4/31/01
Education And Tech Leaders Join Forces To Set Education IT StandardsEDUCATION -- TUCSON, Ariz., April 30, 2001
Leading education and technology organizations today announced their support of the Managed Learning System Research and Development Lab, part of a new vendor-neutral program to set the standards for technology in education.
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5/01
Oklahoma Realizes its Vision for Individualized, Web-Based Learning Using Encarta Class Server -- In Oklahoma, nine school districts are piloting an initiative designed to demonstrate the potential of Web-based instruction. (Microsoft, Case Study, External Link)
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5/8/01
Managed Learning System Research and Development Lab
The Managed Learning System sets the standards for technology in education. Developed by JES & Co., an educator based non-profit organization, the Managed Learning System (MLS) is an open-system, standards-based research and development environment that provides the framework so that all elements of an educational IT system can communicate and interoperate. (XML Cover Pages, Article, External Link)
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9/21/01
A VISION-ary Experiment
The growth in K-12 distance learning has also caught the interest of many companies specializing in technology solutions for both education and business.
A collaborative effort launched earlier this year in Oklahoma will serve as a model of education and business working together to improve learning. Called the VISION project (Virtual Internet School in Oklahoma Network), it will initially offer online curriculum including algebra and other math courses, for students in the fourth and seventh grades at nine pilot school districts, including two of the state's most populous districts.
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9/21/01
Miami Dade County
On July 11th the School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, authorized the Superintendent to accept a donation of 30 computers, Microsoft software, and courseware and program materials for A+ certification through the Dell Academy program, from Dell Computer Corporation and Microsoft, for Booker T. Washington Senior High School.
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9/21/01
Baldwin Park Projects
Baldwin Park USD requested a bond issuance of $24,000,000 to rehabilitate 2 High Schools and 4 Middle Schools in need of modernization and technology upgrades. QZAB bonds funded Technology upgrades, Professional Development and a Modernization of Campus Program which included seismic and structural improvements, installation of HVAC, ADA access modifications, electrical upgrades, new water, sewer and gas infrastructure, new roofing and upgraded alarm, security and safety systems.
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