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If you are a parent then you are a teacher! One of the biggest challenges facing parents today is teaching their children to read. And helping your child become a successful reader involves many small steps taken long before entering a school. Helping Your Child Become a Reader is part of a series aimed at […]
Application service provider (ASP) VCampus Corp. said it has completed its transition to a pure online e-learning model. “We are excited about achieving our vision of making VCampus a pure play e-learning ASP, generating revenue exclusively through our higher-margin online services,” Daniel Neal, president and chief executive officer of VCampus, said in a statement.
Do you have VHS tapes that you want to convert to digital format? Or do you have a film in digital format that you want to send to someone who has a VCR? The new Dazzle Hollywood DV Bridge ($299 list) gives digital video makers a fast, easy way to convert video between analog and […]
Spring 2001 Educational Technology Conferences
E-Gov, a Reston, Va., producer of electronic government events, has issued a call for papers for its E-Learning: Investing in the Digital Workforce conference, to be held Sept. 12 and 13 in Washington.
Eighty-seven percent of teachers responding to a survey said they were comfortable using the Internet, and 84 percent thought the Internet could improve the quality of education. Yet most said the Internet was not well-integrated into their classrooms because they lacked the time, equipment and technical support to use it effectively
Nevada high school students who want the state to pay for them to attend “virtual high school” lost a battle Thursday in Washoe County District Court. A judge shot down an attempt by White Pine County School District to get per-pupil funding for any student in any county who enrolls in its Nevada Virtual High, […]
More than 700 K-12 license holders throughout the nation use this spectrum to deliver instructional services to their students and those in surrounding areas
Prof. David S. Touretzky, a computer scientist at Carnegie-Mellon University, says he has never watched a movie on DVD, much less copied one illegally. So why is the movie industry calling him a pirate?
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following was released today by the American Association of School Administrators: The American Association of School Administrators (AASA) commends the Federal Communications Commission for their work on the Final Spectrum Report on Instructional Television Fixed Services (ITFS) systems released today. Since the 1960s, ITFS has been the preferred method of delivery […]