Top Stories in Ed Tech from Around the Web
Palm has unveiled the next generation of its mobile OS platform–webOS 2.0–and made the SDK available via the SDK Early Access Program.
Source: Campus Technology
Microsoft last week described a different way to use desktop virtualization to maintain legacy applications and still move users to Windows 7.
Source: Campus Technology
In the wake of a recent downgrade to its worldwide PC forecast, market research firm International Data Corp. (IDC) this week significantly upgraded its forecast for converged mobile devices, also known as smart phones. The company also forecast dramatically increased market share for Android and Windows Mobile at the expense of both Symbian and Apple’s iOS.
Source: Campus Technology
Spurred by students’ voracious appetites for smartphones and broadband mobile devices, demand for wireless service and bandwidth-intensive mobile applications has grown dramatically at Texas A&M University. Faced with this challenge, the university had two alternatives: deploy new microcell sites for each operator, or deploy a shared network of Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS). Texas A&M’s solution provides a glimpse into the communications challenges that many universities face today.
Source: Campus Technology
Citrix Systems has gone into business with Cisco to deliver a packaged setup that promises to help organizations deploy virtualized computing environments more easily. The solution, which combines Cisco’s Unified Computing System with Citrix XenDesktop, will, the companies claimed, reduce the cost per desktop by 20 percent by lowering data center infrastructure expense through high user density per server and tight integration of hardware and software.
Source: Campus Technology
Jasig, a consortium that sponsors open source projects for higher education, has started a new community of practice explicitly focused on helping institutions understand how to exploit open source software.
Source: Campus Technology
In the latest indicator that the slowing economy is putting a dent in PC growth, market researcher IDC has lowered its sales forecast for the year, despite a robust first half.
Source: Campus Technology
The University of the Incarnate Word is running an Apple iPad pilot at its San Antonio campus this fall. The university’s School of Business and Administration is trying out the tablet devices in an international business course for students pursuing their master’s degrees in business.
Source: Campus Technology
In the latest indicator that the slowing economy is putting a dent in PC growth, market researcher IDC has lowered its sales forecast for the year, despite a robust first half.
Source: T.H.E. Journal
Teachers in Richmond County are beginning to use a computer program called mClass Reading 3D to record student responses to reading exercises and determine their strengths and weaknesses.
Source: Education Week: Technology
