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T.H.E. Journal November 2007 Matt Villano |
Does the Eye Spy? Around-the-clock video surveillance is the Holy Grail of K-12 safety efforts. But it raises many questions, including whether or not the cameras are a wholly benign presence. |
T.H.E. Journal December 2002 Katie Garza |
School Security Moves Into the Digital Age While VHS-based surveillance technology and real-time closed-circuit TV monitoring are widely used in schools today, several districts in Texas and Oklahoma have taken their surveillance systems into the digital age. |
T.H.E. Journal May 2007 Wendy Chretien |
An Urge to Converge Combining several commonly separate communication systems into a single IP network offers a slew of benefits for K-12. |
Bank Systems & Technology May 8, 2007 Nancy Feig |
IP-Based Surveillance Leads to Capture of Serial Bank Robber Toronto's Visual Defence's IP system enabled an Israeli bank to send clear images of robbery suspects to police. |
T.H.E. Journal October 2008 Sherleen H. Mahoney |
A Buyer's Market There's no shortage of hardware solutions offering schools the latest advancements in surveillance, control, and security. |
Home Toys June 2005 |
Surveillance: The Next Step up From USB Webcams If you like what computer-based surveillance gives you but have been hindered by USB cable length or image quality, know your options and take a look at high-quality analog. |
CIO February 15, 2002 Scott Berinato |
Big Brother Is Watching WebEyeAlert has built software that links closed-circuit TV (CCTV) surveillance systems to the Web. A high school is using the system to improve security. |
Entrepreneur August 2005 Amanda C. Kooser |
Right in Sight The internet and affordable equipment have made do-it-yourself video surveillance of your home or business possible. And the availability of wireless devices makes installation easier and expands the options where cameras can be placed -- and viewed. |
PC World May 21, 2007 Kirk Steers |
Do-It-Yourself Surveillance Protects Home or Business Webcams and IP cameras let you keep an eye on your property while you're away. |
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 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. |
PHONE+ July 20, 2009 |
Case Study: LifeSize Takes Teachers to Class With looming budget cuts, one school district turns to video communication to keep teachers connected for professional development, staff meetings, and training sessions. |
HBS Working Knowledge June 16, 2014 Michael Blanding |
The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology With 50 million public school students in America, technology holds much potential to transform schools, says John Jong-Hyun Kim. So why isn't it happening? |
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 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 July 27, 2010 Reinhard Kargl |
Getting an Earful Classroom audio systems have become a must-include component of comprehensive technology upgrades. The point is not just to give more oomph and clarity to teachers' voices, but to have sound quality worthy of the video now commonly streaming to their computers. |
PC Magazine August 31, 2005 David Murphy |
Home Surveillance From Your Office Chair Turn your home into a digital fortress with the Swann PC-DVR4-Net system. |
T.H.E. Journal September 9, 2009 Dian Schaffhauser |
Which Came First - The Technology or the Pedagogy? A new spin on an old riddle goes to the heart of a conflict between K-12 schools and the colleges of education responsible for cultivating and providing them with new teachers. |
PC Magazine June 1, 2010 John C. Dvorak |
Society of Surveillance For people using loaned computers: always assume there is some sort of spyware planted. |
National Defense July 2006 Grace Jean |
Sensor-Fusion Software Technology Replacing Traditional Security Systems As more and more security cameras are being installed around the globe, companies are developing software solutions and other technologies that increasingly advance the intelligence of such monitoring systems. |
T.H.E. Journal February 2008 Neal Starkman |
The Human Touch With the press of a button, fast-acting emergency response systems can be set in motion. But sophisticated technology is no substitute for a well-trained staff. |
BusinessWeek July 15, 2010 |
Bill Gates' School Crusade Bill Gates' foundation is betting billions that a business approach can work wonders in the classroom. |
Inc. April 1, 2003 Robert X. Cringely |
What's Next: Introducing the CamPuter Imagine 10 million surveillance cameras, digitized and linked. |
InternetNews March 7, 2006 Clint Boulton |
Cisco Secures Electric Eye Buy Acquisition-hungry Cisco Systems today agreed to buy video surveillance vendor SyPixx Networks for $51 million in cash and stock. |
Popular Mechanics January 2008 Glenn Harlan Reynolds |
