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T.H.E. Journal April 2007 |
Extracurricular :: For Technologists Who do Their Homework Students' browsing experiences are impacted by a school's available internet bandwidth.  |
T.H.E. Journal October 2008 |
Extracurricular :: For Technologists Who do Their Homework In consecutive America's Digital Schools surveys, tech directors predicted increases in the amount of bandwidth schools will need in future years.  |
T.H.E. Journal September 2006 |
Extracurricular: For Technologists Who do Their Homework What are the hottest education technologies? The new report "America's Digital Schools 2006: A Five-Year Forecast" predicts which tools will make the largest gains over the next five years.  |
T.H.E. Journal September 2007 |
Extracurricular :: For Technologists Who do Their Homework Surveys of district-level technology directors show that technology budgets haven't changed significantly in recent years, except in the area of tech support. Here is a breakdown.  |
T.H.E. Journal September 2008 |
Extracurricular :: For Technologists Who do Their Homework What is most important to you in a learning management system?  |
T.H.E. Journal August 2006 |
Extracurricular: For Administrators Who do Their Homework Districts continue to aspire to a 1-to-1 student-to-computer ratio. How many have achieved it?  |
T.H.E. Journal December 2008 |
Extracurricular :: For Technologists Who do Their Homework Schools report on internet connections and interruptions of access.  |
T.H.E. Journal October 2007 |
Extracurricular :: For Technologists Who do Their Homework Large-district (4,000-plus students) technology coordinators speak out on their experiences with a fundamental component of the 21st-century school system: internet access.  |
T.H.E. Journal February 2008 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Extracurricular :: For Technologists Who do Their Homework According to surveyed school districts, the use of online assessment to track students' progress and performance is surprisingly widespread.  |
T.H.E. Journal December 2007 |
Extracurricular :: For technologists who do their homework Sixty-two percent of school districts report the use of a learning management system. Here's the who, why, and how.  |
T.H.E. Journal November 2006 |
Extracurricular :: For Technologists Who do Their Homework Professional development is crucial to the implementation of a 1-to-1 computing program. Yet roughly a third of surveyed curriculum directors doubt their district's ability to support a ubiquitous rollout.  |
T.H.E. Journal January 2008 |
Extracurricular :: For Technologists Who do Their Homework Despite talk that school districts are dropping their 1-to-1 computing programs, a new survey shows a slight increase in implementation.  |
T.H.E. Journal October 2006 |
Extracurricular :: For Technologists Who do Their Homework Online learning is opening up new academic avenues to both teachers and students.  |
T.H.E. Journal January 2007 |
Extracurricular :: For technologists who do their homework Professional development and technology spending go hand in hand, as teachers have to be trained in each new tool a district acquires. Tech directors expect spending on both ends to rise significantly in the next five years.  |
T.H.E. Journal February 2007 |
Extracurricular :: For Technologists Who do Their Homework Tech directors are forecasting substantial increases in software spending over the next five years, including a more than 70 percent jump in spending on core curriculum software.  |
T.H.E. Journal May 2008 |
Extracurricular :: For Technologists Who do Their Homework Though stationary units are most common, the prominent use of mobile computing devices in schools indicates the rise in 1-to-1 implementations.  |
T.H.E. Journal December 2006 |
Extracurricular :: For Technologists Who do Their Homework The appeal of online learning as an educational alternative is increasing.  |
T.H.E. Journal November 2007 |
Extracurricular :: For Technologists Who do Their Homework Interactive whiteboards are quickly gaining a presence in US schools. District technology directors tell why.  |
T.H.E. Journal May 2007 |
Extracurricular :: For Technologists Who do Their Homework According to district superintendents, influence shifts among instructional leaders as various facets of technology and curriculum policies are put in place.  |
T.H.E. Journal August 2008 |
Extracurricular :: For Technologists Who do Their Homework Here is a look at which learning management systems providers technology directors prefer, and to what ends the systems are most commonly used.  |
T.H.E. Journal June 2007 |
Extracurricular :: For Technologists Who do Their Homework The expectations of technology directors who have yet to implement 1-to-1 computing programs positively reflect the experiences of tech directors who have 1-to-1 plans already established.  |
T.H.E. Journal April 2008 |
Extracurricular :: For Technologists Who do Their Homework The purchase of a mobile student-computing device requires districts to consider several factors, from warranty options to battery life.  |
T.H.E. Journal August 2007 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
For Technologists Who do Their Homework In the next five years, expect to see Microsoft's new operating system, Windows Vista, to explode in use in public schools and open source platforms to get traction in schools with smaller budgets.  |
T.H.E. Journal March 2008 |
Extracurricular :: For technologists who do their homework How closely do the following two scenarios describe your district's experiences with 1-to-1 computing implementations?  |
T.H.E. Journal March 2007 |
Extracurricular :: For Technologists Who do Their Homework A survey of superintendents shows where your tax dollars are going.  |
