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Blind Mountain Climber Erik Weihenmayer and Actor-Director Eric Close Show Teachers How to Inspire Adventure in the Classroom, Using Verizon’s Thinkfinity.org

September 29, 2009July 1, 2009 by ESchool News

Press release highlighting Thinkfinity.org event at NECC and new adventure/exploration feature on thinkfinity.org

New ed-tech standards for administrators

July 1, 2009 by ESchool News

The International Society for Technology in Education has released an updated version of its ed-tech standards for school leaders.

Teaching Trends

Schoolwires Offers Turnkey Suite of Solutions At Unprecedented Pricing to Help Districts Weather Tough Economic Times

July 1, 2009 by ESchool News

Schoolwires is offering significant savings on its premier suite of solutions and services designed to help districts realize the value of the strongest, safest and most effective website…

District Management

Study: Students want more online learning

March 21, 2011July 1, 2009 by From staff and wire reports

Despite a growing interest in online learning among students, the availability of online classes in K-12 schools and districts hasn't kept pace with the demand, according to a…

Teaching Trends

Microsoft tests free security software

July 1, 2009 by By Maya T. Prabhu, Assistant Editor

In a move that could help keep higher-education campus networks safe, Microsoft Corp. released a beta test of a free computer security program on June 23 and is…

District Management

A lesson in design: High-performance schools are the future

June 30, 2009 by John Francona

Of all the trends that the K-12 market has experienced, there is one that we believe is here to stay and will guide the future of education: the…

District Management

Meaningful Learning Environments

June 30, 2009 by ESchool News

Best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell explains what educators can learn from the rock band Fleetwood Mac about creating meaningful learning environments.

District Management

Blind phone hacker gets 11-year sentence

June 30, 2009 by ESchool News

A blind Boston-area teenager was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison June 26 for hacking into the telephone network and harassing the Verizon investigator who was…

District Management

Audits frustrate e-Rate applicants

June 30, 2009 by From staff and wire reports

Opinions about the management of the federal e-Rate program have improved over the last year, a new survey suggests. But applicants continue to be frustrated by audits, and…

Teaching Trends

Rising enrollments require distance learning

June 30, 2009 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Robert H. Messner, Jr. has watched faculty line up to use video-over-IP distance learning software at Delaware Technical & Community College, and as the school's chief technology officer,…

Teaching Trends

7 million YouTube hits make kids’ choir famous

June 30, 2009 by From staff and wire reports

A New York fifth-grade chorus has become a world-famous cyber phenomenon touted by top media outlets, celebrities, and politicians, thanks to the online video-sharing web site YouTube. Key…

Teaching Trends

BYU lifts YouTube ban

June 30, 2009 by From staff and wire reports

Brigham Young University, the Mormon church school where students agree to live a chaste and virtuous life, has lifted its almost three-year policy of blocking students' access to…

Teaching & Learning

Rendell to cut grants to enhance technology

June 29, 2009 by ESchool News

In the ongoing state budget battle, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has agreed to drop all funding for the four-year-old Classrooms for the Future grant program, which pumped nearly…

District Management

Project seeks to measure ed tech’s value

September 29, 2009June 29, 2009 by By Laura Devaney, Senior Editor

An ambitious new research project aims to revolutionize education by showing that well-implemented technology initiatives can save states money after an initial investment. Key words: school technology implementation,…

District Management

LEDs light up InfoComm 2009

November 5, 2013June 29, 2009 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

School administrators, teachers, and professors were among thousands at the InfoComm audio-video conference in Orlando June 15-19, where technology vendors unveiled the latest in digital signage hardware and…

IT Management