) September 16, 2008 -- GenevaLogic, a Netop company, today announced the newest upgrades to its Vision® classroom management software with the introduction of version 6.8 and Vision@Hand , a cutting-edge application that gives teachers the capability of controlling classroom computers from their PDAs, smartphones or other wireless mobile devices. As part of GenevaLogic's continued commitment to the development of its classroom management software, version 6.8 of Vision includes improved usability, reliability and connectivity and even simpler installation and set-up than ever before.

) August 21, 2009 -- Find Piano Lessons, an innovative new website connecting teachers with students across the country, has reached a milestone of placing 3,000 piano students. Piano teachers are taking advantage of modern marketing tools by creating a profile with FindPianoLessons.com. Students interested in taking piano lessons come to the site and then search by city and state. From there, they survey the profiles, including the teachers' credentials, pricing, and even pictures. After they review each profile they can then choose which teacher fits their needs.

) September 16, 2008 -- Skyward, the industry leading K-12 school management system, announced today the availability of the new feature, Online Assignments, the paperless alternative for creating homework assignments, quizzes, and tests. Online Assignments benefits both the teacher and the student by providing them with the necessary tools to streamline and simplify creating, completing and turning in school work, all while reducing paper waste.

) August 21, 2009 -- SchoolBridge.com, the gradebook manager and student information system, announced the launch of a free service available to public and private schools. SchoolBridge.com, owned and operated by HC Consulting Group LLC of Atlanta, GA, was developed by entrepreneurs Marc Horne and Tyler Horne as a tool for all schools nationwide to use, regardless of the financial situation of the county/school.

) September 22, 2009 -- Reading teachers around the country can now transform their iPod touch® into a powerful tool for diagnosing, assessing and improving student reading skills. Pearson, the education and technology company, today announced that its award-winning DRA2 Handheld - Tango Software Edition is available for Apple's popular handheld device.

) August 24, 2009 -- Duo, from KCI Communications, Inc., incorporates next generation technology to convert almost any laptop or desktop LCD, 17" and under, to a touch screen. Using patented technology combining Ultrasonic waves and infrared rays, the Duo instantly turns an ordinary laptop into a tablet without losing any functionality. At The Duo Website you will be able to view a video demonstration, download literature, view images, and securely purchase online.

Duo is extremely compact, durable, and easily transportable

) November 3, 2009 -- Netop, the world's largest provider of classroom management software, today announced the launch of MyVision, the essential tool for teaching with technology, available at a price any school can afford.

) October 22, 2008 - Netop, the world's largest provider of classroom management software, today launched a new version of Netop School with an innovative new interface design and increased capabilities to support teaching and learning. The company's premier classroom management software offers schools a complete solution for teaching with technology in a networked classroom with powerful tools for preparation, instruction and evaluation.

) June 29, 2009 -- Pearson, the education and technology company, today announced that it is collaborating with LearningStation, an e-learning provider, and Promethean, an instructional technology company, to launch a cutting-edge solution for district and classroom assessment that will enable administrators and teachers to make increasingly powerful connections between assessment and learning. Featured this week at the 2009 National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), Pearson's assessment for learning solution will be available to schools for the 2009-2010 school year.

) July 8, 2009 -- Bing is the latest and one day may be the greatest search engine, but 94.2% of Canadian school teachers prefer Google over all other search engines, according to a recent survey commissioned by education publisher Classroom Ready Inc. Canadian teachers were asked which search engine they use when looking for education or teaching materials. Over 94% of the teachers in the survey chose Google as their favourite search engine while 4.1% picked Yahoo.

The survey of 1006 Canadian kindergarten to grade 12 teachers was conducted online from June 11 - 26, 2009. Some other observations:

) August 26, 2009 -- Today Netop , the world's largest provider of classroom management software, made the essential tools for teaching with technology available to all teachers around the world with the introduction of MyVision. An innovative classroom management solution, MyVision offers teachers a personalized approach to classroom management that is easy to use and accessible over the Internet.

) June 10, 2009 -- Pearson, the global leader in education and education technology, announced today that Milton-Union School District in West Milton, Ohio, has selected PowerSchool Premier as its student data management solution. The system will be implemented district-wide by fall 2009, supporting approximately 100 teachers and 1650 students.

Milton-Union joins several private schools and other larger public school districts successfully using PowerSchool Premier in Ohio, including the Upper Arlington and Cincinnati School Districts.

) October 21, 2008 -- Members of the National Education Association (NEA) (www.nea.org) now have a special opportunity to purchase Rapid Resources - a proven, easy-to-use online tool for educators to build individualized learning plans. The NEA's Member Benefits Corporation (NEA MB), in partnership with International Learning Corporation, today announced that NEA MB has secured special members-only pricing that saves over fifty (50%) percent off the annual subscription rate of Rapid Resources. NEA MB has also secured a free 30-day trial use of Rapid Resources (www.rapidresources.com/nea) to test drive this unique software product.

