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Social Bookmarking Tools (I): A General Review

We are here going to remind you of hyperlinks in all their glory, sell you on the idea of bookmarking hyperlinks, point you at other folks who are doing the same, and tell you why this is a good thing.Read the Full Story

High schoolers tap into wired world

Knapp’s parents both work, and when they’re gone, it’s up to him to feed his brother, keep him clean, suction out his lungs and make sure his other needs are met.Read the Full Story

Imagine: A day without technology

Blackout Day follows up on ESTEME Week, held from April 11-15, with the acronym standing for Excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education. The U.S. Department of Education (ED) partnered with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and other federal agencies and scientific societies to support activities for this year’s ESTEME Week. Read […]

Essays-for-sale a ‘growth area’

The boss of a firm selling coursework to students has admitted that her work “belittles the whole education system”. Read the Full Story

Disney offers Web education

The subscription product from the Walt Disney Internet Group’s Disney Online is scheduled to launch in the summer. It will offer a range of interactive activities featuring popular characters from Disney Channel’s “Playhouse Disney” programming block, including “Bear in the Big Blue House,” “JoJo’s Circus,” “Higglytown Heroes,” “Stanley” and more.Read the Full Story

The Intelligent Community Forum

It is no exaggeration to say that the broadband revolution, which is still in its infancy, has the potential to create a golden age of prosperity, knowledge and freedom. But it has just as much potential to foster a “gilded age,” in which the benefits go to a privileged few in the age-old pattern that […]

U.S. GAO Counts on Pathlore

Pathlore is a global leader in providing learning management software and services to industry and government. The software maker says its solution not only gives GAO a way to launch and manage courses from one, integrated high-tech platform but also analyze the outcome of training. And the learning-management solution offers GAO the means to run […]

Whizlabs in League with Learning Advantage

This tie-up is in continuation of Whizlabs ongoing endeavors to expand its geographical presence and increase sales. Apart from helping Whizlabs gain a strong foothold in the South African market, this joint initiative will provide valuable business propositions to the corporates in the IT sector. Keeping up with the pace of the fast growing IT […]

Expanding Access Via Distance Ed

The findings led the department — and Republican leaders in Congress — to urge abandonment of financial aid restrictions on distance education, a change that many higher education lobbyists oppose.Read the Full Story

Prepared Testimony of Secretary Spellings Before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Lifelong Learning

And I want to thank my esteemed colleague Secretary Chao for her expertise and dedication. We have worked together on these issues for the past four years.Read the Full Story