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ZDNet Education - June 10, 2009
	Just let Google give us the books already! ZDNet Government's Richard Koman declared Google's foray into orphan books to be "all but dead." A deeper look into features in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, however, show us what we really stand to lose in education. ARRA grants will have a focus on collaboration, meaningful PD I went to a seminar today on the technology-related No Child Left Behind and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grants that were being administered by Massachusetts over the next two years. New software enables communication for students with severe disabilities ITPro featured an interesting article late last week about a new application called "How was School Today?" The simple question after which the software is named is hardly simple for non-verbal or severely disabled students. These students often must rely upon time-consuming computerized devices to hold even brief, tiring conversations. Get Latest Headlines in RSS		NEW TECHNOLOGIES Live Virtual Conference: Lowering datacenter costs through server refresh Discover how today's newest generation of rack servers provide extreme performance?along with dramatically reduced IT costs. (IBM) Gain the competitive edge: Secrets of service-oriented storage View this on-demand presentation to learn how services-oriented storage can help organizations better manage IT infrastructures, become more efficient and leverage existing IT investments. (Hitachi Data Systems) Free White Paper: Remote Worker Risk Management Discover new strategies for protecting your remote workers from Internet threats and inappropriate Web content. Downloadable White Paper: Boosting Your Productivity with Enterprise 2.0 Bogged down by information overload? Handicapped by a lack of access to reliable information? Work smarter and increase efficiency with Enterprise 2.0.
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