) October 21, 2008 -- Members of the National Education Association (NEA) (www.nea.org) now have a special opportunity to purchase Rapid Resources - a proven, easy-to-use online tool for educators to build individualized learning plans. The NEA's Member Benefits Corporation (NEA MB), in partnership with International Learning Corporation, today announced that NEA MB has secured special members-only pricing that saves over fifty (50%) percent off the annual subscription rate of Rapid Resources. NEA MB has also secured a free 30-day trial use of Rapid Resources (www.rapidresources.com/nea) to test drive this unique software product.

) October 17, 2008 -- Fort Worth ISD is making good on its promise to become a "digital district," installing Activboard+2 interactive whiteboards in each of the District's 5,000 classrooms over the next two years. The full installation will make Fort Worth ISD the largest district-wide implementation of interactive whiteboards in the nation.

) July 29, 2009 -- Answering the call for technology-driven solutions that improve teaching quality and effectiveness, education service and solution company Pearson today announced the introduction of Understand Scoring, a new professional development service of Perspective™, the company's innovative online remediation and enrichment tool.

) March 28, 2009 -- Educational Networks, the leading developer of Internet content management software enabling schools and school districts to foster community and unleash the power of the web, has been selected to empower Miramonte Elementary School's new website http://www.miramonteelementary.org.

All Arkansas teachers are required to spend six hours each year studying technology for the classroom. This is, frankly, not one of the more popular requirements. Teachers scramble for places in training sessions, and sometimes end up in workshops that don't really meet their needs. Kindergarten teacher Darcel Zemke has studied PowerPoint repeatedly, but never found that it really enhanced her classroom experience. Sklilled computer users find themselves in sessions that just involve looking at websites, and tech neophytes sometimes feel intimidated.

) March 24, 2009 -- Language-learning social network, italki.com today announced the launch of an online marketplace for language teaching services. The new service will connect individual students and independent language tutors, allowing students in any location to receive online language tutoring from native speakers from around the globe.

) February 4, 2009 -- Meeting the academic needs of every student is no small task for Onamia Public Schools, a rural district in central Minnesota. With a population of 750 students residing across a large geographic area, a free/reduced lunch rate of nearly 70 percent and no public library within the district boundaries, providing every student with targeted resources seemed nearly impossible until the district discovered Perspective ™, an online remediation and enrichment tool from Pearson that ties assessment to instruction.

) August 18, 2009 -- USATestprep, Inc. announced today that they have developed an online review to help students and teachers with the Algebra I, Biology I, English 10 and English 11 End of Course Assessments (ECA) that are taken by all Indiana high school students. All of the content used on these reviews was designed to match the Reporting Categories and Indicators found in the Indiana Core 40 Curriculum.

) October 19, 2009 -- Pearson, a global leader in education, technology and services, today announced the acquisition of A+RISE (Research-based Instructional Strategies for Teachers) to expand its breadth of professional development offerings for teachers. A+RISE delivers practical and hands-on teaching strategies, training and consulting services for all teachers who have English language learners (ELLs) in their classrooms.

) October 27, 2009 -- DreamBox Learning, an award-winning, educational software company, today announced that it has released free digital elementary math resources for teachers to use in their Kindergarten through Second Grade classrooms. DreamBox Teacher Tools include a variety of lessons using virtual manipulatives, ideas for incorporating the lessons in the classroom and resources to support teacher's professional development as they use the toolkit.

) August 17, 2009 -- USATestprep, Inc. announced today that they have developed an online review to help students and teachers with the Algebra I, Biology, and Geometry End-of-Course Exams that are taken by all Arkansas high school students. All of the content used on these reviews was designed to match the standards and strands found in the Arkansas Curriculum Frameworks.

) April 20, 2009 - Good Wind Software is happy to announce the release of weNetOK, a program providing safe Internet browsing for young people.

Young people need protection when browsing the Internet. Teachers and parents need to supervise them. weNetOK offers a simple solution for teachers and parents. The program setup is quick, no enrollment is required, websites are available immediately, and Internet usage can be monitored from a distance.

) July 3, 2009 -- Promethean, a global leader in interactive education technology solutions, has announced the long anticipated redesign of its award winning collaborative classroom learning solution: the ActivClassroom for Everyone.

ActivBoard 300 Pro Series

) January 22, 2009 -- Technology has provided new solutions that have fundamentally changed the face of education, providing many educators and administrators with improved ease of use and access to information. While these advances have improved teaching and learning, disparate technology systems can be frustrating for teachers and students.

) September 25, 2008 -- More and more teachers are benefiting greatly from the simplicity and flexibility of online tests and exams to measure learning performances. Teachers would have obtained the value of assessment results for effective teaching and learning, with detailed test items and responses in an intuitive report of scoring statistics. However, due to the lack of systemic analysis and reporting tools, actually most teachers are muddled by those enormous raw data of test results. That's the reason why an easy-to-use tracking and reporting system is so essential for the teachers at this time.

