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ITEXPO West begins in: 18 Days. REGISTER NOW!   Featured Articles » Best Apps Suggestions from Pageonce for College Students » Salman Khan: Education's Caped Crusader » ADT Talks School Security with TMCnet » Ready to go back to School? Then Fire up that Xbox, Says Ipsos Sponsored By: ITEXPO West - September 13-15, 2011, The Austin Convention Center, Austin, TX ITEXPO is the event with an educational program that teaches resellers, enterprises, SMBs, and Government Agencies how to select IP-based voice, video, fax, and unified communications to purchase or resell. It's where service providers learn how to profitably roll out services their subscribers are clamoring for. ITEXPO is where buyers, sellers, resellers, and manufacturers meet to forge relationships and close deals.   Top Stories » Jenzabar, CampusEAI Consortium Form Partnership » Firebrand Training Is Information Mapping's Training Partner » NBC News' Ann Curry and Brian Williams, with Sesame Street's Big Bird Launch 'Kindness Counts' Campaign » Durham University Selects Siemens Enterprise Communications   From The Expert Corner August 23, 2011 Ready to go back to School? Then Fire up that Xbox, Says Ipsos By Rich Steeves, TMCnet Copy Editor When the original Nintendo Entertainment System made its U.S. debut in the 1980s, there was one game that no kid in his right mind wanted for Christmas: Donkey Kong Jr. Math. Yet now, apparently, a new generation of parents has embraced the video game as an educational tool. According to a survey by Ipsos Public Affairs conducted on over 1,000 parents in July of this year, 73 percent of parents feel that educational video games can be an effective teaching tool. This means that nearly three out of every four parents believe that games such as Dora the Explorer Saves the Mermaids or Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego can help children build their hand-eye coordination and teamwork skills... Read More   From The Blogs Should You Go Through the Third Degree When Trying to Visit a School? Absolutely August 23, 2011 By: Carrie Schmelkin Here are some unnerving stats for you: 160,000 kids stay home every day because of bullying; 8.2 million students a year suffer from the hands of bullying; 739,000 registered sex offenders in the U.S. roam about; and school enrollment is expected to grow at nine to 10 percent between now and 2018. So what is the common thread between all these figures? That finding the right school security technology is paramount to finding the most educated teachers and the most-up-to-date technology... Read More    Featured Videos Facebook to Help Students Become Better Scholars    Featured Resources » Bridging the Great Divide: Best Practices for Integrating Social Media and Customer Service for Bottom Line Results » VoIP Advantages for the Contact Center » Take Control of the Agent Desktop to Measurably Improve the Customer Experience   TMCnet's Blogs » Electronic Health Records Only as Strong as Weakest Link » Skype Click to Call Add-on Now Supports Firefox 5 & 6   Featured Channels » Digital Signage » Financial Technology » Health Information Exchange » Google Apps - News   education.tmcnet.com is Your Source for the Latest Education Technology News and Information   Sign Up For FREE    |    Visit Education Technology Site    |    Free Magazine Subscription   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Contact Us   Company Directory    |    All Editors' Info   Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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