Your brain on computers: What happens when we unplug?
Five neuroscientists spent a week in late May in a remote area of southern Utah, reports the New York Times—a primitive trip with a sophisticated goal: to understand…
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West Los Angeles College has become a leader in online education
You have to clear more obstacles to approve an online class at West Los Angeles College than you would in the 400-meter hurdle. Yet in setting a high…
Win $1 million for providing ‘access to learning’
Given each year by the foundation's Global Libraries initiative, the Access to Learning Award (ATLA) recognizes the innovative efforts of public libraries or similar organizations outside the United…
Up to $1 million to improve technology for students with disabilities
The purposes of the Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities program are to: improve results for children with disabilities by promoting the development, demonstration, and use…
Win $1,500 toward a trip to the NSTA conference and $1,500 cash
The Delta Education/Frey-Neo/CPO Science Awards for Excellence in Inquiry-based Science Teaching will recognize and honor three (3) full-time PreK–12 teachers of science who successfully use inquiry-based science to…
Up to $575,000 for providing post-college opportunities for Hispanics
The purposes of the Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA) Program are to: expand postbaccalaureate educational opportunities for, and improve the academic attainment of, Hispanic students; and…
Win a trip to the NSTA conference
These awards honor NSTA members who, through active leadership and scholarly endeavor over a significant period of time, have made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of education in…
$200 to encourage achievement in STEM fields
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Foundation Classroom Grants are awarded to encourage excellence in educating students about math, science, technology, and engineering. Grants are limited to a…
NYC school official caught spying on co-workers’ eMail
A Harlem associate principal for technology is accused of high-tech spying on colleagues in an incident allegedly motivated by jealousy, reports WABC-TV
Forbes uses online professor ratings to help determine top colleges
A small private Massachusetts college ranked first in a report from Forbes.com on the best U.S. colleges in 2010, beating ... Read more
More than $300 million cut from federal broadband grants
The new legislation that President Obama signed this week to stave jobs losses among teachers will cut $302 million in federal broadband grants to help pay for the…
Oracle sues Google over its Android OS
Oracle Corp. has sued Google Inc., alleging patent and copyright infringement in the development of its popular Android smart-phone software, Reuters reports.
Google defends its net-neutrality plan
Despite much opposition, Google is defending its net-neutrality proposal co-authored with broadband and wireless provider Verizon, PC World reports.
Net-neutrality plan is dividing companies
In an emerging battle over the future of the web, companies are taking sides, reports the New York Times: Facebook said it would not support a proposal by…
Broadband adoption slows down, but blacks catching up
The adoption of high-speed internet service in homes has slowed to a crawl this year after a decade of rapid growth, reports the Associated Press—and it looks as…
New database aims to help Michigan schools stop dropouts
One in every four Michigan students will not graduate from high school with their class, a fact that is forcing the state to take a new approach to…
Survey: Video-game technology embraced by med students
A new survey reveals the vast majority of medical school students believe that technology in the form of virtual reality exercises could help them develop the skills they…
Early take on India’s $35 tablet: ‘Fairly impressive’
For readers who want to see the much-talked-about prototype of India’s $35 tablet computer in moving color, a gadget show on Indian television just featured an exclusive hands-on…
Mass. company develops software in wake of student’s suicide
A graduate of the same Western Massachusetts high school where Phoebe Prince’s death shined a national spotlight on the evils of schoolyard bullying has taken up the cause—and…
Apple offers app store discounts to schools
Apple has introduced a volume purchase program for schools looking to buy applications for students' iPhones, iPod Touches, or iPads, InformationWeek reports.
IBM analytics ‘search engine’ helps N.C. State save money
North Carolina State University is looking to leverage IBM analytics tools to better identify users of technology created at the Raleigh school, Triangle Business Journal reports.
Florida to sue major LCD makers for price fixing
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum said on Aug. 10 he is suing the world's biggest makers of liquid crystal display screens for engaging in a "conspiracy at the…
Should students ‘friend’ teachers online?
As teachers increasingly connect with their students online, school districts are working to define appropriate ways for teachers and students to communicate outside the classroom, reports the Chicago…
Do kids learn as well on iPads, eBooks?
Compared with traditional textbooks, the iPad and other devices for reading digital books have the potential to save on textbook costs in the long term, provide students with…
Inexperienced companies chase U.S. school funds
With the Obama administration pouring billions of dollars into its nationwide campaign to overhaul failing schools, dozens of companies with little or no experience are portraying themselves as…
Bill Gates: Technology can lower college tuition to $2,000
During a presentation at the Technonomy conference in San Francisco last week, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said online learning can shrink the cost of higher education by eroding…
Flash for iPhone now available, thanks to jailbreak
Adobe's Flash technology is now available for iOS devices, thanks to a new application for jailbroken iPhones and iPads, PC World reports. Coming from Comex, the same man…
Obama urges Americans to take the lead in higher education
President Barack Obama urged Americans Aug. 9 to crack the books and boost post-secondary graduation rates, arguing that higher education achievement was key to U.S. economic health, AFP…
Google’s march toward social networking
Google this week confirmed its acquisition of online entertainment company Slide, PC World reports.
The iPod Shuffle: Would you miss it?
It’s cute, it’s tiny, and it’s the cheapest iPod you can buy, Yahoo News reports. But if Apple were to squeeze the $59 iPod Shuffle out of its…
Lesson plan in Boston schools: Don’t go it alone
Earlier this year Massachusetts enacted a law that allowed districts to remove at least half the teachers and the principal at their lowest-performing schools, reports the New York…
H.P. Ousts Chief for Hiding Payments to Friend
Mark V. Hurd, who turned Hewlett-Packard into the world’s largest technology company on the back of fierce fiscal discipline, has been ousted from his post for the lowliest…
Bill Gates: Better software modeling is a key
CNET reports that a key to many hard problems, from using nuclear power to combating diseases, is better software modeling, Bill Gates said on Aug. 6.
Google: Brace yourselves for the data explosion
Google CEO Eric Schmidt had some scary things to say about privacy, reports PC World. In a nutshell, he said there's an almost incomprehensible amount of data out…
How to text without a cell phone
Kids, of course, come in all varieties and their interests run the gamut, CNET reports. But when it comes to 10-year-old girls, I dare say, there are two…
Stanford to issue new medical students iPads
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that incoming medical students at Stanford University will have fewer textbooks to carry this fall after the university distributes iPads to its 91…
Electronics designers struggle with form, function and obsolescence
The debate over form follows function can be traced back to the 1890s, reports the New York Times.
Source: Google, Verizon near net neutrality plan
Google Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. are close to finalizing a proposal for so-called "network neutrality" rules, which would dictate how broadband providers treat internet traffic flowing over…
Intel Settles With F.T.C. On Antitrust
The New York Times reports that Intel agreed to refrain from a host of business practices to settle accusations of anticompetitive behavior in the market for computer processing…
Google Wave is dead: Now what?
While very few of you may be shedding tears over the demise of Google Wave, or even knew what it was, we probably haven't seen the last of…