) August 20, 2009 -- USATestprep, Inc. announced today that they have launched a new online review product specifically designed for the Texas Middle School TAKS Assessments. In addition, they have expanded their high school product to include the 9th and 10th Grade TAKS Assessments. Last year, USATestprep launched their review product for the Texas High School Exit Level TAKS and End of Course (EOC) Assessments. Building on the success of these products, they custom-built new reviews for the 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Mathematics and Reading Tests, the 8th Grade Science and Social Studies Tests, and the 9th and 10th Grade TAKS Assessments. All content on these reviews was designed to match the Expectations and Objectives found in TEKS curriculum.

) October 9, 2009 -- Brian Daniel, a full-time professional magician, has just launched teachbymagic.com, a new way to enhance traditional learning -- through magic. Teach By Magic enables elementary to high school teachers, Scout leaders, church administrators, librarians and anyone else involved with educating youth with the means to dramatically increase their students' attention, enjoyment and retention of the material presented.

Teach By Magic Logo

) September 6, 2009 -- MathVids.com, a provider of free math videos ranging from middle school through college topics, has announced a contest in which users submit math videos that feature a Texas Instruments graphing calculator. The prizes available for the top videos include multiple TI-Nspire™ graphing calculator / computer software bundles and hundreds of premium subscriptions to MathVids, including a 2-month premium subscription for every user who submits a video to the contest. Visit the contest rules page for official rules, video submission guidelines, and a description of all prizes.

) January 14, 2009 -- M&A Technology, a leading provider of technology products and services in the classroom, will offer the Intel classmate convertible through its online store at www.shopmanda.com. The device will be aggressively priced at $499 with 1GB of RAM and 60GB hard drive. This learning device offers a unique touch screen interface for students to enhance learning in K-12. This tablet version of the classmate PC will be available through M&A Technology as the Companion Touch. Last summer, M&A Technology introduced the traditional "clamshell" design of the classmate PC under the Companion PC name.

) November 21, 2008 -- Tritone Music Education Systems, located in Vancouver, British Columbia is an innovator and developer of online music education services, applications and technology software. Tritone is a pioneer in e-learning music education solutions for public schools and distance education. They provide a managed learning environment using the Internet as a "music lab" thus allowing multiple classrooms and schools to be integrated into one system. This system can be managed and monitored from one or more locations.

) August 21, 2009 -- USATestprep, Inc. announced today that they have expanded their online review product specifically designed for the middle school Alabama Reading and Math Test (ARMT) and Alabama Science Assessment (ASA). Last year, USATestprep launched their review product for the 8th Grade ARMT. Building on the success of this product they custom-built new reviews for the 6th and 7th grade reading and math tests, as well as the 7th grade science assessment. All content on these reviews was designed to match the standards and objectives found in the Alabama Course of Study.

Online AL ARMT and ASA Review

) August 13, 2009 -- Pearson Education and Modality, Inc. today announced the AlgebraPrep: Factoring application is available on the App Store. This iPhone™ and iPod touch® app, comprised of practice tests and video tutorials by the award-winning instructor and bestselling author Elayn Martin-Gay, is designed to provide supplemental help for students in or out of class.

The new AlgebraPrep series for iPhone and iPod touch helps students build skills and confidence.

) September 25, 2009 -- Tapping into teacher demand for Web 2.0 know-how in the classroom, Concordia University Chicago has launched a new master of arts program in educational technology.

Richard Richter, assistant professor of instructional design and technology, is among faculty teaching new educational technology courses at Concordia-Chicago.

Enrolling its first 11 students last March, Concordia-Chicago hoped to grow enrollment to 60 this fall. Instead, more than 225 have already enrolled.

) October 21, 2009 -- Learning Today, Inc., a South Florida-based reading and math software publisher, announced the release today of their new Adobe Flash-based algebra series for grades K through 5. http://blog.learningtoday.com/blog/bid/22185/NEW-Fun-and-Interactive-K-5-Algebra-Lessons

Third Grade Algebra Lesson

These new educational activities are designed to help algebraic thinking come alive for elementary students through the use of fun and interactive activities which include colorful blocks, musical penguins, bouncing balls, and in-out machines.

) December 18, 2008 -- ESRI is hosting the 2009 ESRI T3G Institute (Teachers Teaching Teachers GIS), June 14-19, 2009, at its company headquarters in Redlands, California. Teachers of grades 5-12, university instructors, and youth and community group leaders will work with ArcGIS software and data to improve their geographic information system (GIS) knowledge and technical skills. Ultimately, attendees will apply what they learn in their own classrooms or programs and show others in their field how to teach using GIS concepts.

Joseph Kerski, Education Curriculum Manager at ESRI, uses a hands-on lesson to enhance educators%u2019 knowledge of GIS technology for the classroom.

) October 22, 2008 -- BigIQKids.com, a leader in on-line learning, announces the launch of www.BigIQBee.com, a free educational site that celebrates the growing popularity of competitive spelling by leveraging Web 2.0 and advanced interactivity.

) October 15, 2009 -- Rapid Intake, a collaborative rapid e-learning software company, based in Provo, Utah, has announced a nation-wide academic grant program for K-12 and higher-education institutions.