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2011
eContent
The Accelerating Shift from Print to Digital — Many educators, thought leaders and industry experts believe eContent has the potential to impact K–12 education in transformative ways.
Flexible Mobile Platforms
Student mobile devices — Ready or not here they come. By design or by default, smart, mobile devices are fast becoming as indispensable in k-12 schools as they are in students' pockets and backpacks.
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2010
Managing Learning: Next-Generation Learning Systems
Many school districts today use content or learning management systems, or both, to help educators manage class content and administrators manage students and their classes.
3G and Beyond: Smart, Mobile Devices and e-Readers
Third generation, or 3G, mobile or cellular technology for wireless Internet access to voice, video and data services can be used simultaneously by students and educators. 3G technology supports fast Internet and data transmission speeds, real-time video and advanced network services. Together, these feature and services are known as the mobile Web.
Cloud Computing A Billowing Virtual Infrastructure for Services—and Savings
The Internet is where the action is with cloud computing—for many, a hazy concept, but one that could yield solid technical and educational efficiencies and other benefits for schools. Some experts call cloud computing a “new paradigm” and “disruptive technology” that will transform the established computing industry. The term “cloud ” is often used as a metaphor for the Internet.
2009
Broadband for Schools 21st Century Networking for 21st Century Learning
Broadband service is no longer a luxury. It has become a basic part of the infrastructure of education and democracy.
Social Networking: Personalized Content, Conversations & Communities
Social networking is no mere diversion, however. In fact, some believe that social networking is emerging as a formidable educational tool that will have a profound and potentially transformative impact on the way students—and adults—learn.
Making the Most of Computing Performance Virtualization
With funding evaporating in harsh economic times, districts and schools are struggling to stretch every dollar. Optimizing technology performance by squeezing the most out of every computing device in a “virtualized” environment could be a cost-effective strategy—and one that also delivers educational.
2008
Green Computing A Smart Educational Strategy
Just as soaring gas prices are driving consumers to more energy efficient cars, rising energy costs and shrinking budgets are fueling a keen interest in “going green” among districts and schools.
Web 2.0 Punching Up Participation and Interaction
Innovation and faster delivery of new ways to facilitate creativity, communications and collaboration.
2007
Ultra Lightweight Portable Devices
Evolutionary Devices or a Revolutionary New Breed?
Instant Messaging Conversation, Collaboration — and Education
Teens … view e-mail as something you use to talk to old people, institutions, or to send complex instructions to large groups. … Instant messaging has become the digital communication back bone of teens’ daily lives.
Internet2: Dedicated to Education
Enter Internet2, a consortium of more than 300 U.S. colleges and universities, plus partners from leading corporations, government agencies, research labs and international organizations to develop the next generation Internet. Launched in 1996, Internet2 is a membership-based, commercial-free venture that is independent of — but interfaces with — the existing “commodity Internet.”