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T.H.E. Journal
May 2006
Matt Miller |
Staying Connected Is a 'Breeze' An ed-tech specialist explains how a versatile Web conferencing tool is helping his sprawling district remove the distance between teachers, administrators, and staff.   |
T.H.E. Journal
January 11, 2010
Dan Thompson |
Arkansas Cooperative Brings Online Simulations to Middle Schoolers The Northwest Arkansas Educational Cooperative is bringing online simulation tools, called "Gizmos," to middle schoolers as part of an effort to increase student proficiency in the areas of math and science. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 2006
Nodine & Petrides |
ISKME Special Series Part 4: Using Data to Improve Instruction Connecting the dots: how to use data to get from districtwide goal-setting to school-level performance. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2009 |
T.H.E. News Update :: April 1, 2009 Schools Pilot USC-Built Math Game Platform... Oklahoma District Adopts Online Student Information System... Penn State Expands Professional Development Program for School Nurses... etc. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2007
Michelle Bowles |
A Helping Hand A federal grant program gives school districts the financial support they need to develop updated, comprehensive disaster plans. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2005
Williams & Krueger |
Is Your Network Safe? Why educators should care about cybersecurity - and what they should do about it. |
Entrepreneur
April 2010 |
Top Honors Business school students give a shout out to their schools. The Princeton Review's Student Opinion Honors for business schools. |
Reason
January 2006
Tim Cavanaugh |
Kentucky School Days Faced with rising fuel costs and flat school budgets, a Kentucky county has begun playing hooky one day a week. Should public school administrators be proud or ashamed that students who stay home one day a week appear to be doing as well as full-timers? |
T.H.E. Journal
February 25, 2010
Bridget McCrea |
Bolstering Support for High Needs Students with Technology For teachers in the Thunder Bay (Ontario) Catholic School District, it's not a question of if they will get the chance to teach an autistic or "high-needs" student. It's a matter of when it will happen. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 28, 2009
Scott Aronowitz |
Pearson Launches Early Warning System for At-Risk Students In an effort to help schools combat the decision by at-risk students simply to "give up" and drop out, Pearson has launched Prevent, a data-driven software system designed to give early-warning alerts to educators. |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2008
Matt Villano |
Make It Count Budget crunches are elevating the need for K-12 technology leaders to demonstrate a favorable return on investment. Here's how to ensure you're getting what you pay for. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2008
Dian Schaffhauser |
On the Road to DDDM Implementing a data-driven decision-making initiative is a painstaking, six-stage process. Two districts are halfway home. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2007
Matt Villano |
Data-Driven Decision Making :: The 'Other' Data Most districts know the benefits of tabulating and tracking student performance. But now many are finding there's even more to gain from number crunching by casting out a wider net. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 2009
Charlene O'Hanlon |
Title I-- and Then Some School districts are getting creative in finding ways to finance technology purchases, blending Title I dollars with money from numerous other funding sources. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 22, 2010
Scott Aronowitz |
Georgia District Drives Savings Through Energy Initiative Marietta City Schools launched a competition among the schools in the district that led to energy and cost savings in every school in the district. |
T.H.E. Journal
June 1, 2010
Christine Fox |
Alabama Gets on Board The changes seen in the Roanoke City Schools in the four years since Tools for Life was launched are remarkable. |
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. |
T.H.E. Journal
June 2008
Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
A Winning Vision This year's Sylvia Charp Award recipient brings a clear and determined purpose to its technology innovations. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2009
Charlene O'Hanlon |
Credit Recovery Software: the New Summer School Districts are using online programs to get at-risk students back on track to graduation. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 2008
Neal Starkman |
Do the (Copy)right Thing Educators' lack of attention to intellectual property law places their schools in legal jeopardy-and sends a terrible message to students. |
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
April 2007
Neal Starkman |
Forging a Bond How the relationship between one school district and its surrounding community has produced a string of winning ed tech ballot initiatives. |
T.H.E. Journal
June 2008 |
Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships ILC Registration Now Open... Brookes and Get Integrate Products... Berger Joins Math/Science Commission... etc. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2007
Matt Villano |
On Alert Recent events point up the need for school districts to upgrade campus security procedures. But while some have acted by adopting emergency notification systems, many don't seem to have gotten the message. |
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. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 16, 2009
Patricia Deubel |
Social Networking in Schools: Incentives for Participation District leaders want some evidence that social networking would fulfill their expectation of adding strong educational value and purpose. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2007
Matt Villano |
School Security Strategy--Simplified Safety is a top priority for schools, and the best way to manage the risk is to address the top IT security issues for 2007-2008, and anticipate concerns on the horizon. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2006 |
