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Students can now download podcasts, videos and other lessons directly from iTunes through a new Texas Education iTunes U channel aimed at providing free, supplementary coursework that can be accessed anywhere.Gov. Rick Perry announced the channel’s launch last week. Through the site, teachers can upload additional material from their classes to help students understand new concepts or do more research in a specific subject area. Other state agencies and non-profit organizations can also post videos to the site.Users can download the content the same way music and videos are accessed from the popular online store. ......................................................................................................... $4.99 iCAM an iPhone app helped a TX couple watch their home getting robbed while they were away in CT. “We just checked on our phones and I’ve got a few web cams set up and we could see it unfolding as the guys were leaving,” homeowner Vince Hunter who alerted the police right away. The robbers are on video and yet to be arrested. ......................................................................................................... OOPS! A case of mistaken identity and miscommunication led to an Amber Alert last week after a man picked up the wrong 5-yearold boy from Maple Lawn Elementary. Roberto Paniagua, had permission to take a friend’s son named Edwin from school, but left with the wrong child. He went into the school and told administrators at about 12:30 p.m. that he was picking up the child of a friend. But when he asked for the boy, the school turned over the wrong child, Edwin Villarreal, police said. ......................................................................................................... GOT NEWS TO SHARE ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION? Keep the community updated & connected. Contact us at 214843-1593 or email to ads@myCrescent.com.
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