Jeff Festa, Author at eSchool News

June 13, 2012 by Jeff Festa

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has added to its College Affordability and Transparency Center, highlighting colleges and universities with the highest and lowest tuition and net price,…

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Sophia upgrades its website with 25,000 free academic tutorials and more

June 5, 2012 by Jeff Festa

Sophia.org has enhanced its social teaching and learning platform to include more than 25,000 free tutorials on math, science, English, and more—all in an ad-free environment. What’s more,…

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How helping students become multi-lingual prepares them for the global job market

September 1, 2012June 4, 2012 by Rosetta Stone

Are your students prepared for the global job market they will graduate into? Download the Forbes Insights white paper to ... Read more

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How one district scaled its SIS from a few thousand to 40,000 users

August 2, 2012June 1, 2012 by Focus School Software

Florida’s Manatee County School District needed a new server solution that could support a web-based student information system with room ... Read more

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A Roadmap for BYOD Adoption White Paper

July 3, 2012May 30, 2012 by Enterasys

Increasingly, students and staff are bringing their own computing devices to schools. In some districts it’s part of an official ... Read more

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Learn how to integrate free tech tools with this award-winning blog

May 30, 2012 by Jeff Festa

“Free Technology for Teachers,” a website and blog created by educator and Google Certified Teacher Richard Byrne, highlights free resources and lesson plans for teaching with technology.

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How to keep costs down as you upgrade your eMail service

August 31, 2012May 23, 2012 by Metalogix

Exchange 2010 usually involves an expensive infrastructure refresh. Savvy school IT leaders have found a better way, creating a self-managing ... Read more

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The Measured Progress COMMON CORE Assessment Program

January 22, 2013May 23, 2012 by Jeff Festa

Prepare for the Common Core, One Day at a Time Integrate the Common Core into your daily classroom instruction using the Measured Progress COMMON CORE Assessment Program. Our…

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New resources help with using Skype in the classroom

May 23, 2012 by Jeff Festa

Skype, the Microsoft-owned service that lets users connect for voice or video chats free of charge through any internet-enabled device, has teamed up with Penguin Group, New York…

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The 12 Key Benefits of Learning Platforms

October 1, 2012May 19, 2012 by Its Learning

A learning platform supports and enhances teaching and learning in 21st century classrooms at all grade levels. It provides support ... Read more

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“Mission U.S.”: A revolutionary way to learn history

May 16, 2012 by Jeff Festa

“Mission U.S.” is a multimedia project that immerses players in U.S. history content through free, interactive online games.

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Help your students become better web searchers with this new Google site

May 9, 2012 by Jeff Festa

For today's students, internet literacy—knowing how to find and understand information on the web—is as essential as traditional literacy, and now web-search giant Google Inc. has launched a…

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MIT launches student-produced educational video initiative

May 2, 2012 by Jeff Festa

MIT has launched an initiative encouraging its students to produce short videos teaching basic concepts in science and engineering to ... Read more

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Mobile Device Management and Bring Your Own Device in Education Environments

July 3, 2012April 28, 2012 by Kaseya

Mobile devices have the potential to engage students in new ways, but IT often doesn’t know how to manage the ... Read more

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TED launches new education platform with customized teaching tools

April 25, 2012 by Jeff Festa

TED, a nonprofit organization devoted to spreading big ideas through a series of conferences and a free video platform, has continued its expansion into education by launching a…

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How a self-service portal automates service requests, budget authorizations, billing, and more

June 2, 2012April 23, 2012 by Embotics Corporation

Aston University started working with virtualization in 2004, when it kicked off its server consolidation initiative with an initial set ... Read more

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New site to calculate potential student loan debt

April 18, 2012 by Jeff Festa

Want to calculate how much you could owe in student loans after graduating from a particular college? A new government website provides tools to help with the math.

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SETDA releases 28 case studies highlighting successful ed-tech programs

April 12, 2012April 11, 2012 by Jeff Festa

The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) has released a series of case studies from 28 states highlighting examples of innovative ed-tech programs that are helping to improve…

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Professional development content from ASCD now available on iTunes U

April 4, 2012 by Jeff Festa

The educational leadership organization ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) has made a variety of free professional development content available on Apple’s newly revamped iTunes…

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How to future-proof your wireless network—while saving money in the process

March 1, 2013April 1, 2012 by BridgeWave

Point-to-point gigabit Ethernet wireless solutions are an ideal way for schools to enable future-proof, high- speed mobile connectivity for students, ... Read more

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Top Ten Education IT Systems Management Pain Points