ISKME Special Series Part I >> Data Driven Savvy school administrators are using data to improve instruction district-wide. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2008
Matt Villano |
Meet the Parents Notification tools can do more than alert the school community to an emergency. New systems are cultivating parental involvement by sending home daily reports on students' behavior, attendance, and performance. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 13, 2009
Scott Aronowitz |
Educator Use of Social Networking Lags Behind Interest Educators suggested some factors inhibiting the growth of this technology in educational settings include privacy concerns, schools/districts that block access to these Web sites, and time pressure. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2009
Jeff Weinstock |
Data-Driven Decision-Making: Mission Accomplished Two districts, one goal: to use data to drive decision-making. Both have achieved breakthroughs, discovering new ways to draw insights from student performance, and then step in to better it. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 2008
Judith V. Boettcher |
Finding Their Voice Via an online debate program that models the use of technology to foster collaboration, special needs students are discovering a thing some doubted they had-potential. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2009 |
Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships Use of technology by teachers... Energy efficient schools... Awards... Industry news... |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 14, 2008
Sarah Jane Gilbert |
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina The organization New Schools for New Orleans aims to create networks of schools to receive shared support services while avoiding the dysfunctions of a large urban district. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 2009
Paula Jacobs |
Power Grab Facilities departments combine sophisticated technologies with ordinary common-sense steps to shave dollars and kilowatts off energy consumption. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 1, 2010 |
Floydada ISD Named Winner of 2010 Sylvia Charp Award The small West Texas district's 1-to-1 computing program is helping to put an increasing number of its students on the path to college. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2008
Matt Bolch |
Remote Control School districts are catching on to software as a service, a business model that allows administrators to manage essential organizational functions and plug in to student data from anywhere with an internet connection. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 1, 2010
Robert J. McGarvey |
You Want Me to What ? It's a riddle faced by virtually every IT director: how to fulfill users' desire for more muscular computing resources while still obliging administrators' commands to keep education spending down. |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2008
Dian Schaffhauser |
Make It Work A tight budget doesn't have to mean sacrificing the most advanced education technology. You can create a cutting-edge media center with vision, creativity, and a strong dose of technical savvy. |
T.H.E. Journal
December 2008 |
THE Journal's 2008 Innovators :: 2 A daylong event is dedicated to introducing new technologies and sharing classroom success stories.... Math students benefit from TI technology and improved instructional practices... A system manages scheduling and grading for a schoolwide peer tutoring program... |
T.H.E. Journal
July 2008
Connie Eastburn |
Elementary Schools : Oregon : Teaching the Write Way Frustrated with consistently low writing scores, district officials turned to technology for help. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 1, 2010
Charlene O'Hanlon |
Identity Scramble An identity management system can catch potential mistakes that could put your district at risk. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 1, 2010
Vanessa Hua |
Scare Tactics In April, as public fears about a mysterious new strain of flu grew, the Los Angeles Unified School District moved to forestall a panic. Many districts are using technology solutions to respond to emergencies such as this. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 1, 2010
Vanessa Hua |
A Strategy Worth Watching The Excellence in Teaching Project discards frivolous checklists in favor of a purposeful online, observation-based process of assessing teachers' performance. |
T.H.E. Journal
June 2008
Chris Riedel |
Green Schools : The Color of Money School districts are discovering the abundant financial gains to be had by going green. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2008
Andy McDonough |
More Is More No one solution can defend K-12 computer networks against the proliferation of digital threats. A multilayered strategy that addresses cyber safety on many fronts is a district's best hope. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 2008
Matt Villano |
Point Man A district's IT efforts all revolve around the CIO, whose role and responsibilities have been transformed by the digital age. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2008
Jensen & Fletcher |
Converge Your Resources Linking physical security and cyber security methods can maximize a district's safety efforts. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2008 |
Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships Microsoft Research and NYU set out to find hard proof of the efficacy of gaming in education... The winners of their Young Scientist Challenge are announced... To help schools keep up with fluctuating E-Rate deadlines, Funds for Learning is offering a free online E-Rate calendar... |
T.H.E. Journal
January 2006
Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Sharing and Rewarding Your Successes, Failures The Sylvia Charp Award for District Innovation in Technology will once again honor a district for its pioneering application of technology districtwide. |
