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Microsoft calls for cloud-computing regulations

eSchool - Top News - Thu, 01/21/2010 - 10:31pm

A Microsoft official argued Jan. 13 that the U.S. Congress should create rules and regulations for cloud computing, a burgeoning technology that has gained traction among schools and colleges.

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Grant-giving continues despite financial limitations

eSchool - Top News - Thu, 01/21/2010 - 11:43am

Some grant-giving entities have had to make adjustments in their award programs owing to the economic downturn, affecting both educators and students.

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Online college for union members in the works

eSchool - Top News - Wed, 01/20/2010 - 8:50pm

The National Labor College will make about 20 online courses available for the AFL-CIO's 11.5 million members next fall in an effort to help workers adapt to a job market that increasingly requires higher education.

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Report details coming trends in campus technology

eSchool - Top News - Wed, 01/20/2010 - 11:09am

Open scholarly content will become more commonplace in higher education in the next year as online universities and textbook companies organize and harness the internet's mass of educational material, according to a report that predicts campus technology advances within the next five years.

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Has Google developed the next wave of online education?

eSchool - Top News - Tue, 01/19/2010 - 10:41am

Combining text, audio, and video chat with features like drag-and-drop documents and interactive polls, Google Wave is a free web program that could add unprecedented depth to student interaction, many educators say.

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Volunteers honor MLK Day by helping schools with technology

eSchool - Top News - Mon, 01/18/2010 - 9:20pm

To help meet schools' technology needs, several educators and web professionals volunteered their expertise during the Martin Luther King Day Technology Challenge on Jan. 18.

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Schools weigh in on national broadband plan

eSchool - Top News - Mon, 01/18/2010 - 3:24pm

To help provide broadband access to more citizens, the Federal Communications Commission should expand the eligible uses of e-Rate discounts to include after-school programs and community centers, many school leaders and education groups say—but only if the $2.25 billion-a-year funding cap also is raised.

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Opinion: Virtual schools are a critical piece of education’s future

eSchool - Top News - Mon, 01/18/2010 - 3:09pm

Technological innovations might be categorized along a continuum from sustaining to disruptive. In education, a sustaining technology might be a SMART Board, which in most applications is a way to present information dynamically and efficiently--a sustaining upgrade to the chalkboard and overhead projector--while a disruptive technology would be a virtual school.

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Technology gives engineering programs a real-world impact

eSchool - Top News - Fri, 01/15/2010 - 10:53am

Drexel University engineering student Jeffrey Dowgala says real-time information recorded by electronic sensors has helped him and his classmates understand the many environmental factors that can affect a bridge--an impact impossible to explore in standard textbooks.

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Superintendents say they need resources, flexibility to transform schools

eSchool - Top News - Thu, 01/14/2010 - 9:18pm

Finalists in the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) National Superintendent of the Year competition met to discuss ways that districts and the federal government can transform education.

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New electronic devices could interest schools

eSchool - Technology Management - Thu, 01/07/2010 - 3:42pm

New netbooks, tablet computers, and eBook reader devices, as well as fresh developments in television and even a wireless tether to keep cell phones from getting lost, are among the technologies being unveiled this week at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas--technologies that might hold interest for schools and colleges as well. Key words: educational technology, educational technology products, Consumer Electronics Show, Skiff reader, netbooks education, tablet computers, eBook reader

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National STEM initiative increases reach

eSchool - Top News - Thu, 01/07/2010 - 3:42pm

President Barack Obama on Jan. 6 announced an expansion of the Educate to Innovate program he launched last November, including the creation of several new partnerships to help attract, develop, reward, and retain outstanding science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers. Key words: Educate to Innovate, Obama education, STEM education, STEM teachers, global competition, educational technology

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New electronic devices could interest schools

eSchool - Top News - Thu, 01/07/2010 - 3:42pm

New netbooks, tablet computers, and eBook reader devices, as well as fresh developments in television and even a wireless tether to keep cell phones from getting lost, are among the technologies being unveiled this week at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas--technologies that might hold interest for schools and colleges as well. Key words: educational technology, educational technology products, Consumer Electronics Show, Skiff reader, netbooks education, tablet computers, eBook reader

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Teachers' digital media use on the rise

eSchool - Top News - Wed, 01/06/2010 - 3:42pm

Teachers are making significant progress in adopting digital media and using the internet for instruction, according to findings from a new survey released Jan. 5 by PBS. Key words: PBS, digital media, education research, student achievement, educational technology

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Feds roll out simpler FAFSA form

eSchool - Top News - Wed, 01/06/2010 - 3:42pm

The new online version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) will allow college applicants to skip series of questions that don't apply to them and includes help text and easily accessible instructions, federal officials announced Jan. 5. Key words: FAFSA, student aid, Arne Duncan, educational technology, Jill Biden

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Commentary: Weird science

eSchool - Top News - Wed, 01/06/2010 - 3:42pm

Default Lines from eSchool News, first published in print on Jan. 1, 2010--Recently there was one of those odd juxtapositions of events that make following the news so interesting. Key words: science education, school source evaluation, creationism and evolution, Educate to Innovate, science literacy

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Teachers' digital media use on the rise

eSchool - Top News - Wed, 01/06/2010 - 12:40pm

Teachers are making significant progress in adopting digital media and using the internet for instruction, according to findings from a new survey released Jan. 5 by PBS. Key words: PBS, digital media, education research, student achievement, educational technology

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Five ed-tech stories to watch for 2010

eSchool - Technology Management - Tue, 01/05/2010 - 3:42pm

Recently, we posted a look back at the 10 most significant education technology stories of 2009, as chosen by our editors. Now, here's a look at five stories that could have a huge effect on education technology in the new year. (As always, you can follow the latest developments regarding these and other stories at eSchoolNews.com.) Key words: education technology, school technology, emerging education trends, emerging technologies

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Google to take wraps off new mobile phone

eSchool - Technology Management - Tue, 01/05/2010 - 3:42pm

Educators and their students soon could have another communications and mobile computing option that isn't tied to a specific cellular provider, giving schools more flexibility in deploying a smart-phone solution on campus. Key words: Nexus One phone, Google phone, Google smartphone, Android operating system

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Five ed-tech stories to watch for 2010

eSchool - Top News - Tue, 01/05/2010 - 3:42pm

Recently, we posted a look back at the 10 most significant education technology stories of 2009, as chosen by our editors. Now, here's a look at five stories that could have a huge effect on education technology in the new year. (As always, you can follow the latest developments regarding these and other stories at eSchoolNews.com.) Key words: education technology, school technology, emerging education trends, emerging technologies

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