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"Moodle is one of open source's greatest success stories. It's variously described as an e-learning or course management system. Now, given that education is also one of the most popular applications of Second Life, it would be a natural fit somehow to meld Moodle and Second Life. Enter Sloodle, whose latest version has just been released"

Tags: OB, education, virtual worlds, Second Life, Moodle, open source on 2009-04-08 -All Annotations (0) -About

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"Userful Corp. has won a deal to supply its Linux-based PC-sharing software to 357,000 Linux desktops in schools throughout Brazil. Userful's Multiplier software runs on top of any version of the open-source Linux OS and enables a single desktop PC to be shared by as many as 10 users, all connected by individual monitors, keyboards and mice."

Tags: OB, linux, Brazil, education on 2009-02-19 -All Annotations (0) -About

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"Amid growing challenges to its role as the pre-eminent force in college admissions, the College Board on Wednesday unveiled a new test that it said would help prepare eighth graders for rigorous high school courses and college."

Tags: OB, education on 2008-10-23 -All Annotations (0) -About

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"As school districts both poor and prosperous struggle to finance such basics as teacher salaries, utilities, building maintenance and textbooks, many are asking parents to purchase more — and more particular — school supplies. Gone are the days when back-to-school shopping meant making sure each child had new shoes and a three-ring binder. Now, according to the New York State School Boards Association, supplies run an average of $100 for high school students and $60 for middle schoolers."

Tags: OB, education, supplies on 2008-08-30 -All Annotations (0) -About

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"According to an article in The Christian Science Monitor, several universities and even the U.S. Department of State are using Second Life to spread culture and experience to people who can't afford pricey semesters overseas. This year, Ohio University noticed that its virtual campus was party to many visitors from around the world. The foreign students interacted with the campus' avatars in an attempt to learn more about American culture."

Tags: OB, NP, Second Life, virtual worlds, education on 2008-07-09 and saved by 2 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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"A British government agency has told the European Commission that Microsoft (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) Office works poorly with rival software used in British schools, hurting the interests of learners, teachers and parents."

Tags: ODF, UK, Microsoft, education, OB on 2008-05-13 -All Annotations (0) -About

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"Online guitar schools like GuitarTricks.com, BerkleeMusic.com, JamPlay.com and GuitarSchool.net want to turn you into the next Jimmy Page."

Tags: guitar, music, lessons, education, OB on 2008-05-11 -All Annotations (0) -About

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"A bill pending in Congress would require publishers to sell “unbundled” versions of the books — minus the pricey add-ons. Even more important, it would require publishers to reveal book prices in marketing material so that professors could choose less-expensive titles."

Tags: education, books, OB on 2008-04-26 -All Annotations (0) -About

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"Windows may boast the lion's share of the desktop education market, but the economic and technical benefits of open source software has seen many schools and education institutions implement various flavors of Linux across their desktops and server back-ends."

Tags: Linux, OB, education on 2008-04-03 -All Annotations (0) -About

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"The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a preliminary decision Tuesday that would invalidate Blackboard Inc.'s patent on its e-learning management systems."

Tags: education, patents on 2008-03-29 -All Annotations (0) -About

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