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Tablets becoming the new classroom computer standard

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From April to June of this year, Apple sold 1 million iPads to high schools and universities. This is double the number sold during the same period last year, according to U.S. News and World Report. "Education tends to be a conservative institution, but we're not seeing that at all on the iPad," Apple CEO Tim Cook said on a July 24 call with in...

School districts rethink personal technology bans

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One school district in Pennsylvania is considering lifting its ban, and many others in that state and around the United States have already done so. Teachers and administrators reason that since they cannot fully enforce the rule, it is best to embrace personal technology. "We are in a day and age of technology," John Toleno, Stroudsburg Area Sc...

Teachers give students an Apple (iPad)

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"Yale students recently used free 'Smoothboard' software, an infrared pen, and a Wii remote to transform a standard projector into the equivalent of a $1,000-5,000 SMART board for about $100," the article stated. "The innovation could have a big effect on public school classrooms in the future." However, classroom gadgets aren't just about cutti...

Social media accounts of professional baseball teams become compromised

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An employee of Major League Baseball got into the Facebook and Twitter accounts of nine franchises and posted bogus updates. The updates ranged from a Washington Nationals Facebook post saying the team was moving back to Montreal to a Chicago Cubs update insulting actor Bill Murray, sp...