Watching the Watchers: Why Surveillance Is a Two-Way Street If governments and businesses can keep an eye on us in public spaces, we ought to be able to look back. |
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. |
Reason February 2007 Greg Beato |
Rant: Smile, You're on the Telescreen Surveillance cameras certainly lead to more surveillance cameras, but do they lead to less crime? Perhaps it's best to oppose the post-9/11 surveillance boom on grounds of government waste rather than privacy. |
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2010 John K. Waters |
Dream On: Visionary Educators and Their Big Ideas The four educators we've chosen to spotlight as visionaries conceived, developed, and guided technology-driven initiatives perhaps initially thought to be impractical. |
PC Magazine October 19, 2004 Troy Dreier |
Do-It-Yourself Home Security Guard your castle with networked cameras. We review 4 systems that let you do the installation on your own. |
HHMI Bulletin Feb 2012 |
Raising Their Game When done right professional development can make a real difference for students. |
T.H.E. Journal November 1, 2010 |
2020 Vision: Experts Forecast What the Digital Revolution Will Bring Next A discussion about how far we've come in education technology, and where we can expect to go. |
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. |
T.H.E. Journal December 2006 Linda L. Briggs |
Hand It Over! Districts are turning to the latest in mobile technology to crack down on age-old campus crime problems such as graffiti and theft. |
T.H.E. Journal January 2008 Charlene O'Hanlon |
They Get the Picture Students' familiarity with digital cameras is allowing teachers to augment classroom instruction with a myriad of unconventional activities. |
Home Toys December 2005 Bill Hubbard |
SoE: Extend your reach with Serial-over-Ethernet With this technology, you can control the lighting, the alarm system, the front gate, virtually anything on your property that is controlled serially, or needs no control beyond the application of power. |
Entrepreneur April 2004 Amanda C. Kooser |
Feeling Insecure? If so, wireless surveillance cameras could help you make your business environment safer. |
Home Toys October 2004 Bill Hubbard |
Who's watching over you? Many people have given security cameras a place in their home and now enjoy the advantages of security and convenience provided by those systems. |
T.H.E. Journal September 2003 Laurence Goldberg |
Creating Safer and More Efficient Schools With Biometric Technologies While technology cannot provide a panacea for all school security concerns -- particularly those related to internal threats -- it can be used to enhance security, access control and communications within schools |
T.H.E. Journal June 2007 Susan Brooks-Young |
Are Document Cameras the Next Big Thing? The versatile projection technology could be the next recipient of that rarest of educational honors: ubiquitous classroom adoption. |
T.H.E. Journal October 2007 Megan Weadock |
A Buyer's Market From metal detectors to visitor badges, a slew of products are now available to meet every school's security needs. |
T.H.E. Journal October 29, 2009 David Nagel |
Q&A: iNACOL's Susan Patrick on Trends in eLearning At last count, there were more than 1 million enrollments in K-12 online schools in the United States. |
InternetNews July 19, 2010 |
Microsoft Lands Cloud Deal With NYC Schools As it continues efforts to entice large, public-sector organizations to sign up for its expanding portfolio of cloud services, Microsoft lands e-mail partnership with New York City schools. |
T.H.E. Journal February 2004 Amodeo & Taylor |
'Virtual Supervision' Model Tips the Scales in Favor of Instructional Leadership The perennial lament of many principals is not having enough time to fulfill what is perhaps their most important responsibility: teacher evaluations. Video-conferencing technology can help administrators evaluate teachers more easily. |
T.H.E. Journal February 2005 Lance Wilhelm |
Increasing Visual Literacy Skills With Digital Imagery Examines successful models for using a set of digital cameras in a college of education, and gives advice on choosing a suitable camera. |
T.H.E. Journal March 17, 2010 David Nagel |
Snapshot: Students Want Online Learning High school students seem to be overwhelmingly in favor of online instruction as a component of their educations. |
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. |
Entrepreneur December 2003 Frank J. Ohlhorst |
Eye on the Prize Keep your business secure even when you're away -- try a wireless surveillance device on for size. |
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 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. |
Home Toys June 2002 Bill Hubbard |
Lights! Camera! Action! Install your very own camera system & make it available on the 'Net. |