTube Instant’ creator, 19, finds instant fame
For Stanford University student Feross Aboukhadijeh, what started off as a bet fueled by youthful ambition and technical bravado ended up an internet hit—and quite possibly a job,…
The great recession’s toll on higher education
The Great Recession has had a devastating effect on higher education, forcing many students across the country to pay more for colleges that offer less, U.S. News reports.…
Obama: Education is essential for success in 21st century
President Barack Obama is taking to the nation's airwaves once again, this time to tell America's schoolchildren that nothing is beyond their reach as long as they dream…
3D printing spurs a manufacturing revolution
New technology is giving rise to never-before-possible businesses that are selling products such as iPhone cases, architectural models, and even low-cost, customizable prosthetic limbs, reports the New York…
How the iPad is changing med school
First-year medical students at Stanford University are finding a bunch of ways to use the iPad to help them learn, Cult of Mac reports. The 91-first-year students who…
Coming soon: ‘Super Wi-Fi’ connectivity?
A new flavor of Wi-Fi, with longer range and better wall-piercing power, could show up in wireless gadgets a year from now if the Federal Communications Commission works…
Think outside the box: Find ways to do more with less
Is it possible to maintain a strong security posture while spending no more or even less on security equipment and services? It is possible. But it will take…
Campus IT staff to supercomputers: Be cool
In Mike Shuey’s line of work, turning off a computer means losing up to 3 million processing hours—a few weeks of work, gone in an instant. But new…
Robotics breakthrough: Scientists make artificial skin
Biotech wizards have engineered electronic skin that can sense touch, in a major step towards next-generation robotics and prosthetic limbs, AFP reports. The lab-tested material responds to almost…
University declares a week without social media
What if one day Facebook, Twitter, and Instant Messenger just weren't there? Provost Eric Darr of Harrisburg University of Science and Technology in Pennsylvania wanted his students to…
Public schools face lawsuit over fees
Public schools across the nation, many facing budget shortfalls, have been charging students fees to use textbooks or to take required tests or courses. Now, a civil liberties…
Web search takes a social turn
Web sites are trying to make search more helpful by showing what your friends—or other people like you—like, reports the New York Times. Turning to friends is the…
Fastest net service in U.S. coming to Chattanooga
In the global race to see who can offer the fastest internet service, an unlikely challenger has emerged, reports the New York Times: Chattanooga, Tenn. The city-owned utility,…
Gearing up for the new school year
In the past I have dusted off curriculum binders, gathered a supply of whiteboard markers (so recently replacing chalk), and put up a framework for bulletin boards to…
Five lessons from the nation’s best online teacher
Educators who teach in an online setting should foster strong relationships with their students' parents and should offer plenty of positive feedback, says the nation's first-ever K-12 Online…
Digital Signage Expo promises newest in digital communications developments
The Digital Signage Expo is one of the world’s largest international tradeshow and conference dedicated to digital signage, interactive technology, and digital out-of-home networks.
Facebook backs more funds for science and math education
Facebook sent a letter Thursday to key lawmakers emphasizing the company's support for strong investments in science, technology and mathematics education for children, according to The Hill.
The story behind a Wikipedia entry
James Bridle founded a Web site called Booktwo in September 2006 to “investigate, analyze, catalog and debate the future of literature and the publishing industry.” Over the years…
Net neutrality foes to label policy a ‘job killer’
Broadband providers will send their chief executives to Capitol Hill next week to argue that net-neutrality rules are not necessary and could hurt job creation, trade associations announced…
UK experts say game education could help lacking tech curriculum
Information and communication technology (ICT) education is failing UK students and the country's technology industry as a whole, but a curriculum that includes video game-related subjects could help…
Are all degrees created equal?
A columnist for the San Diego Reader charges that depending on what kind of job you are seeking, your education from a little-known school may be just as…
NSBA T+L will examine school safety, digital content, and on-demand access
The National School Boards Association's (NSBA) T+L conference this year will focus on helping districts do more with less by educating district technology leaders on the latest education…
What schools can learn from charters about teaching English language learners
As charter schools become testing grounds for innovative approaches to education, many of these schools with high English language learner (ELL) and Latino enrollments are identifying best practices…
To skip or not to skip? New web site helps students decide
Jim Filbert considered billing his web site, Skip Class Calculator, as the online tool that enraged every college professor in America. But that wouldn’t be entirely accurate.
Business group urges support for early childhood programs
The Institute for a Competitive Workforce, a nonprofit affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has issued a new report called “Ready, Set, Go: How Business Should Support…
Social media site an ‘academic supplement’ to Facebook
Instead of a Facebook news feed cluttered with tidbits about friends’ FarmVille progress, Boris Revsin wants a social media site that alerts college students to the latest in…
Doctors eye health hazard in powerful laser pointers
A 15-year-old boy damaged his eyes while playing with a laser pointer he'd bought over the internet, say doctors who warn that dangerously high-powered versions are easily available…
iPhone 4 Wi-Fi proves a challenge for one university
The iPhone 4 is the first to support 802.11n, which offers the highest Wi-Fi data rates and throughput. But it runs only on the crowded 2.4GHz band, and…
Google unveils tool to speed up web searches
Google, which can already feel like an appendage to our brains, is now predicting what people are thinking before they even type, reports the New York Times. On…
Xerox CEO calls for educational reform
In a visit to the Detroit Economic Club on Sept. 8, Ursula Burns, CEO and chairwoman of Xerox Corp., said that if the United States wants to keep…
Long Beach schools teaching algebra with iPads
Need to learn algebra? There's an app for that, as a group of students at Washington Middle and Hudson K-8 schools in California found out Sept. 8, reports…
$46M in funding for digital textbook reader aimed at students
Kno Inc., a company developing a digital textbook reader for students, on Sept. 8 said it has received $46 million in the latest round of funding from venture…
Schools see the value of cameras
More and more school districts are seeing the value of camera systems in helping to protect campuses. There is a ... Read more
Gates Foundation to invest in next-generation instructional tools
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation plans to invest up to $250 million over the next eight years to develop ... Read more
Microsoft’s REDU aims to galvanize national discussion-and action-to improve education
REDU is a new web site from Microsoft Corp. powered by the company's Bing search engine, that aims to help parents, teachers, students, and education advocates learn more…
Microsoft sends Bing back to school
Microsoft on Sept. 8 is launching Redu, a Bing-powered web site that aims to act as a "homeroom" for people interested in learning more about the state of…
Editing, enhancing Wikipedia becomes project at colleges
Some professors believe Wikipedia has no place in the footnotes of a college paper. But could it have a place on the syllabus? The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit…