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Students should expect more gadgets in the classroom

Jeff Delp, principal of this middle school, is having the school's 300 students use Notebooks, the internet and more in concert with old-school pens, pencils and paper, according to the news source. “We talk a lot about purposeful utilization of technology. That’s really more of a school concept with us," Delp said, according to the Tribune....

Louisiana schools need technology upgrade

Louisiana may be the home of the Big Easy, but when it comes to getting classroom computers and other tech tools for learning, it seems to be anything but easy. Local newspaper The Advertiser said the state's schools are lacking technology and the facilities to conduct online testing that should be a part of the Common Core Curriculum the state pla...

Online learning on par with traditional classrooms

One of the big technology trends in education recently has been online learning. Students get a little more freedom in the online environment. Lectures can be delivered via video, and teachers can upload tests to be taken within specific date ranges and still make it timed. But not everyone has been completely on board with the idea. Critics of onl...

Number of phishing websites reaches all-time high

The phrase "gone fishin'" never sounded so ominous. According to a recent report by the Anti-Phishing Working Group, the total number of phishing websites reached an all-time high of 56,859 in February, and that number remained steady for a three-month period. According to the report, phishing attacks use a mixture of social engineering and tech...