Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Students demo uses for Google cell-phone OS
16 hours and 47 minutes ago
What do you want your cell phone to be able to do? Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor Hal Abelson put that question to about 20 computer-science students this semester when he gave them one assignment: Design a software program for cell phones that use Google Inc.'s upcoming Android mobile operating system. READ MORE››
2008 Youth Prizes for Excellence in International Education
Apr 28, 2008
This competition asks students to create an in-depth written essay or multimedia feature examining a social or economic issue that has relevance to them in a global context. In the essay category, students will compare and contrast how the issue affects their community and a community abroad, as well as create recommendations for what lessons the two communities could learn from each other. In the multimedia category, students will explore how a global problem or challenge affects their life as an individual, as a member of their local community, and/or as a global citizen. READ MORE››
eSN TechWatch: New Bus Safety Technology -- May 12, 2008
May 12, 2008
Two copyright lawsuits, new technology to make school buses safer, and the emergence of audio books in schools are in the spotlight. READ MORE››

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  • Parents unsure about kids' digital media use
    May 12, 2008 Primary Topic Channel:  Multimedia

    American parents agreed by a wide margin that digital media skills are important to kids' success in the 21st century, but they also expressed skepticism about whether digital media could contribute to the development of skills such as communicating, working with others, and establishing civic responsibility, according to a new national poll from Common Sense Media and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center.

  • Schools will have until 2009 to buy Windows XP
    May 09, 2008 Primary Topic Channel:  Technologies

    Microsoft will stop offering Windows XP in retail stores June 30, but at least two major computer manufacturers say school districts, colleges, and universities will be able to buy machines with the older operating system until January 2009, as Windows Vista--released last year--remains unpopular with many consumers.

  • Facebook, states set online safeguards
    May 09, 2008 Primary Topic Channel:  Safety & security

    Facebook, the world's second-largest social-networking web site, will add more than 40 new safeguards to protect students and other users from sexual predators and cyber bullies, attorneys general from several states said May 8.

  • Online insight: Challenges beat cheerleading
    May 08, 2008 Primary Topic Channel:  Virtual schooling / Distance Learning

    Simply providing online discussion forums is not enough to keep students engaged in virtual courses, according to educators who are well-versed in online instruction: For real learning to occur in an online setting, virtual-school educators must establish clear rubrics and enforce rules for participation.

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  • Hewlett-Packard acquires E.D.S.
    12 hours and 36 minutes ago Primary Topic Channel:  Hewlett-Packard Co.

    The Hewlett-Packard Company, the personal computer and printer maker, said Tuesday that it would acquire the Electronic Data Systems Corporation, the operator of corporate computer systems, for $13.9 billion, reports The New York Times.

  • Social networks provide safer environments
    12 hours and 38 minutes ago Primary Topic Channel:  Safety & security

    A group of Internet safety experts plans to announce next month a new start-up aimed at helping social networks provide safer Web 2.0 environments for kids and adults, reports CNET News.

  • Science gets boost with 3-D universe
    12 hours and 40 minutes ago Primary Topic Channel:  Science

    Galactic destinations can now be toured and explored at the controls of a computer mouse, with the constellations, stars and space dust displayed in vivid detail and animated imagery across the screen, reports The New York Times.

  • To curb truancy, Dallas tries electronic monitoring
    May 12, 2008 Primary Topic Channel:  School Administration

    Instead of juvenile detention, 15-year-old freshman Jaime Pacheco of East Dallas was chosen by a judge to be enrolled in a pilot program in which chronically truant students are monitored electronically, the New York Times reports.

  • Facebook ordered to out kids behind principal's fake profile
    May 12, 2008 Primary Topic Channel:  School Administration

    Anonymous pranksters who made a fake Facebook profile for a high school dean and used it to send out messages might soon be exposed, thanks to a court order issued late last week, Ars Technica reports.


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