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The popular TechCONNECT online learning solution helps students learn six application suites from Microsoft(R) Office, Microsoft(R) Works, and AppleWorks(R) through online activities integrated into in the core content subjects of language arts, social studies, mathematics and science. Read the Full Story
Some describe how their educational philosophy changed from being the dispenser of knowledge to becoming learner-centered. Many others, however, swap horror stories of e-mail boxes full of 300 urgent messages from students or servers that went down right in the middle of a midterm.http://thejournal.com/magazine/vault/A4854.cfm
In recent weeks, Pennsylvania has sent out hundreds of warning letters about overdue cyber-school tuition payments, said Dan Felix, the state Education Department’s charter-schools teams leader.Read the Full Story
Jon Bernstein202/478-6191 Carrie Lowe, ALA202/628-8410 Anjetta McQueen, NEA 202/822-7251 Washington, DC. (June 17, 2004) – The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold hearings today on alleged abuses on the E-rate program, which provides discounts on telecommunication services, Internet access, and internal connections to America’s public and private schools and public […]
NEW YORK, June 21 /PRNewswire/ — TANDBERG(R) (OSLO: TAA.OL), a global leader in visual communication, today introduced a mobile video system to meet the sharp rise in demand for integrated multimedia visual communication in America’s classrooms. The new system is being unveiled today in New Orleans at the National Education Computing Conference, the premier forum […]
My son will be moving from primary to secondary school in September, and we have recently spent some time at his new school so that he can get used to it. Read the Full Story
DENVER – June 21, 2004 – eClassroom(SM), the K-12 division of eCollege(SM) [Nasdaq: ECLG], today announced it has been selected to power the Wisconsin Virtual School (WVS), a statewide online program serving students in approximately 90 school districts across Wisconsin. WVS, which is beginning its fifth year, is transferring its online program to the eClassroom […]
New Orleans, La. – National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) 2004 – Booth #2256 – June 21, 2004 – First Virtual Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: FVCXE), a premier provider of infrastructure software solutions for real-time, rich media communications, today announced it is expanding its commitment to its education customers and the educational technology consortia that serve them. […]
Dr. Saba:In recent years, you have been involved in introducing information technology to higher education institutions during a crucial period of incredible growth and development. How did you become interested and involved in the field? Mr. Gray:I became CIO of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education in 1995, following twelve years of service there […]
“While a well-intentioned idea, the eRate program, as it is currently structured, is an invitation for disaster,” said Greenwood, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, which organized the hearing. “Indeed, if one were to design a program to pour money out the window, this would be the way to […]