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Featured Articles » Cloud Technology Helps Medical School Run Its Operations and Finances, Better » Colleges and Corporations Purchasing .XXX Domains as Preventive Measure » YouTube Launching New Educational Tool: 'YouTube for Schools' » DreamBox Learning Raises $11 Million for Expansion of Online Math Instruction   Sponsored By: ITEXPO East 2012 - February 1-3, 2012 - Miami Beach Convention Center - Miami, Florida ITEXPO is happening this February 1-3, 2012 at the Miami Beach Convention Center, in Miami, Florida. 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. www.itexpo.com   Top Stories » Obama Discusses Tuition Costs and Online Education with College Presidents » Promethean Grabs Education Technology Awards in Six Categories » Baruch College Adapts ooVoo Video Calling Service to Enhance Student and Faculty Engagement » R2Ei and IzodIndyCar Series Team up to Promote Sustainability at Scottsdale Campus   From The Expert Corner December 12, 2011 YouTube Launching New Educational Tool: 'YouTube for Schools' By Monica Gleberman, Contributing Writer YouTube, which has become a dominant force in online digital media, has developed a new educational portal called, ‘YouTube For Schools.’ The new platform will give teachers and school administrators’ access to educational content from YouTube EDU (while limiting other YouTube (News - Alert) content). This service will give educators access to more than 400,000 educational videos from 600-plus partners including the Smithsonian, TED, and Steve Spangler Science. In addition to limiting access to specific videos, Google has also worked with educators to put together over 300 playlists broken out by subject and grade level. These playlists will feature lesson plans from teachers around the world, full course videos from universities, and videos from inspiring leaders... Read More   From The Blogs A Ways to Go... December 13, 2011 By: Carrie Schmelkin Time is quickly running out for Connecticut schools to develop a safe school climate plan, something which Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy sanctioned this past summer. According to the General Assembly of Connecticut, “An Act Concerning the Strengthening of School Bullying Laws,” was signed into law by Malloy on July 13. The act takes “comprehensive steps to prevent bullying and ensure every child the right to learn in public school without fear of teasing, humiliation or assault... Read More    Featured Videos EverFi Technology Paves Way for Financial Literacy    Featured Resources » The Benefits of Cloud-based Telephony » Next-Generation Revenue Generation » How to Build a NOC & Help Desk Without Going Broke!   TMCnet's Blogs » Craiglist as Kidney Transplant Lifesaver » Lync for Android Launches!   Featured Channels » Health Information Exchange » M2M Evolution » MSP News - Cloud » Financial Technology   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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