eSN Today: Cisco, mtvU reward young tech innovators

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Top News ... Cisco, mtvU reward young tech innovators Among the new digital tools and applications that students will be using on college campuses this fall are a mysterious, mobile-phone-based game of espionage; an online communal ranking system that can help in group decision-making; a first-of-its-kind MP3 visualizer that uses song lyrics to dynamically generate music videos; an online and mobile-phone-based community that... | Full Story Around the Web ... Spellings questions House NCLB proposal Education Secretary Margaret Spellings on Wednesday criticized a Congressional proposal to soften provisions of President's Bush signature education law, saying it would... | Full Story Envisioning the next chapter for electronic books Two new offerings this fall are set to test whether consumers really want to replace a technology that has reliably served humankind for hundreds of years: the paper book. In October... | Full Story Justice Dept. opposes net neutrality In what could be a blow for supporters of "net neutrality," the Justice Department said yesterday that internet service providers should be allowed to charge extra for... | Full Story More from eSchool News Online ... Lawmakers step up NCLB renewal process College and workforce preparedness, 21st-century skills, and the use of data to inform instruction are among the new points of emphasis in a draft version of a bill to reauthorize... | Full Story Study questions cost-effectiveness of school defibrillators A nationwide push to put portable defibrillators in every school, a response to several high-profile student deaths, might not be worth the cost, a new study... | Full Story Faster Wi-Fi in the works to transfer data With a wave of his hand over a homemade receiver, Georgia Tech professor Joy Laskar shows how easily--and quickly--large data files could someday be transferred from... | Full Story Municipal Wi-Fi faces financial hurdles A year ago, it seemed like just about every major U.S. city was drawing up ambitious plans to build wireless internet networks, so more people--both rich and poor--could... | Full Story Announcements from ed-tech providers ... Classworks delivers individualized instruction aligned to college readiness standards | Read the full announcement ANGEL Learning partners with Aventa Learning to extend online learning solutions for K-12 students and schools | Read the full announcement Price for OnScreen DNA teaching software reduced by a third | Read the full announcement New "invisibility cloak" shields any inbox from spam | Read the full announcement Teachers across the country are adding Thinkfinity.org to their back-to-school check list | Read the full announcement School district uses Netop School to keep students on task and learning | Read the full announcement Wireless Generation to serve as subcontractor on Institute of Education Sciences-funded study of K-3 formative mathematics assessment | Read the full announcement Milwaukee Public Schools approve $2.7 million extension with Vantage Learning | Read the full announcement	September Online Specials You Don't Want to Miss... 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