Va. tests video games as teaching tool
Virginia reportedly has become the first state to implement a pilot program using Tabula Digita’s DimensionM video games to help boost student test scores in mathematics and motivate students to learn.
Key words: DimensionM, video games, gaming, education, Tabula Digital, Virginia Department of Education, technology
Low-cost presentations powered by the cloud
College professors and students now can give presentations using the power of cloud computing, while possibly saving thousands of dollars compared to other online presentation services. Key words: Slidelive, online presentations, PowerPoint, classroom presentation, WebEx, education, technology
Low-cost presentations powered by the cloud
College professors and students now can give presentations using the power of cloud computing, while possibly saving thousands of dollars compared to other online presentation services. Key words: Slidelive, online presentations, PowerPoint, classroom presentation, WebEx, education, technology
Digital lessons soon could replace books in West Virginia
According to the state’s top education official, West Virginia public schools within a few years might switch from hardbound textbooks to digital lessons carried around by students on portable computers, reports the Charleston Daily Mail.
Maryland teen builds mineral-oil cooled computer
When Brandon Glorioso told his teachers he was going to build a computer inside a fish tank filled with liquid, some of them said it would never work. Two weeks later, he proved them wrong, reports U.S. News & World Report.
Swine flu fears close schools in three states
Esti Lamonaca’s illness started with a high fever, a cough, and achy bones, just a couple of days after she returned from a spring break trip on the beach in Cancun with friends. By the weekend, her voice was hoarse and she was wearing a surgical mask.
Key words: swine flu, flu pandemic, school closing, world health concerns
B-&-W printing goes green with soy toner
Every time computer users print out pages on a laser printer, they are using toner made from petroleum-based products. Now, there’s a greener choice that shows promise: a toner product derived from soybean oil.
Key words: soy toner, green technology, recycle, printers
School wants to halt athletes’ dumb web posts
After getting in trouble for breaking the NCAA’s rules about recruiting phone calls, the University of Oklahoma is trying to make sure more problems aren’t lurking on the internet. Key words: University of Oklahoma, social networking, university policy, MySpace, Facebook, education, technology
House passes K-12 bill that allocates $13.7 billion, keeps funding steady
The Minnesota House approved a plan Thursday that keeps school funding stagnant over the next two years but pledges to infuse billions of dollars of new money into the system starting in 2014, reports The Pioneer Press.
Candidates agree on preschool funding
Four years after Gov. Timothy M. Kaine made the promise of free preschool to all Virginia 4-year-olds a centerpiece of his campaign, the three men competing for the Democratic nomination have revived the pledge, saying they believe the state should one day provide early education to all children, The Washington Post reports.