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A few last cool stories to say goodbye 30 May 2013 | 08:51 pm
A chance to say goodbye and highlight a few last stories/products/companies worth a closer look.
Dell's new Latitude 3330: Making Common Core assessments a reality 17 Apr 2013 | 08:47 pm
Dell's new laptop for schools is slick. But what's much more interesting is how it envisions it being used to support the latest generation of student assessments.
Ed-Fi Alliance - Taming the state and local data beasts 12 Mar 2013 | 08:26 pm
You've heard about InBloom. Now the Ed-Fi Alliance is bringing even more big data sensibility to states and districts.
Tableau Software: Analytics for everyone, now free for students and teachers 12 Mar 2013 | 04:58 am
Tableau Software recently announced that it would begin giving away its Tableau Desktop analytics software. Having spent some time with the tool, I can say that this could mark a turning point in the ...
Code.org: Solving our CS shortage 1 teacher, 1 student at a time 27 Feb 2013 | 06:52 am
We can't even import enough programmers to meet the demand, and the shortage is only going to get worse, no thanks to our out-of-touch educational priorities in this country.
Congressional education report: 5 years and $700k to recommend "equity" 20 Feb 2013 | 07:20 am
A lengthy effort to examine the state of education in American schools released their final report today. Apparently, we need equity in our schools.
Next-gen LEGO Mindstorms + Autodesk = Huge educational potential 14 Feb 2013 | 07:51 pm
It's Valentine's Day. It's LEGO World. And I'm in love with the new Mindstorms EV3.
inBloom launches with Gates/Carnegie funds to unify e-learning services 8 Feb 2013 | 04:32 am
Despite the recent explosion in ed tech applications and services, adoption and use of data remains a significant challenge. InBloom's new platform just may change that.
Dell Latitude 10 Essentials and Project Ophelia - Two very different approaches to student computing 11 Jan 2013 | 07:56 pm
Dell announced a new budget configuration for its Latitude 10 tablet at CES this week, along with the Dell Wyse Project Ophelia zero client, giving two very different options for improving student com...
Share With 911: Empowering the school community to keep kids safe 3 Jan 2013 | 12:32 am
Sharewith911 may just be the best solution I've seen for improving school safety. And it's incredibly simple, leveraging ubiquitous classroom and consumer technology.
