Technology Headlines

Oracle Education Foundation Partners with Stamford Achieves To Launch Innovative Cyberjournalism Project for Students

Oracle Education Foundation —Wednesday, December 03, 2008 The Oracle Education Foundation has partnered with Stamford Achieves to launch an innovative project entitled "Global NetGeneration of Youth Investigating the Careers of NASA International Space Station Leaders." Read more.

Microsoft, Michigan Department of Education and Michigan Virtual University Offer CareerForward To Help Students Prepare for a 21st-century Workplace

Microsoft Corp. —Tuesday, December 02, 2008 With financial support and assistance from Microsoft Corp.'s U.S. Partners in Learning, students across the nation now have access to CareerForward, a powerful, free online course covering globalization, career planning, financial literacy and entrepreneurship. Read more.

Danville Public Schools in Indiana Choose Meru Networks To Provide Wireless Network Access

Meru Networks —Tuesday, December 02, 2008 The Danville, Indiana,Community Schools have selected Meru Networks to provide a high-performance IEEE 802.11n wireless network for their students and staff. Read more.

MathType 6.5 for Windows is Now Shipping

Design Science —Tuesday, December 02, 2008 Design Science today announced the release of MathType™ 6.5 for Windows, a new version designed to work with a wide variety of education and scientific applications and websites. Read more.

Canvastic LLC Launches a Web Version of Its Publishing Software

Canvastic LLC —Tuesday, December 02, 2008 Canvastic LLC announces the launch of their first online version of the popular publishing solution for students and teachers called Canvastic.NET. Read more.

EdisonLearning Online Partnerships Serving 60 Percent of Pennsylvania's Cyber Students

EdisonLearning —Monday, December 01, 2008 Sixty percent of the more than 20,000 Pennsylvania students currently educated by online charter schools are using educational technology developed and provided by EdisonLearning through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Provost Systems. Read more.

Siemens, Discovery Education Partner To Present Free Digital Learning Tools to Engage Students in Science Education

Siemens Foundation —Monday, December 01, 2008 The Siemens Foundation and Discovery Education recently launched a new website that offers a wide variety of free, high-quality science tools and resources, Siemens Science Day provides standards-based videos, tools and hands-on activities for earth, life and physical science. Read more.

College Student Launches Free Homework Help Web Site

Recycleyourhomework.com —Monday, December 01, 2008 Andrew Wittman a local college student and CEO of Recycle Your Homework, LLC, will launch a new web site that will allow college and high school students to have their homework questions answered by answering other students' questions. Read more.

Telemedicine Becoming More Relevant To Children's Health Within School Systems.

AMD Global Telemedicine, Inc. —Monday, December 01, 2008 AMD Global Telemedicine & Cherokee Health Systems collaborated to help launch a telemedicine program in 17 schools in Sevier County, Tennessee. Read more.

Study Finds Both Students and Teachers Lack Basic Cyber Security Education

National Cyber Security Alliance —Saturday, November 22, 2008 Less than 25 percent of educators feel comfortable teaching students how to protect themselves from online cyber predators, cyber bullies and identity theft, according to a recent study by The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and Educational Technology, Policy Research and Outreach (ETPRO). Read more.

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