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Visix Celebrates 45 Years of Innovation and Leadership in Visual Communications

eSchool News

Under the leadership of Sean Matthews since 2004, the company shifted its focus to software development. Visix has continuously expanded the reach and impact of its solutions, redefining the concept of digital signage by extending visual messaging to room signs, websites, desktops and mobile devices.

Software 101
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Experiences in Self-Determined Learning: Moving from Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0

User Generated Education

Other than libraries and news outlets, students were dependent on the educator to provide them with information. Use technologies and mobile apps based on drill and grill where learners are given direction instruction via these technologies and asked to provide the correct answers via quiz questions. (I Education 1.0 Schachter, R.

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New Mexico Adopts Rave Panic Button to Improve School Safety

eSchool News

Rave Mobile Safety (Rave), the critical communication and collaboration platform customers count on when it matters most, announced New Mexico as the latest state to deploy its Rave Panic Button in all K-12 schools across the state, joining Oklahoma, Delaware and Louisiana in statewide deployments. About Rave Mobile Safety.

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How top students are studying for longer despite shrinking attention spans

Brainscape

The purported decline in average attention span is often attributed to advances in technology, social media, and unprecedented access to information thanks to the mobile devices everyone of every socioeconomic class owns. Research by Gloria Mark, PhD, shows that attention spans have decreased by two-thirds since 2004.

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AP: Libraries launch apps to sync with iPod generation

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

Our library is a warm and fuzzy place in an idyllic setting. This news story tells is like it is -- libraries are keeping up with the times, and should always be part of the mix. Since libraries started rebranding themselves for the iPod generation, thousands of music geeks have downloaded free songs from library websites.

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Will a new batch of licenses help rural students get online?

The Hechinger Report

Federal licenses to use spectrum that can carry mobile internet are a hot commodity, coveted by big telecommunications companies with money to spend at the periodic spectrum auctions conducted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Tom Rolfes, education IT manager for the Nebraska Information Technology Commission.

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Register Now for the Open Mini-Conference on Library "Expertise, Competencies, and Careers"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We're getting close to our Library 2.017 mini-conference: "Expertise, Competencies and Careers," which will be held online (and for free) March 29th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). How can library and information science schools and professional development programs prepare library professionals?