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Global Nomads Group Teams With PictureTel To Deliver Global Classroom

NEW YORK, NY — Global Nomads Group (GNG), an interactive educational broadcasting organization today announced a strategic partnership with PictureTel Corporation (NASDAQ:PCTL), the world leader in integrated collaboration. GNG will use the PictureTel 760XL system to conduct virtual field trips for K-12 students in the US and abroad. Global Nomads Group uses videoconferencing as a […]

The Future of Education

In a conversation with PressPass and leading education editors Bernard Percy and Amy Poftak, two keynote speakers from The Connected Learning Community Technology Summit — Dr. Arthur Levine and Dr. Rudy Crew — share their thoughts on the importance of technology in the classroom and how it is reshaping education.

Styron, Vonnegut e-books spark Random House suit

NEW YORK (Reuters) – In the latest dispute over ownership of copyrighted works duplicated on the Internet, Random House sued a publisher of electronic books Tuesday for selling computerized versions of eight Random House texts.

COMPUTERS FOR YOUTH: Why It Makes Sense to Focus Digital Divide Efforts On The Home

Recently there has been a flurry of media attention on what should be done about the disparity in home computer ownership between our nation’s wealthy and poor households. By sharing experiences from Computers for Youth, this paper attempts to provide some insight into the successes and challenges of running a program that provides inner-city children […]

Tomorrows Entrepreneurs

Another in a series of Microsoft essays on technology and society highlights several entrepreneurs under 18 years old who are starting their own businesses on the Internet.

News From Eduprise, The Enterprise E-Learning Services Company

Eduprise keeps you informed of all the latest news on technology, education and training in today’s learning organizations with this bi-weekly report, Need-to-Know. Topics Include: Room for both for-profit and not-for-profit schools online Web authoring tool helps teachers and students E-courses adapt as industry matures scientists approach distance ed cautiously Testing technology in the classroom […]

Partnering in the Learning Marketspace

The latest entry in the EDUCAUSE Leadership Strategies series, Partnering in the Learning Marketspace, has been published in cooperation with Jossey-Bass Publishing, Inc. and with sponsorship from PricewaterhouseCoopers. Written by Ann Hill Duin, Linda L. Baer, and Doreen Starke-Meyerring, the book describes how leaders in higher education can form productive partnerships to leverage their institutions’ […]

New Iomega Quiksync™ 3 Software Provides Automatic On-The-Fly Backup To Virtually Any Drive

ROY, Utah – Iomega Corporation (NYSE:IOM), a global leader in data management solutions, today announced Iomega QuikSyncTM 3, the latest and most powerful version of the company’s automatic backup software and the first version to work with storage drives not manufactured by Iomega. QuikSyncTM 3 software protects users from data loss caused by disasters such […]

HighWired acquires e-learning company in Natick

Although the company laid off roughly half of its workforce in December, HighWired in Watertown has acquired another e-learning company and absorbed nine of its employees.

PolyVision Unveils Webster Products: a Complete Line of Technology Products for the Education and Corporate Markets

ATLANTA, Georgia–PolyVision Corporation (AMEX: PLI – news), an international manufacturer of innovative visual communication products, recently debuted Webster, their new line of interactive technology products. The introduction took place at the NSSEA School Equipment Trade Show in Dallas, TX. The new Webster™ line offers an extensive suite of visual technology products, delivering a myriad of […]