eSN Today: Tech keeps parents abreast of wildfires

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Top News ... Tech keeps parents abreast of wildfires Schools across Southern California have turned to mass-notification systems and other forms of technology to send updates to thousands of parents and students during the devastating wildfires that have caused what officials believe is at least $1 billion in damage in San Diego County alone. Don Phillips, superintendent of the 33,000-student Poway Unified School District in northern San Diego... | Full Story Around the Web ... $188 laptop faces production delay, shortage A nonprofit developing a low-cost laptop for poor children has said that a production delay will cause a shortage of computers available in the United States and Canada as part of a holiday-giving... | Full Story U.S. official touts tech in the classroom Tim Magner, director of the office of educational technology for the U.S. Department of Education, touts the use of technology in the classroom and recommends books on the intersection... | Full Story Maine laptop program improves students' writing Maine's program to give every middle school student a laptop computer is leading to better writing. Despite creating a language all their own using eMail and text messages, students... | Full Story More from eSchool News Online ... IT security dominates campus concerns Higher education's embrace of information technology may be rapidly expanding in many areas, but on the hot-button issues of IT security and crisis management, hundreds of campuses... | Full Story Sun sheds light on digital archiving Schools and libraries have a growing number of digital materials to archive, but how can they get started on such a project? How will they store and preserve materials in digital... | Full Story College admissions web sites found lacking As the internet continues to play an increasingly important role in the college selection process, college admissions web sites aren't keeping pace with prospective students' expectations... | Full Story 'Smart mob' tech spurs student activism When tens of thousands of protesters converged on tiny Jena, La., on Sept. 20, they also ushered in a major milestone in technology-spawned activism. Spurred online to real-life action... | Full Story Announcements from ed-tech providers ... Wi-Fi hot spots fuel VoIP mobile phone use | Read the full announcement Library of Congress publishes new guide to air and space collections | Read the full announcement Elluminate and Unicon announce technology alliance to integrate Elluminate Live! with Sakai | Read the full announcement Fourier systems honored with 2007 EDDIE Award | Read the full announcement Wireless handsets from Sprint are now part of the college academic curriculum | Read the full announcement OnCourse Systems for Education announces compliance with the Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF) | Read the full announcement Carnegie Mellon's CyLab and Nortel combine efforts to research leading security technologies | Read the full announcement Germany's University of Paderborn selects AirWave Technology for campus WLAN management | Read the full announcement Henderson State University installs eight Technomad outdoor loudspeakers to bring audio clarity to home football games | Read the full announcement	October Online Specials You Don't Want to Miss... 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