SmartClassroom :: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 -- Campus Technology

Text Messaging Service Keeps UF Students in the Loop: By Linda L. Briggs; At the University of Florida, about 10,000 of the school's nearly 50,000 students have subscribed to Mobile Campus since it was introduced. Mobile Campus is a cell phone messaging service the university offers to students, faculty, and staff. The service, which costs the university nothing, allows "members" to connect through their cell phones using text messages....

Study: Online Degree Program Preferences: What are the most popular online programs in higher education? According to a report from education consulting firm Eduventures, most students enrolled in programs online are participating in bachelor's degree programs, followed by associate degrees....
Flagler College To Take Historic Buildings Wireless: Flagler College in Florida will deploy a wireless network throughout its campus in an effort to preserve the integrity of the historic buildings on the school's site and to provide centralized security for its wireless users. Alcatel-Lucent will handle the implementation....
DyKnow To Add Blackboard Integration: Education technology provider DyKnow said it will be adding integration to Blackboard's course management system with the next release of it DyKnow Vision and DyKnow Monitor software, slated for release in May....
BenQ Debuts DLP Projectors: BenQ has introduced two new DLP projectors, the SP830 and SP831, both of which offer high light output and WXGA resolution....

Open Source Technology Update: Breaking Away: By Joseph C. Panettieri; Brad Wheeler is breaking with tradition. As CIO of Indiana University, Wheeler is leading an ambitious move to open source-based applications that will manage the bulk of the university's business and academic systems. One of the initiatives, known as the Kuali Project, involves multiple universities writing and sharing code for their financial and operational systems. Another, the Sakai Project, is a community source platform for academic teaching and course management....(Campus Technology)

OpenAI's Astra Model Reaches Critical Cyber Threshold

OpenAI has unveiled GPT-6 Astra, its most capable broadly deployed model and the first system the company says has reached the "Critical" cybersecurity capability threshold under its Preparedness Framework.
Anthropic, NVIDIA Move AI Agents Deeper into Scientific Workflows

Anthropic has introduced Claude Science, a new AI workbench for scientists that integrates research tools, produces auditable artifacts, and connects to specialized life sciences models and workflows from NVIDIA.
Apple Introduces Redesigned Siri AI

At its recent Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple introduced Siri AI, a redesigned version of its voice assistant that Apple describes in its own announcement as "a profoundly more capable and personal assistant." The update is intended to make Siri more conversational, more context-aware, and more useful across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Vision Pro.
Call for Speakers Now Open for Tech Tactics in Education Fall 2026

The virtual conference from the producers of Campus Technology and THE Journal will return on Sept. 23, 2026, with a focus on emerging trends in with a focus on emerging trends in AI, cybersecurity, and more.