Weidenhammer, known for its alio Software, has just introduced an IT solution for Disaster Recovery in the interested of business continuity.
The United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) recently elected Reggie Smith III as President of the Association. The non-profit organization, formed in 1987, promotes the development and application of distance learning for education and training.
The U.S. Department of Education (USED) distributed ARRA funds to states to save and create jobs while advancing reforms and improvements that will create long-lasting results for K-12 students.
ARRA will provide funding to North Carolina schools through existing federal formula and competitive grant programs including Title I, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance program. Schools with programs that meet these criteria are encouraged to apply.
The Amgen Award for Science Teaching Excellence (AASTE) is an annual awards program that recognizes extraordinary contributions by educators across the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada who are elevating the level of science literacy through creativity in the classroom and motivation of students. An independent panel of judges selects the winners based on the following criteria: creativity and effectiveness of teaching methods; the plan for the use of grant money to improve science education resources in their schools; and an innovative science lesson plan showcasing innovative methods in the classroom.
CALGARY, Alberta — November 30, 2009 — SMART Technologies announces that Mobile County Public Schools (MCPS) in Mobile, Alabama, has standardized on SMART Board™ interactive whiteboards. In the 2008–09 school year, MCPS began a district-wide campaign to install a SMART Board interactive whiteboard in every classroom. To date, the district has installed more than 1,500 SMART Board interactive whiteboards and continues to add other SMART products to its classrooms. In addition to a SMART Board interactive whiteboard, at least six schools in the district will add a SMART Document Camera, SMART Slate™ wireless slate and SMART Response™ interactive response system to each classroom.
Ariana Leonard’s Spanish class at Wiregrass Ranch High School in Wesley Chapel, Fla., is one of a growing number around the country that are abandoning traditional policies of cell-phone prohibition and incorporating the devices into class lessons, reports the Associated Press.
Historic manuscripts by Sir Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin, and other groundbreaking scientists will be published online for the first time, AFP reports.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education plans to offer e-readers to school kids on the island next year as part of its efforts to digitize schools and promote reading, PC World reports.
An alternative to spending hours in a library sifting through books is now available at the touch of students’ fingertips, thanks to the work of a University of Montana alum, reports the Missoulian.
The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve are giving U.S. financial institutions an additional six months to comply with regulations designed to ban internet gambling, reports the Associated Press.
