Acer initiative helps schools procure technology
Acer, a manufacturer of PCs, notebook computers, and other IT products, is letting schools test its products for free in exchange for the chance to win a new computer lab, TMCNet.com reports.
Alabama’s Mobile County adopts IBM analytics for stimulus reporting
Mobile County, Ala., Public Schools has selected IBM analytics technology to measure student performance, identify at-risk students, and adjust academic programs in real time to help it comply with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s transparency and reporting mandates, reports Information Management.
Revamp of IT Chimes a Website Design, Web Development and SEO Company, India
IT Chimes is India based global Web Solution and Offshore IT services provider. IT Chimes a web development company, develops, integrates and maintain web applications and custom applications. IT Chimes is your one stop IT solutions provider.
Eco-Friendly Datexx Hybrid Power Calculators Add Up For You — And The Environment!
Available in white, green, orange, or brown, Datexx Hybrid Power Calculators are powered 98 percent of the time by enhanced solar power and 2 percent of the time by a Mercury-free battery!
Definition of Inbound Links, Outbound Links and Their Role in SERP
Without the aid of inbound and outbound links, your website will not have favorable results on the search engine results page. It is a known fact that only 7% of all websites are even visible to the search engines. This means that 93% of the websites in existence are not optimized correctly, and are losing out on the SERP. Utilize those inbound and outbound links, and be a part of the 7%.
Software rivalry gives schools more choices
Two recent announcements have ratcheted up the rivalry between Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc.–and both could have significant implications for schools.
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Obama wants $12 billion for two-year colleges
President Barack Obama is proposing a multibillion-dollar investment in the nation’s community colleges, a $12 billion effort to help the two-year institutions reach, teach, and train more people for “the jobs of the future.” Key words: President Obama, fiscal year 2010, Macomb Community College, two-year colleges, community colleges, education, technology
New PowerPoint add-in ribbon from authorSTREAM searches and inserts videos and images from the Web into your slides
authorSTREAM Desktop, a new add-on “ribbon” for PowerPoint can search and fetch videos and images from the Web, from right inside PowerPoint, and insert them in slides with a few clicks. This will make it very easy for PowerPoint authors to make presentations, rich with multimedia, very quickly.
$190,000 for training at rehabilitation continuation education agencies
The Rehabilitation Continuing Education Programs is looking to fund training of newly employed state agency staff at the administrative, supervisory, professional, paraprofessional, or clerical levels in order to develop needed skills for effective agency performance. The grant funding would also provide training opportunities for experienced state agency personnel at all levels of state agency practice to upgrade their skills and to develop mastery of new program developments dealing with significant issues, priorities, and legislative thrusts of the state and federal vocational rehabilitation program.
Up to $750,000 for innovative strategies in community colleges
The Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) supports innovative grants and cooperative agreements to improve postsecondary education.
Under this area of special focus FIPSE is looking to fund projects that propose innovative strategies to benefit working adults and displaced workers who are pursuing degrees or credentials in community colleges. Projects may include, but are not limited to, activities that improve: academic remediation; tutoring; academic and personal counseling; registration processes; students’ course selection and scheduling; instructional delivery; student support services related to childcare, transportation, or educational costs, such as textbook rental; and career counseling.