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T.H.E. Journal June 2008 Jennifer Demski	Green Schools : Electric Youth Students from Montgomery County Public Schools light the way to energy efficiency.
T.H.E. Journal December 2008 Charlene O'Hanlon	A Savings Twofer Efforts to reduce the costs of operating the district data center are also producing positive benefits for the environment.
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.
T.H.E. Journal May 2004 Gregory A. Wyman	Snowflake USD Discovers a Cost-Effective Way to Deliver Technology to All Students Small, rural K-12 school district utilizes server-centric computing to fulfill the promise of technology as a viable resource.
T.H.E. Journal November 1, 2010 Jennifer Demski	Taking the Plunge: Districts Leap Into Virtualization Three districts that have made the conversion to virtual computing talk about their experiences.
T.H.E. Journal April 1, 2010 Jennifer Grayson	Mod Genius Innovative building manufacturers are designing new modular classrooms that offer a range of eco-friendly features, an inspiring learning environment, and, even better, the right price.
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.
T.H.E. Journal March 2004 Duane Alles	Wi-Fi Keeps Mobile Classrooms Connected in North Carolina's Largest District The district's goal was to provide connectivity to all of its 540 mobile classrooms so that students who are in the mobile units have the same advantages as those in the school's main buildings. This has been a real challenge since the mobile units are moved around annually.
T.H.E. Journal December 2005 Jacob Milner	VoIP to the Rescue Faced with the challenges hampering school communications nationwide, three districts forge into the 21st century with Web-based telephony.
T.H.E. Journal October 2000	Meeting the Technology Challenge Economically Many small school districts feel that they are being left behind in the race to integrate information technology into the classroom. However, as shown by the experience of the Louisa County Schools, this doesn't have to be the case...
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 November 2001 Philip J. Bossert	Lessons Learned An inside look at four of the top technology school districts in the nation...
T.H.E. Journal August 2008 John K. Waters	High Maintenance Running a successful 1-to-1 program requires diligent upkeep - along with a few veteran tricks of the trade.
T.H.E. Journal January 7, 2010 Bridget McCrea	Netbooks All Around Missouri-based North Kansas City Schools with a total of 18,000 students, kicked off its 1:1 initiative about two years ago in an effort to equip all 5,600 of its high school students with netbooks.
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 February 2007 John K.Waters	Classroom Collaborators Wireless connectivity is providing a level of flexibility for students and teachers, changing the learning environment in ways that in some cases has to be seen to be believed.
T.H.E. Journal September 2005 Robert Yost	Flexible Network Infrastructure Helps Meet District's Changing Needs IP telephony system improves student safety and staff productivity of northern Virginia district.
T.H.E. Journal November 2004 Joni Lindquist	The Future of Anytime, Anywhere Education Many districts are now looking at anytime, anywhere access to multimedia content as a next step in accomplishing educational goals and expanding the learning environment.
T.H.E. Journal December 2001	Troy School District's Integration of Media Curriculum Michigan's Troy School District recently completed the enormous task of implementing voice, video and data communications in each of its 19 school buildings and within every classroom in the district...
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 May 2001 Mark Gura	East Harlem's Winning School Technology Formula Tech-hungry students, generous corporate partners, central support and the determination to succeed...
T.H.E. Journal February 2009 Dian Schaffhauser	Dollars That Make Sense The tally for outfitting a new high school with technology can reach seven figures in a hurry. Here's how two tech directors met the challenge by spending wisely.
T.H.E. Journal April 2004 Pamela Warren	Automated Notification System Improves Calif. School District's Crisis Management, Attendance US Netcom's PhoneMaster, an automated notification technology system, gives schools the power of two-way communication with parents.
T.H.E. Journal July 2005 Jo Ann Reese	Making a Difference One Student at a Time St. Louis Public Schools expands the eMINTS (enhancing Missouri's Instructional Networked Teaching Strategies) program to boost student achievement throughout the urban district.
T.H.E. Journal April 1, 2010 Sara Stroud	Feeling the Heat Under pressure to cut energy costs, administrators will find solar power a less expensive and more efficient option than ever.
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 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 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.
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 September 2006 Matt Villano	1-to-1 Computing: Teaming Up to Go 1-to-1 Districts are discovering that the secret to implementing a good laptop program is finding a good partner.
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 November 2006 Neal Starkman	Special Section: Resource Management :: Value Judgments Are your technology expenditures proving to be money well spent? A new online total cost of ownership (TCO) tool will let you know.
T.H.E. Journal November 2005 Jacob Milner	Warming Up To Wireless As wireless technology takes hold in school districts, the biggest challenge is getting teachers to embrace it, to take student learning to a new level.
T.H.E. Journal August 2002	Christian County Touts Student-Run IT Help Desk The technology help desk at Christian County Public Schools in Kentucky is run by top-notch, fully trained information technology support professionals. And the best part is they're only high school students.
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T.H.E. Journal April 2005 Donald R. Tetreault	Administrative Technology: New Rules, New Tools A pilot study of Excelsior Software's electronic gradebook solution reveals the impact and time-saving qualities of administrative software.
T.H.E. Journal October 2003 Alexandra Ito	The Reality of Anytime, Anywhere Learning Santa Ana USD integrates technology into its classrooms and staff training with wireless computing
T.H.E. Journal June 2004 David L. Benson	AAL Helps Blue Valley Stay on the Cutting Edge With a Customized Student Information System The partnership enhances the school district's SIS and brings added value to every student's home in the district.
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T.H.E. Journal December 2002	Polk Co. Schools Rely on Florida-Specific Assessment Tool to Develop Individual Learning Paths A unique assessment program in a large Florida school district has proven that a vision, commitment, comprehensive assessment and instructional technology strategy can yield dramatic gains in student achievement scores.
T.H.E. Journal November 2002	Technology Takes On Rural Alaskan Schools Technology is improving virtually all aspects of rural education for teachers, administrators and students. Nowhere is this demonstrated better than in the Northwest Arctic Borough School District, located in one of the most remote areas of northwest Alaska.
T.H.E. Journal June 2005 Gloria Bush	Logging on to Staff Development Enhancing your teachers' knowledge and use of educational technology through online professional development.
T.H.E. Journal September 2005 Newel S. Rice	Conquering NCLB with Technology Washington state's Everett Public Schools tap Cognos Business Intelligence solutions to meet state NCLB reporting requirements.
T.H.E. Journal August 2005 Bill Pflaum	A Second Look at the Nature of Technology in the Classroom Research gathered from visiting schools nationwide reveals that while investing in computer-based instruction and assessment programs can improve student learning, an engaged teacher is still far more invaluable in driving student success.
T.H.E. Journal October 2008 Rama Ramaswami	A Tight Squeeze As government regulations mandate the long-term retention of districts' rising volume of information, K-12 IT directors are using new storage tools to put their data in its place.
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 2005	Driving High-Tech Assessment Solutions for providing quality assessments and data to educators and the community top the list for this Maryland deputy superintendent.
T.H.E. Journal June 2006 Victor Rivero	High-Speed Broadband: A Need for Speed Slow connectivity is imperiling the quality of our nation's K-12 education, while the rest of the world sets the pace technologically.