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T.H.E. Journal March 2004	Wireless Telephones Help Schools Increase Communications, Decrease Safety Risks Although schools initially may have decided to deploy wireless networks to offer students and staff mobile computing labs and Internet access, they are now finding that voice is yet another capability that can be added to their network.
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T.H.E. Journal September 2002 Dan Holden	The Litany Investigating the organizational changes needed to make technology effective in the classroom and create an environment where no child is left behind
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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 May 2001 Ruth Watson	The Trumbull County Community Network Project In the early 1990s, the school districts of Trumbull County, OH were similar to most schools in the amount of technology available to teachers, administrators and students. The project that changed that situation made an organized effort to infuse technology into K-12 schools...
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T.H.E. Journal November 2003 Chris Rother	Technology's Value in Education A teacher survey reveals the importance of student access to computers and the need for more tech training.
T.H.E. Journal March 2006 Jonathan Kantor	When Disaster Strikes The lesson to take, in Katrina's aftermath, is how a fully managed wireless broadband network, with remote turnkey support, is ideally suited for disaster recovery.
T.H.E. Journal January 2003 Kay Woodfield	Getting On Board With Online Testing Like most technology being adopted in education, computerized testing has the potential to improve individual student learning. That was Idaho's goal when it selected a new Internet-enabled state test in spring 2002.
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T.H.E. Journal May 2004 Faye P. Taylor	Education Technology Helps Unite School Communities, Improve Academic Achievement The landmark No Child Left Behind Act has spurred the adoption of innovative education technology and Internet-based programs into classrooms nationwide.
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T.H.E. Journal September 2004	Edusoft Version 2.7 This redesigned user interface for the Web-based assessment platform helps school districts, teachers and parents track student performance across three kinds of tests: state exams, district benchmarks and classroom tests.
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