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T.H.E. News Update: February 6, 2008
What You Need To Know Now
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:::::: NEWS & ISSUES
: Which Technologies Will Shape Education in 2008?
: Bush Budget Cuts EETT
: Tennessee Department of Education Opts for Oracle
: GlobalScholar.com To Acquire Excelsior
: Orchard Taps PracticePlanet for Intervention Strategies
: Windows Server 2008, Vista SP1 Released to Manufacturing
: Teachscape Expands Professional Development for Instructional Leaders
: Site Executive 4 Expands Platform Support
:::::: COMING UP
: Events and happenings in K-12
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: Technology in Schools: What Tech Support Really Costs
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: Which Technologies Will Shape Education in 2008?
Mobile broadband, collaborative Web technologies, and mashups will all significantly impact education over the next five years, along with "grassroots" video, collective intelligence, and "social operating systems." This according to a new report released last week by the New Media Consortium and the Educause Learning Initiative, the 2008 Horizon Report.
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: Bush Budget Cuts EETT
EETT is once again on the chopping block. In a proposed budget from the Bush administration released Feb. 4, the Enhancing Education Through Technology program (EETT) was listed among the programs recommended for zero funding. EETT is part of Title II D of the No Child Left Behind Act, designed to support the deployment and integration of educational technology into classroom instruction.
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: Tennessee Department of Education Opts for Oracle
The Tennessee Department of Education has begun implementing a new strategy in data governance. In an effort to improve efficiency in student and teacher data collection and to streamline reporting, the department has deployed several solutions from Oracle, including data warehousing, business intelligence, and portal technologies.
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: GlobalScholar.com To Acquire Excelsior
GlobalScholar.com, a developer of education-focused Web resources, announced late last week that it's secured $27 million in funding and that it's now in a deal to acquire Excelsior Software, a developer of K-12 assessment management solutions.
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: Orchard Taps PracticePlanet for Intervention Strategies
Education software developer Siboney Learning Group has updated Orchard, the company's targeted instruction software for math, language arts, and science for K-9. Enhancements to the software include expanded platform support, a variety of design tweaks, and a new technology that ties in the company's PracticePlanet service to help generate data for developing intervention strategies.
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: Windows Server 2008, Vista SP1 Released to Manufacturing
Microsoft Monday announced that two of its most important products of the last half-decade are complete and ready to be shipped. Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 were released to manufacturing (RTM), marking a dual milestone in the history of both products. It also means that Windows 2008 will be officially shipping by the "Global Launch Wave" of enterprise products on Feb. 27. Others include Visual Studio 2008, released last year, and SQL Server 2008, which was recently pushed back to Q3.
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: Teachscape Expands Professional Development for Instructional Leaders
Professional development provider Teachscape has launched a new "Adolescent Literacy" program and also launched its new Instructional Decision Making and Planning Institute, a service focusing on developing approaches for instructional leaders to enhance student learning. Both announcements were made last week at the FETC 2008 conference in Florida.
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: Site Executive 4 Expands Platform Support
Content management system developer Systems Alliance Tuesday launched a new version of its flagship Web CMS SiteExecutive. The latest release, version 4, includes expanded support for mobile devices for content delivery and multiple platforms for content authoring and also adds new optimization features.
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:::::: COMING UP ::::::
Feb. 10-13, 2008
15th Annual Network and Distributed System Security Symposium
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Feb. 14-17, 2008
AASA (140th) National Conference on Education
Tampa, FL
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Feb. 16-19, 2008
e-Learning 2008
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Feb. 17-19, 2008
ITSC 2008 - Instructional Technology Strategies Conference
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Feb. 20-22, 2008
New Learning Technologies Orlando Conference 2008
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Feb. 21-22, 2008
Designing the 21st Century School (Las Vegas) 2008
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Feb. 26-29, 2008
2008 Annual NCCE Educational Technology Conference
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2008 Library and Information Services Conference
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::::: ONLINE RESOURCES ::::::
: Technology in Schools: What Tech Support Really Costs
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