April 28, 2012March 30, 2012 by Kaseya

Managing IT for a university, community college or K-12 school system doesn’t have to be difficult or require tons of ... Read more

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How enterprise-grade Wi-Fi supports interactive learning

July 3, 2012March 30, 2012 by Aerohive

This paper examines how schools can apply 802.11n enterprise-class Wi-Fi technology while overcoming such traditional challenges as shrinking budgets, high network management costs, and nagging performance and reliability…

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Nine steps to transforming education with a holistic view of data

December 27, 2012March 29, 2012 by SAS

This white paper explains how Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, which had information from 80 schools spread across 22 databases, integrated its data resources to provide faster, more meaningful data…

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10 Steps for Migrating Curriculum to Common Core

June 2, 2012March 29, 2012 by Acheive3000

Based on insights from leading K-12 experts and curriculum developers, this new white paper identifies the key steps for successful ... Read more

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College Board launches BigFuture, a free new college planning tool

March 28, 2012 by Jeff Festa

The College Board is looking to change the way students find their ideal college or university. The nonprofit organization just launched BigFuture, a new college planning tool. It’s…

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Using Student Response Systems to Improve Student Learning

June 28, 2012March 27, 2012 by Mimio

While student response systems can be a valuable tool for teachers, they are not often used in a way that ... Read more

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Virtual field trip to help teach the history of immigration in America

March 21, 2012 by Jeff Festa

On March 29 at 1 p.m. ET, Scholastic will lead students from around the country on a live virtual field trip to Ellis Island in New York Harbor…

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HMH Provides iNsight for an Improved Learning Environment

January 22, 2013March 14, 2012 by Jeff Festa

1 in every 4 kids is bullied every day, and 160,000 students miss school every day for fear of being bullied or harassed. It’s virtually impossible for kids…

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StudyBlue unveils what it calls the ‘world’s largest digital study group’

March 14, 2012 by Jeff Festa

StudyBlue, a free online service that enables students to create and store digital “flashcards” to help them master course material, has announced new functionality that allows users to…

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Online tool helps teachers evaluate open educational resources

March 7, 2012 by Jeff Festa

While free resources for teaching and learning can be found all over the internet, it's often hard to assess the quality of a resource or whether it aligns…

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News Literacy Project helps students sort fact from fiction in the digital age

February 29, 2012 by Jeff Festa

The News Literacy Project (NLP) is a national educational program that taps experienced journalists to help middle and high school students “sort fact from fiction in the digital…

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Funding Lecture Capture in Higher Education

April 18, 2012February 28, 2012 by Tegrity

With government funding drying up, two-year and four-year institutions must turn to other sources of dollars to obtain learning technologies, ... Read more

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Case Study: Chief Provides Flexible, Engaging Classroom Solution

June 2, 2012February 23, 2012 by Chief

After years of searching, Nebraska’s Gretna Public School District finds the perfect solution for its classroom technology needs: Chief Interactive. ... Read more

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MentorMob helps teachers aggregate online content into a learning ‘playlist’

February 22, 2012 by Jeff Festa

Materials for teaching and learning exist everywhere online: in YouTube videos, SlideShare presentations, and published articles, for example. MentorMob is a free new platform that helps teachers collect,…

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Best Practices in IT Management for Schools

June 2, 2012February 17, 2012 by Ipswitch

You’re an IT manager at a K-12 school system, college, or university, challenged to support the day-to-day operation of technology ... Read more

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New website helps policy makers learn from other leading education systems

February 15, 2012 by Jeff Festa

The National Center on Education and the Economy, a nonpartisan research organization based in Washington, D.C., has launched a new group called the Center on International Education Benchmarking.…

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Want to see Time To Know in action? Watch this short video

April 18, 2012February 13, 2012 by Jeff Festa

Time To Know’s Digital Teaching Platform (DTP) is a teacher-led, cloud-based, comprehensive instructional solution for math and English Language Arts. ... Read more

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Dormitory Wireless is a Snap

April 2, 2012February 13, 2012 by Motorola

K12 and higher education institutions require cost effective and robust WLAN solutions with centralized management that are quick and easy to deploy, while providing high performance and exceptional…

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NBC Learn nets a winner with ‘Science of NHL Hockey’

February 7, 2012 by Jeff Festa

NBC News' educational arm, NBC Learn, and the NBC Sports Group have teamed up with the National Hockey League (NHL) and National Science Foundation (NSF) to release "Science…

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Scholastic.com helps teachers explore Black History Month in the classroom

February 1, 2012 by Jeff Festa

As teachers make plans for Black History Month in their classrooms in February, Scholastic has built a set of free resources to help teach students about the African…

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