School and college IT departments have until the end of the calendar year to take advantage of a new offer from automated systems management software provider Kaseya, which is providing its IT inventory software to educational institutions free of charge for a limited time.
Key words: school IT management, university IT management, educational technology, IT inventory software, Kaseya
The Obama administration is calling for an overhaul of college programs that prepare new teachers, saying they are cash cows that do a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the classroom. Among the changes proposed by Education Secretary Arne Duncan: overhauling education schools’ curricula to ensure that future teachers learn how to use data to improve their instruction, and linking the performance of teachers with the schools where they received their training, so policy makers can see which schools are most effective.
Key words: educational technology, teacher preparation, Obama education, teacher training, Arne Duncan, teacher colleges
As college fair season kicks into high gear, a growing number of students, parents, and colleges will be turning to virtual college fairs as a way to save money and increase exposure.
Key words: CollegeWeekLive, virtual college, college fairs, educational technology
The rise in online social networking, coupled with the evolution of advanced data-tracking techniques, has created a goldmine for internet marketers who now can target their advertising in highly sophisticated ways to individual web users. High school and college students are especially vulnerable, experts say, and that has many privacy advocates concerned. Now they’re enlisting the help of Congress to set reasonable limits.
Key words: educational technology, social networking, Rick Boucher, internet privacy
A significant key to students’ academic success is their ability to take complete and accurate notes during class–and recent developments in digital-pen technology might help students do just that.
Key words: digital pen, note taking, Mobile Digital Scribe, Livescribe Pulse, WizCom InfoScan
A federal probe of practices in the wireless industry could have significant implications for school leaders and others who use smart phones and other wireless devices to communicate.
Key words: wireless devices, Federal Communications Commission, Google Voice, iPhone
As technology becomes an increasingly important tool for teaching and learning, a relatively new concept–focusing on how educators can effectively and effortlessly tailor technology to their instructional practices–is making its way into pre-service and in-service teacher education programs.
Key words: TPACK, classroom technology, technology integration, teacher professional development, educational technology
Schools and colleges should be ready with hard-copy packets and online lessons to keep learning going even if swine flu sickens large numbers of students this year, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Aug. 24.
Key words: swine flu and schools, H1N1, flu virus, swine flu preparedness, college and swine flu, K-12 and swine flu, educational technology
Educational technology advocates are hoping that Congress amends the fiscal 2010 budget to include funding for a grant program that focuses on improving new teachers’ abilities to use technology in the classroom.
Key words: PTDAL, Preparing Teachers for Digital Age Learners, ISTE, FY10 Budget
Google Inc. later this year will unveil Google Wave, a new species of eMail and instant messaging that lets people communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, and videos–and it could have broad implications for how students use and develop collaborative skills.
Key words: Google Wave, Google Wave in education, online collaboration, online learning
