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Evernote voted Best in Tech Today by Scholastic

Iowa Schoolteacher Russ Goerend shares a “Best in Tech” perspective with Ken Royal at Scholastic on how his school uses Evernote to capture student learning “in a more authentic way”…

Livescribe in THE Journal

You’ve heard of smartphones—now smartpens are taking a familiar classroom tool into the digital age. Jennifer Netherby of THE Journal reviews the Livescribe Pen.

Livescribe featured in USA Today Tech

Livescribe ‘smartpen’ useful for students, and journalists. Here’s a consumer electronics riddle: What’s the opposite of the iPad? Answer: the Livescribe Echo “smartpen.” It’s as if Livescribe and Apple both looked at the old pen-and-pad combination, but completely disagreed on how to take it into the digital age.

Mashable: How Students Use Technology [INFOGRAPHIC]

It’s clear that today’s students rely heavily on electronic devices even when they’re not incorporated in the classroom. In one survey of college students, 38% said they couldn’t even go 10 minutes without switching on some sort of electronic device.

Schoolnet Named Finalist for 2011 CODiE Awards

Schoolnet, the leading provider of data-driven education for K12 school districts, has been named a finalist for the 2011 CODiE Awards for the 7th year in a row.

Denver, New Haven School Districts Host Webinar with Dr. Robert Marzano

Leaders in education share strategies on Improving Teacher Effectiveness New York, NY – March 8, 2011 - Schoolnet, the nation’s leader in data-driven decision making for K12 school districts, today announced a panel discussion to spotlight Teacher Effectiveness Programs in Denver and New Haven. The interactive session titled Improving Educator Effectiveness: What Works? will be heldon Tuesday, [...]

eChalk featured in District Administration Magazine

How do you keep 38,500 students and over 2,500 classroom teachers in more than 60 schools connected? One way would be newsletters. Yet, imagine the resources a district saves when the tool for communication is a robust and dynamic website. Corpus Christi Independent School District uses the powerful yet simple eChalk website to effectively connect [...]

Sensible City’s Weekly Radar

Never let it be said that we here at Sensible City don’t have a broad range of diverse interests. So much to report on this week, its hard to narrow down what we liked the most. The following are links of news, articles, events that popped up on our radar. The Governator believes California is [...]

Client Feature: The New Business of Education – PBS Nightly Business Report

http://www.pbs.org/nbr/site/features/special/new-business-of-education_home/ [googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=828940302885666013&hl=en] [download wmv] [transcript]