eSN Today: Nashville schools pilot face-recognition tech

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Top News ... Nashville schools pilot face-recognition tech Beginning Dec. 1, the Nashville, Tenn., public school system will become what is believed to be the first school system in the country to implement face-recognition security cameras to spot intruders in its schools. Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) will pilot the cameras in its central administrative office and at Harpeth Valley Elementary School, Gra-Mar Middle School, and Antioch High... | Full Story Around the Web ... Ore. challenges RIAA on a university's behalf In a move likely to be closely watched elsewhere in the nation, Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers is seeking to quash a subpoena from the Recording Industry Association... | Full Story Web site helps students plan for college Minnesota higher education officials are experimenting with putting a licensed counselor online to help teens answer questions about college. Promoted through TV spots, bus-stop,... | Full Story Toddlers bond with robot, study shows Researchers introduced a state-of-the-art social robot into a classroom of 18- to 24-month-olds for five months as a way of studying human-robot interactions. The results suggest... | Full Story   Annual Tech-Savvy Superintendent Awards... Is your superintendent tech-savvy? Does he or she "get it" when it comes to school technology use? If so, then nominate your schools chief for our annual Tech-Savvy Superintendent Awards here: http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/surveys/editorial/savvy/ But hurry! Nominations close Friday, Nov. 30. More from eSchool News Online ... New online tool aids literacy programs Schools, libraries, and other organizations that aim to improve students' reading skills have a new online tool to help them evaluate how well their literacy programs work: the Verizon Literacy... | Full Story Ed-tech groups issue urgent call to action Three leading educational technology advocacy groups have banded together to release a position paper that makes an urgent case for why--and how--school leaders should... | Full Story Does U.S. lag in internet speed? Is the United States stuck in the internet's slow lane? It's a question lawmakers are beginning to ask--and the answer could have significant implications for education: Most schools... | Full Story Low-cost laptop deals heat up The race to supply low-cost laptop computers to students in developing nations has heated up: Within hours of the news that Uruguay had become the first nation to buy... | Full Story Announcements from ed-tech providers ... St. Gregory the Great School starts year with new Hitachi software StarBoard FX-77 interactive whiteboards | Read the full announcement Wavetrend to provide active RFID products for Crestron Integrated Partner Program | Read the full announcement New device allows delivery of up to six video signals--from computers, DVD and Blu-ray players, TiVo systems and other consumer electronics--to up to six displays | Read the full announcement NetOp Tech launches NetOp Process Control for added network and enterprise security | Read the full announcement SunGard Higher Education announces new unified digital campus test center using Dell and Sun Microsystems technologies to help accelerate product development and lower total cost of ownership | Read the full announcement Quipu Group expands e-Card online patron registration functionality and customer base | Read the full announcement AMD/MediaPointe announces new DMR210e Digital Media Recorder | Read the full announcement Online training and resource provider, Atomic Learning, offers free workshop on web 2.0 | Read the full announcement CMS Watch finds SaaS-based search in decline | Read the full announcement GroundSpark celebrates 10th anniversary of release of groundbreaking film It's Elementary | Read the full announcement Interwrite Learning announces donation of Interwrite Pads to Next Generation of Teachers project of UNESCO Bangkok | Read the full announcement Soliloquy Learning revamps Soliloquy Reading Assistant | Read the full announcement Lenovo puts power and performance at center court with new ThinkStation brand | Read the full announcement	November Online Specials You Don't Want to Miss... 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