Industry News

A survey of education professionals conducted last month by Luidia revealed current trends about a number of hot-button issues. According to the survey, 73 percent of teachers want technology to increase student engagement. 

McGraw-Hill Education launched the STEM Innovative Educator Awards to recognize and reward teachers who are finding innovative ways to reach today’s students. 

Florida Virtual School is now offering online tutoring for math and science for all students – not just those taking an FLVS course. 

PLATO Learning has introduced PLATO Virtual Academy, a flexible, standards-based solution that pairs rigorous, research-based courses with certified, online teachers to meet the needs of 21st century learners.

Optoma has introduced its all-new EcoBright line of lamp-free, maintenance-free projectors. The EcoBright ZW210ST and EcoBright ZX210ST embrace the new Solid State Illumination technology. 

North Carolina's 13-county Eastern Region's area educators and local businesses have partnered to implement Pitsco STEM labs to introduce students to skills used by the local workforce.

On May 1st, 2012, School Improvement Network will release the very first LiveBook, a new, interactive online professional development that will revolutionize the way books are published. 

Turnitin announced a partnership with ProQuest, an information company serving the global research community, to include more than 300,000 dissertations and theses from 2008 to present in the Turnitin comparison database. 

Abtech Education Solutions help educational institutions create, implement, and maintain successful end-to-end technology learning environments.  

Splashtop Whiteboard allows teachers and students to easily turn their tablet into an interactive whiteboard.