Feb 14
JupetongEducation, Training Programs
The Certified Training Alliance (CTA) announced the first annual â??Apple Certification Weekâ? program today. CTA members will be hosting â??Open Houseâ? events and offering up to 25% discounts on Apple Certified Courses and Apple Certification Exams booked during the week of February 23rd.
â??Anyone who is interested in becoming Apple Certified should attend an Apple Certification [...]
Nov 24
JupetongEducation, Online Education
www.MrsP.com, a groundbreaking children’s entertainment website celebrating books and reading, announced a series of promotional partnerships with national literacy organizations, including Everybody Wins! USA, TeachersFirst and the Association of American Publishers. Each has officially endorsed the new site and will partner with Mrs. P to help spread her message that “reading is cool.”
MrsP.com stars [...]
Nov 10
JupetongEducation, Online Education
Learning.com has begun a beta administration for its new 21st century skills assessment that aligns to the “refreshed” 2007 ISTE NETS-S standards, and includes a portfolio assessment.
More than 3,000 students nationwide are being assessed with Learning.com’s newest assessment, designed to go well beyond merely assessing whether students are proficient using technology tools. Rather, this new [...]
Nov 10
JupetongEducation, School
Tripwire, a leader in configuration assessment and change auditing for physical and virtual environments, announced that Gwinnett County Public Schools has selected Tripwire Enterprise to help it ensure control of IT configurations across its systems. Gwinnett’s IT team selected Tripwire Enterprise to ensure system availability and compliance to its change control processes.
“Gwinnett County citizens [...]
Nov 10
JupetongEducation
After nearly two years in development, www.MrsP.com, a free children’s entertainment and educational website celebrating books and reading, officially launched today. In a nod to “Cinderella,” the site debuted at the stroke of midnight, featuring 15 classic fairy tales read by Mrs. P from her “Magic Library.” The technologically-innovative site features actress Kathy Kinney, who [...]
Nov 06
JupetongOnline Education
Today at the 2008 National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) international conference, OnCare Online Child Care ServicesTM (Booth #856), a leading provider of web-based business management software for child care centers, introduced two new service offerings – subsidy reporting and online payment processing – that streamline reporting and accounting processes for child [...]
Nov 02
JupetongBook Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Singling out the “offbeat nostalgia” of the “energetic” watercolors in this tale of a round-the-world grocery trip, PW called Priceman “a master of whimsy.” Ages 4-8.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 1-3-In this whimsical, geographical shopping journey, a young baker thinks of how to proceed if the market is closed. [...]
Oct 30
JupetongEducation, Finance Education, University
Oregon Health & Science University announced that Philip H. and Penny Knight have pledged to give $100 million to the OHSU Cancer Institute. The Nike founder’s gift – the largest in the history of OHSU – represents a critical step toward achieving the cancer institute’s ambitious goal to make Oregon’s cancer death rate the [...]
Oct 30
JupetongFinancial Aid
Blackboard Inc. announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008 and updated guidance for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2008.
Total revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 was $83.1 million, an increase of 35 percent over the third quarter of 2007. Product revenues for the quarter were $74.3 [...]
Oct 27
JupetongBook Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
This breezy narrative comes from the pen of a veteran journalist and economics reporter. Rather than telling a new story, she tells an old one (scarcely lacking for historians) in a fresh way. Shlaes brings to the tale an emphasis on economic realities and consequences, especially when seen from the perspective of monetarist [...]
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