Westmont College Selects Meraki for 802.11n WiFi Network to Cover 111-Acre Campus
Meraki, the could-based wireless networking company, has been selected by Westmont College in Santa Barbara, Calif., for its campus-wide, indoor/outdoor 802.11n network. After careful consideration and testing, Westmont College (Westmont) chose Meraki over Enterprise WLAN providers Aruba Networks and Cisco Systems.
Achieve3000 Announces New Science Unit and Haitian-Creole Translation in Reading Curriculum
Achieve3000 gears up for the 2009-10 school year with the introduction of science and Haitian-Creole language support for their differentiated online reading program.
Find a Class for Personal Enrichment or Career Advancement: Courseopedia.com Launches in California
Whether you’re looking for a class in French, Java programming, cosmetology, photography, taekwondo or an esoteric interest like Islamic art, a new search engine called Courseopedia.com makes quick work of finding everything that’s offered in your local area. The site is launching with listings for California schools and will gradually expand to create a nationwide source of information on personal enrichment, vocational and career advancement courses – including those offered by private instructors.
Ahlia University Selects SunGard Higher Education to Help Create a Unified Digital Campus
PowerCAMPUS UDC to Help Create a Centre of Academic Excellence in Bahrain
The Cool Web Experience of Your Former Desktop Client – New Axigen WebMail, Ajax Powered
AXIGEN today announces the release of AXIGEN Mail Server 7.2 Beta featuring an innovative user-centric WebMail interface, based on the AJAX technology and completely revamped to provide users with a desktop-like experience and an overall optimized look-and-feel.
Trying to learn how learning works
Is our children learning? Bad grammar, but still a good question. Long before President George W. Bush posed his ungrammatical query on the 2000 campaign trail, debate simmered over school testing, vouchers and teaching. And just like in a lot of modern debates, scientists have quietly tackled the underlying questions, offering up new tools, new approaches and even a new discipline, while the political folks argue away, USA Today reports.
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Editorial: Different animals
In the July issue of eSchool News, we published the text of the final speech given by Craig Barrett as chairman of Intel Corp. In his speech, Barrett–who retired as Intel’s chairman in May–offered five suggestions for improving American education. And while I agree wholeheartedly with his first four suggestions–good teachers, high expectations, pay for performance, and real student incentives–I think he’s dead wrong on the fifth.
Key words: U.S. education reform, American education, education technology, Intel Corp.
American education reform: Stranded on islands of excellence
(Editor’s note: What follows is the edited text of a speech given at an Arizona charter schools event on May 17 by Craig Barrett, who retired as chairman of Intel Corp. three days later.)
Key words: U.S. education reform, Craig Barrett, Intel Corp., education, technology
Report: University was overcharged for IT work
Four employees of a consulting firm billed more than $200,000 apiece in five months for work on a University of Wisconsin System information technology project, according to a review by The Associated Press, fueling criticism of the university’s spending on a revamped payroll system. Key words: University of Wisconsin, Huron Consulting Group, college IT, Accenture, education, technology