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Featured Articles » Educational Resources Company Rafter Aims to Transform Course Materials Market » Are Teachers Ready for the 21st Century School Environment? » Are University Students Being Censored on Social Media Sites? » Harry Potter Now Digitally Available at Schools and Libraries   Sponsored By: EasyLink Services WEBINAR: Cloud Fax Services: Increasing Productivity and Savings Tuesday, March 6, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST US Register Today! Fax communication remains a vital element of corporate workflow across many industries. Today's challenge is finding a way to economically integrate fax into business systems to improve efficiency, increase compliance, and reduce costs. The answer is in the cloud. Join EasyLink Services, a leading global provider of cloud-based electronic messaging and business integration services, for an informative webinar on the true power of fax in the cloud. Presenters will discuss how moving from a disconnected, costly fax system to an outsourced fax service increases productivity, improves document traceability, and integrates with business systems for end-to-end business process automation. Attendees will learn: What is "Fax as a Service"? Compelling reasons to migrate to a cloud-based communications model: Elimination of infrastructure and related expenses High availability Regulatory compliance Fax over IP reliability Scalability End-to-end automation Selecting fax service(s) that enhance the value of your enterprise applications Checklist for evaluating cloud fax service providers   Top Stories » PLTW, StreamVenue Healthcare, Texas Institute for Surgery Join Forces to Create Live Classroom » Benton County Sunshine School Celebrates Addition of Hatch Education Technology Solutions » Internap Provides a Self-Optimizing IT Infrastructure for Scholastic Education » Mobile Writing App Designed to Help Students Improve Essay Writing   From The Expert Corner February 27, 2012 Harry Potter Now Digitally Available at Schools and Libraries By Michelle Amodio, TMCnet Contributor The interactive and exclusive site Pottermore is fueling the Pottermania in schools and libraries, as it has inked a deal with OverDrive (News - Alert) to bring electronic copies of the popular series to students across the globe. Under the terms of the agreement, OverDrive, an eBook distributor, will manage hosting and digital fulfillment for libraries for the Harry Potter collection of eBooks and digital audiobooks in English and more than 20 other languages to OverDrive's growing network of over 18,000 public and school libraries globally. Eager readers managing mischief will have instant access to the eBooks for PC, Mac, eReaders, tablets and smartphones. Supported devices include Sony Reader, Kindle, NOOK, iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets, BlackBerry (News - Alert), and Windows Phones. In addition to the eBook collection, the complete digital audiobooks will be made available for digital borrowing in the MP3 file format on listening devices such as computers, smartphones and iPods... Read More   From The Blogs 'Bully' Message Shouldn't Go Unheard February 29, 2012 By: Carrie Schmelkin “If a tree falls down in a forest but no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” Along those lines, if a poignant, provocative documentary is produced and shown in select theaters – albeit only to a select audience – does its message truly resonate? Some think not. Currently, more than 138,000 individuals have joined a formerly bullied high schooler’s campaign on Change.org, which contends that the Motion Picture Association... Read More    Featured Videos No phones in class teachers    Featured Resources » Automated Listening vs. Keyword-based Monitoring » Improve Your Customers' Experience By Listening to Unstructured Feedback » Cloud-based Telecom Testing: Why and How   TMCnet's Blogs » Apple 7.85" Tablet Targeting Kindle Fire Will Fail » AudioCodes Shows MailVision "Carrier Skype" Solution at MWC 2012   Featured Channels » Financial Technology » Smart Grid » Health Information Exchange » M2M Evolution   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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