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Gates Foundation Pushes Technology for College Preparedness
The foundation announced this week that $20 million is up for grabs for innovators in tech for education.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced this week that $20 million is up for grabs for education innovations in a new push to prepare high school students for college. The Gates Foundation announced [...]

UMass Lowell Classrooms Get ‘Smart’ Technology
100 Percent Are Technology-Enhanced to Aid in Student Comprehension, Retention
LOWELL, Mass. – UMass Lowell announced today that 100 percent of its classrooms are equipped with technology that helps faculty explain complex topics to students.
“One hundred and ninety classrooms on campus are ‘smart,’ or technology-enhanced,” said UMass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan. “This generation [...]

Schools Test E-Reader Devices With Dyslexic Students

Educators seeking new ways to personalize instruction for students with dyslexia and other reading disabilities are turning more and more to e-readers such as Amazon’s Kindle, Apple’s iPad, Barnes & Noble’s Nook, and the Intel Reader.
But the jury is still out on just how effective those digital tools are [...]

Smartphones: Our national obsession

(from CNN) – Doug Wilson takes his smartphone everywhere.
When the 28-year-old wakes up, he snatches the phone from the nightstand to read Twitter feeds and Facebook messages before he gets out of bed.
During the day, he tends to carry the iPhone 4 in his hand. Putting it in his pocket would be too [...]

4 Game-Changing Trends in Web App Design
Web applications are one of the greatest revelations of the Internet. It’s a development that is largely specific to the Web 2.0 era, but their significance will be in effect for generations.
The web app is a signifier of a fundamental shift in computing. It’s representative of the cloud and our [...]

IEEE offers elearning in key technologies
According to the IEEE, the service “The convenient learning system delivers nearly 200 courses in core and emerging technologies, providing professionals, faculty and students across academic institutions, corporations and government agencies a better way to learn.
IEEE says its eLearning Library “offers advanced technology content only IEEE can [...]

Attend one of these great session at DevLearn!
DevLearn 2010 offers you an unparalleled opportunity to develop and hone your skills and knowledge as an e-Learning professional. The program includes more than 100 learning activities, so you are sure to find sessions that are right for you!

DevLearn 2010 Conference & [...]

Augmented Reality And Tactile Virtual Objects

Augmented reality, as the term suggests, typically refers to “adding” elements into a live-view of a physical environment via computer-generated imagery. However, a PhD student from the University of Calabria in Rende, Italy, has found a way to delete obtrusive elements and make them transparent using augmented reality itself.
In researching visuo-haptic applications [...]

Adobe loves mobile browsers AND applications
A conflict which had been simmering below the surface was sharply highlighted earlier this year. When Apple revealed that the iPad wasn’t going to support Flash, it threw theFlash vs. Web Standards debate into the public eye. Since then, Adobe has been quietly but busily working to improve the experience it provides for mobile. [...]

Library patrons have more access to eBooks
Linebaugh Public Library System card holders now have free access to more than 15,000 public domain ebooks, thanks to R.E.A.D.S., the Regional eBook & Audiobook Download System.
“LPLS is excited that the state library and OverDrive have made access to these classic books available to our patrons,” said Director Rita [...]