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Student Self-Reported Usage of Wireless Tablet PCs in Classrooms
White Papers Wireless computing devices with novel input capabilities are becoming commonplace in college classrooms. To measure how one type of such devices, namely wireless Tablet PCs, is used in classrooms and whether they help improve teaching and learning...
[August 23, 2007, 1:00]
Language University Streamlines Application Services for Classrooms and Workshops
White Papers The Universita IULM provides information services in classrooms and workshops, including a system of applications running on computers. The university wanted to unify system management, improve application performance, and reduce system...
[March 3, 2009, 23:00]
Finding the rationale behind IBM Rational: notes from the classrooms
Blog To kick off my learning objectives while attending the IBM's 2008 Rational Software Developer Conference, I decided to approach the session offerings in the same fashion as I would if I were going to develop a system.
[June 5, 2008, 9:25]
A Peek into the JavaOne 2009 Classrooms
Blog As an attendee of the 2009 JavaOne Conference, I was eager to drilldown into the latest and greatest Java technologies and technical session offerings. Accordingly, I thought I’d start off by attending a session dedicated to the Java Platform SDK...
[June 4, 2009, 14:03]
The Role of Formative Assessment in Pre-K Through Second Grade Classrooms
White Papers Formative assessments use observational protocols or diagnostic measures to provide educators with detailed information about a student's progress assimilating and representing knowledge and skills. Unlike summative tests, in which children are...
[April 22, 2009, 1:24]
Headmaster Canny
Downloads Headmaster Canny creates a weekly timetable based on the information about courses, teachers and classrooms given to the program. Only the classrooms that are big enough for the class and free at that moment are shown in the Contextual Menu.
[May 25, 2004, 8:00]
ARIS buys UK training firm Barefoot
News ARIS, a mainly Microsoft-focussed training and consultancy company based in Seattle, already has nine classrooms in London through OCG, while London-based Barefoot operates 17 classrooms in London. We believe our combined operations will make us...
[March 3, 1998, 11:29]
US schools trial desktop Linux
News Linspire, which sells a version of Linux aimed primarily at consumers, said "dozens" of classrooms across Indiana have already deployed the open source operating system on desktops. We're thrilled that a desktop Linux solution is being evaluated in...
[August 5, 2005, 12:50]
Jane Wakefield: Educate, agitate, organise
News What matters is what goes on inside and, if you choose to believe the government's rosy statistics about Internet use in school, at least the classrooms themselves are modern, equipped with PCs and Internet access with our children on the cutting...
[September 11, 2000, 14:58]
FRS Classroom Game Show
Downloads A teacher driven program to aide classrooms in lesson review, test prep, and can assist with classroom discussion. Unlike many computer based programs FRS Classroom Game Show puts the teacher in charge.
[January 18, 2008, 6:00]
Hollywood homes in on student swappers
Talkback I dont think that the universities have a chance of catching people downloading films and music from the classrooms When I was at university last year, most of my friends would download the material from the halls of accomodation as there was no...
[April 20, 2004, 11:41]
Duct Tape, Band-Aids and Bubble Gum Shouldn
White Papers Throughout the author's time spent delivering talks at security conferences and in classrooms of prominent software companies, the author consistently hear the same question: "What can they do to secure their software completely?
[May 16, 2009, 1:17]
Tech missionaries spread the Net
News Room to Read, a not-for-profit start-up dedicated to improving literacy in developing nations, will launch a new division on Wednesday to wire impoverished classrooms in Asia to the Internet. Eleven classrooms in Nepal and Vietnam will be the first...
[May 23, 2002, 7:32]
Virtualization in Education
White Papers Availability of computers in classrooms, offices, labs, dorm rooms, and throughout campus is expected. When it comes to desktop computing in Education, flexibility is key. Students, faculty and staff want to be able to access their own data...
[October 23, 2008, 14:56]
Duct Tape, Band-Aids and Bubble Gum Shouldn't
White Papers Throughout the author's time spent delivering talks at security conferences and in classrooms of prominent software companies, the author consistently hear the same question: "What can they do to secure their software completely?
[May 1, 2009, 1:18]
Fire-Ravaged School Rises From the Ashes in Just One Month With New E-Learning Portal
White Papers Sinfin Community School in Derby, in the United Kingdom with 1,100 students was wrecked by fire, losing 23 classrooms, both its IT suites, and essential teaching and learning records. This timing could hardly be worse with students facing public...
[August 10, 2007, 10:42]
School Tycoon
Downloads Build your school, complete with classrooms, administration offices and athletic facilities. Run your school the way you want to in School Tycoon! Populate the school with teachers, and attract students to your new house of learning.
[July 30, 2004, 13:40]
How to Design for the Live Online Classroom: Creating Great Interactive and Collaborative Training Using Web
White Papers Also referred to as virtual classrooms, synchronous learning, or Webinars, all of these terms mean basically the same thing: content delivered live over the Internet to geographically dispersed participants.
[December 14, 2005, 23:00]
LeapFrog's Award-Winning Educational Solution Is Powered by MySQL
White Papers Their simple-yet-sophisticated LeapTrack Assessment and Instruction System is deployed in over 7,000 classrooms nationwide - helping budget-conscious school districts accurately test K-5 students and prescribe customized instruction in Reading...
[October 11, 2006, 0:00]
A Mischief of Mice: Examining Children's Performance in Single Display Groupware Systems With 1 to 32 Mice
White Papers Recently, these systems have been extended to support entire classrooms of students using a single large display simultaneously. Researchers have explored the application of single-display groupware systems to support small group educational...
[July 14, 2009, 1:19]
