Sixty electronic textbooks (e-textbooks) are available to Broward students, parents and teachers online through the District’s Broward Enterprise Education Portal (BEEP). The District’s e-textbook initiative began in 2006 with K-12 science textbooks and has grown with each district-wide textbook adoption since then. A full-complement of e-textbooks is available for courses with district-wide adoptions in mathematics, [...]
A newly discovered asteroid named 2010TD54, paid Earth a visit today as it took a trek between us and the moon. Amateur astronomer Patrick Wiggins photographed the flyby early this morning using a 14-inch Celestron telescope.
With a busier than normal hurricane season anticipated, local emergency officials are looking to reach out to people in different ways. In addition to creating a Twitter account – www.twitter.com/readybroward which will start sending out Tweets in the instance of an emergency situation in Broward.
Attorney General Bill McCollum, in partnership with the FBI-SOS and Nova Southeastern University, is sponsoring a free online presentation will help parents understand cybersafety issues and will provide practical information to assist them in keeping children safe on the internet. The presentation includes
Attorney General Bill McCollum sent a letter, today, March 17, to Secretary of State Kurt Browning asking the Department to update its administrative rules on the retention guidelines for other types of electronic communication. The request was made after the conclusion of the Attorney General’s Sunshine Technology Team, which determined that electronic communications were not [...]
Looking to connect with new business? Find a job? Get some business training? Attend one of South Florida’s largest business trade shows ever. Six shows in one, the expo, produced by the Broward County and South Florida Chamber of Commerce, includes a South Florida business-to-business expo, an international trade show, a technology show, a health [...]
Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22), a longtime advocate for next generation hurricane tracking technology, today celebrated the inclusion of $1 billion to upgrade hurricane forecasting technology, including satellite and radar systems, in the President’s budget as submitted to Congress. “We are thrilled to see that the Administration has heard our call, and the call of Floridians, [...]
The Broward County Energy Training Partnership, led by Minority Builders of Broward, OIC (Opportunities Industrialization Center) and the Broward County Public Schools Technical Centers, has been awarded a $3.3 million training grant by the US Department of Labor. As part of the federal stimulus package, this grant will allow the partnership to recruit, train and [...]
Read New Florida Initiative here. Chancellor Frank T. Brogan and Board of Governors Chair Sheila M. McDevitt released details of the “New Florida Initiative”, a strategic plan to use the resources of the State University System to transform the Florida economy on Thursday. Governor Charlie Crist endorsed the New Florida Initiative on Thursday and announced [...]
President Barack Obama announced yesterday that Florida will receive $1.25 billion in federal funding to launch a high speed rail line between Tampa and Orlando signals a fundamental shift in the state’s pattern of future growth, said leaders of the Audubon of Florida. “Florida’s green future just got much brighter,” said Charles Lee, Audubon of [...]
Anyone planning a trip to Greater Fort Lauderdale, there is now an app for that. The Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau (GFLCVB) introduces iVisitLauderdale. Recognizing that the mobile platform is reshaping the ways in which consumers plan, book and consume travel, the free “app” is part of the GFLCVB’s continued marketing efforts to [...]
A Cooper City commission has been appointed to the Sunshine Technology Team. Commission John Sims will work with Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum to explore open government requirements as related to electronic communications and emerging technology. Sims will look at
The FBI warned consumers today about an ongoing threat involving pop-up security messages that appear while they are on the Internet. The messages may contain a virus that could harm your computer, cause costly repairs or, even worse, lead to identity theft. The messages
