Learning Apps/Tools

Learn.net Expands into Blended Learning

7/18/2008

Training services provider Learn.net this week announced the acquisition of distance learning and collaboration software from Savant Technology Group. The acquisition is part of Learn.net's move into blended learning to provide training services for public and private sectors. Read More

Vernier Offers Free Software, Plays with Legos, Goes Green For Education

7/2/2008

Data collection technology provider Vernier Software & Technology has announced several new offerings for the education market, including free Logger Lite and LabQuest Emulator software, a new NXT sensor adapter for Lego Mindstorms NXT robots, and free eco-friendly classroom activities. Read More

HP Debuts Mobile Calculating Lab

6/16/2008

HP has announced HP Mobile Calculating Lab (MCL) solutions, designed to allow middle and high school students to capture real-world information in real time, translate that information into numerical data, and then analyze that data with the familiar graphing calculator functions. Read More

DynTek Moves Suffolk County District to Virtualized Infrastructure

6/9/2008

Center Moriches School District in New York has revamped its infrastructure and adopted a new technology delivery model, opting to virtualize its servers and deploy a Citrix Application Delivery solution. The overhaul was handled by technology services provider DynTek. Read More

Turning Releases SDK for Classroom Response System

6/6/2008

Ed tech provider Turning Technologies this week rolled out a new software development kit for its ResponseCard classroom response systems (AKA "classroom clickers"). Read More

Cengage Completes Acquisition of Houghton Mifflin College Division, Expands Offerings

6/3/2008

Print and digital instruction and reference materials provider Cengage Learning announced Monday that it has completed its acquisition of Houghton Mifflin College Division (HM College). After announcing the agreement to acquire HM College in December, the company recently received the regulatory clearances required to close the deal. Read More

Office Live Workspace Beta Released Internationally

5/23/2008

Microsoft this week released an international beta of its Office Live Workspace (OLW) suite of productivity tools. The company also quietly launched an Office Live Update last week that takes on performance issues and brings in some additional functionality when working with Office 2007, XP, and 2003. Read More

CDW-G Equips 231 Pennsylvania Districts

5/2/2008

Technology provider CDW Government reported this week that it's completed implementation of technology programs for some 231 school districts across Pennsylvania as part of the state's Classrooms for the Future program. As part of the initiative, nearly 82,000 laptops and more than 4,000 interactive whiteboards have been deployed in 257 schools over the last two years. Read More

NASA Calls on Partners for Educational Gaming

4/23/2008

NASA this week moved a step closer to branching into educational gaming. The agency presented its vision of a science education-focused massively multiplayer online game to more than 200 potential software development partners in a workshop Monday sponsored by NASA Learning Technologies, an educational technology incubator project. Read More

Will the CafeScribe Acquisition Give a Boost to Electronic Textbooks?

4/16/2008

The digital textbook is one of those technologies that seem obvious but can take a long time to gain traction. In March, the concept got a boost when long-time textbook distributor and retailer Follet Corp. acquired Salt Lake City-based Fourteen40, and, along with it, CafeScribe, a Web site in its beta phase of offering electronic textbooks. Read More