T.H.E. Journal July 27, 2010 Charlene O'Hanlon |
Shape, Throttle, and Roll Bandwidth management technology enables school districts to keep their networks running free and easy.  |
T.H.E. Journal July 2008 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Middle Schools : Strike Up the Bandwidth Are districts suitably prepared for the ever-increasing need for faster connectivity in our schools?  |
T.H.E. Journal April 2007 |
Email on Demand by SchoolSpan SchoolSpan has tackled a tough legal issue now facing school districts - destruction of evidence.  |
T.H.E. Journal August 2008 Rama Ramaswami |
Make It Stretch As technology funding dwindles, districts must use the resources they do have to maximum advantage.  |
InternetNews June 2, 2010 |
Most Americans Don't Know Net Connection Speed Though many say they're happy with their Internet speeds, most don't actually know what they're supposed to be getting from their ISP.  |
Popular Mechanics May 2007 Erin McCarthy |
Fiberoptic Broadband: Three Things You Need To Know Internet service providers and now running high-capacity fiberoptic lines to consumers' homes.  |
The Motley Fool September 22, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Comcast Adds a Second Gear Comcast may have arrived at a broadband management plan that could both satisfy the Federal Communications Commission and set a standard for other Internet companies trying to deal with heavy bandwidth users.  |
The Motley Fool September 16, 2009 Tim Beyers |
The iPhone Is Still Bigger Than You Think 79% of 300 IT directors surveyed say their employees would prefer to use their own devices to access corporate networks than company-issued devices. Their overwhelming choice -- 82% of those surveyed -- was the iPhone.  |
T.H.E. Journal March 2007 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Service Disagreement A lack of precedence on how to charge for ongoing support for technology purchases has created an unhealthy divide between vendors and educators.  |
T.H.E. Journal December 2008 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Separation Anxiety The annual Speak Up survey returns, with some unsettling data revealing a disconnect between students and their educators.  |
American Family Physician October 1, 2006 |
Crisis Management A patient guide: What is a crisis?... How do I know if I am having a crisis?... What should I do if I feel overwhelmed?... How can I cope with a crisis?... etc.  |
T.H.E. Journal October 2007 Jensen & Fletcher |
Preemption, Not Reaction Districts must take steps to ward off threats to school security, rather than responding to them once they occur, when it may already be too late.  |
T.H.E. Journal July 2004 Lan W. Neugent |
Data-Driven Decision-Making: Getting Ready for Online Testing Embarking on a high-stakes online testing program is a major enterprise that requires planning, teamwork, communication, flexibility and good problem-solving skills.  |
T.H.E. Journal March 2006 |
Content Filtering: A Solution That Works Filtering internet content not only protects children from inappropriate content, but also frees up bandwidth and saves schools money.  |
The Motley Fool January 31, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Buying What You Don't Want Companies in the telecoms and media space have historically made their enormous profits largely by getting their customers to pay a lot of money for stuff that they don't want and won't use. What can you do about it?  |
T.H.E. Journal July 2007 Carla Wade |
Professional Development :: Oregon In Oregon, professional development experts built a team to foster networking among educators about ed tech.  |
InternetNews February 20, 2008 David Needle |
Propel Bows Personal Bandwidth Management Frustrated by long upload times, static-filled VoiP calls, or less than smooth video conferencing? Propel Software said its new "Personal Bandwidth Management" software can help.  |
T.H.E. Journal October 2007 Charlene O'Hanlon |
Follow the Money Federal largesse only goes so far. So to support their technology programs, districts are pursuing funding sources in the state, local, corporate, and taxpayer ranks.  |
The Motley Fool December 16, 2010 Anders Bylund |
Google Can't Afford a Beta Phase This Time Google had better take its time and get this decision exactly right.  |
T.H.E. Journal August 2002 Ron Ricketts |
KCDA Selects Online Purchasing to Cut Costs, Increase Efficiency and Improve Productivity The King County Directors' Association is a nonprofit purchasing cooperative founded by a group of school board members in Washington state. KCDA's management realized that e-commerce could help school districts work faster and more efficiently while saving them money.  |
The Motley Fool October 4, 2006 Matthew Crews |
Verizon's High-Fiber Diet More details emerge on the telco's fiber-optic service.  |
T.H.E. Journal February 2007 Charlene O'Hanlon |
1-to-1 Computing :: A Measure of Success The first rounds of data are in, and districts are evaluating the impact of their 1-to-1 programs. With the results showing a revolution in teaching and learning, the task now is to find ways to keep the funding alive.  |
PC World September 2005 Stephen Manes |
Full Disclosure: Broadband Speed That'll Send You While broadband providers tout their downstream transfer rates, upstream transfer rates are significantly slower. And quick upstream transfer rates are required for many of today's online services.  |
CIO May 13, 2010 Gary Beach |
Net Neutrality: Time to Get it Right Using the Internet to transfer rich media means guzzling bandwidth. Setting price per use makes sense.  |
InternetNews October 29, 2009 |
40 Years Later, Internet's Co-Creator Still Pushing On the Internet's anniversary, Lawrence Roberts is still hard at work on what's next.  |