Archive for the ‘K-12’ Category

CoSN [Consortium for School Networking] Fast Forwards to the Year 2010 in New Report

Digital Learning Spaces 2010 Provides Roadmap for Transforming Public Education with Emerging Education TechnologiesRead the Full Story

Data Deliverance: Student records saved by Mississippi system, local districts’ efforts

As school districts in southern Mississippi struggle back to normal life following Hurricane Katrina, they can at least be assured that once their computer systems are working, databases of student academic and demographic information can be downloaded with a few mouse clicks.Read the Full Story

University of Miami Online High School Student Rips Through US Open Junior Championship

WESTON, Fla., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ –Rising Tennis Star and University of Miami Online High School (UMOHS) Senior Ryan Sweeting clinched the US Open Junior Championship at Flushing Meadows, NY, two weeks ago, in a surprise upset of reigning Wimbledon champ Jeremy Chardy of France.Read the Full Story

Apple signs deal with Detroit Public Schools

The Detroit Public Schools on Tuesday announced the creation of a “digital learning community” with technology supplied by Apple.Read the Full Story

Valley districts add cyberschools

SELINSGROVE — Sixteen-year-old Alexandrea Condon starts her weekdays like most high school students. She eats breakfast, showers, dresses and then heads off to school… in her living room.Read the Full Story

Reach out and learn: E-learning in Montana takes flight

Through a new e-learning opportunity launched this year, students in Geraldine can pick up German and teens in Frenchtown can take advanced physics n courses they may not have access to in their hometowns.Read the Full Story

On-line learning takes off in Houston

You wouldn’t think the two classrooms and the end of the hall at Houston High School could hold so many students.Read the Full Story

CDW-G Teachers Talk Technology 2005

CDW-G’s third annual survey of technology in primary and secondary education, the 2005 Teachers Talk Tech survey – conducted by Quality Education Data (QED), a subsidiary of Scholastic, Inc. – sampled 1,000 randomly selected K-12 public school teachers throughout the nation in March and April 2005.Read the Full Story

FUSD [Flagstaff Unified School District] offers first online classes at Flagstaff High School

Online learning is coming to Flagstaff Unified School District.Read the Full Story

Mind the Gap: The debate about technology and computer use by students continues

The decision not to fund Title IID, which was the main source for many states to enhance their technology instructional plans, has become an issue for debate in itself with funding being totally eliminated in the 2006 federal budget.Read the Full Story