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T.H.E. Journal April 2009 Dian Schaffhauser |
Out of Site, Out of Mind Software as a service puts burdensome administrative tasks into the hands of a web-based host. |
T.H.E. Journal November 2008 Dian Schaffhauser |
Is VoIP Worth It? School districts have by and large had great results implementing VoIP, which has become the conduit for delivering expanded functionality, achieving greater internal control, and gaining freedom from onerous monthly phone bills. |
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 August 2005 Christopher W. McGinley |
Surviving a Communications Network Overhaul A Pennsylvania school district implements a system to provide anytime, anywhere communications for its 4,700 students and 600 staff members. |
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 1, 2010 Charlene O'Hanlon |
Making IT Work for You What happens if the work of maintaining a district's technology systems becomes more than an IT staff can handle? |
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 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 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 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 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. |
CRM March 2003 Jason Flynn |
New & Noteworthy TechExcel Inc. released its FrontOffice 4.0 for small and midsize business sales, marketing, and customer support... Interactive Intelligence Inc. has released two new products... NetLedger Inc. has launched its NetSuite 8.6, which will include enhanced partner relationship management capabilities... etc. |
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. |
CRM December 2013 Leonard Klie |
Online Ticketing System Ticksy Is the Ticket for MDNW Ticksy helps Web design firm respond to customers quickly and efficiently. |
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. |
CRM January 1, 2007 Jim Blayney |
Self-Help, Not Hindrance Here is how to immediately increase efficiency and user satisfaction by applying IT service management self-help technologies wisely. |
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. |
PC Magazine April 6, 2004 Matthew P. Graven |
What to Do When Things Go Wrong Who can you turn to when something goes wrong with your computer? |
T.H.E. Journal January 2, 2010 Charlene O'Hanlon |
All Systems Go The adoption of two cutting edge technologies transforms a fickle wireless network into a fast, efficient engine of learning. |
T.H.E. Journal June 2007 Daniel P. Dern |
Taking Inventory Keeping on top of your IT assets is an imperative. The newest products can ensure license compliance while helping with budgeting, software updating, and bug fixing. |
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 May 2006 Matt Villano |
One Server Fits All E-mail, telephone, chat, instant messaging - so many communication technologies, yet we still can't track each other down. Some school districts finds that a centralizing unit is the solution. |
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 August 2006 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
The 4-1-1 on District 219 This year's Charp Award winner is honored at NECC for its unique and compelling use of technology, particularly in support of teachers. |
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 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 2006 Linda L. Briggs |
Document Management :: It Prints! It Faxes! It Scans! A state-of-the-art multifunction publishing system combines the work of several devices into a single unit, creating dramatic savings in paper use and personnel time. |
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 October 1, 2009 Charlene O'Hanlon |
Safe at Home Combining high-tech safeguards with face-to-face user education is a must for schools whose laptop programs allow students to take the computers off-site. |
T.H.E. Journal December 2005 |
Destiny Media Manager The latest addition to the Destiny Resource Management solution from Follett Software enables teachers to search, reserve, and track materials from a browser-based system that assigns a bar code to all of a district's instructional media. |
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 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 April 1, 2010 Bridget McCrea |
It Goes Both Ways The days of using the internet as merely a one-way supplier of news are over. With social media tools encouraging a back- and-forth exchange of information, parents, alumni, and other stakeholders can participate directly in the life of their school. |
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 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 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 April 2006 |
Maximus' SchoolMAX Enterprise Maximus has released SchoolMAX Enterprise, a desktop or laptop student information system that provides passwordprotected access to student data across an entire district. |
T.H.E. Journal September 2005 |
Pinnacle Enterprise Pinnacle Enterprise allows district administrators to manage, monitor, and implement system operations districtwide, from one centralized location, using Microsoft SQL server technology. |
Linux Journal January 29, 2002 John T. Francois |
Why Application Servers Crash and How to Avoid It Why does the application server crash? We will look at a little bit of queuing theory to analyze various scenarios that lead to web site crashes... |
T.H.E. Journal September 1, 2010 John K. Waters |
Move It or Lose: It Cloud-Based Data Storage In Hendrick Hudson School District, located in Montrose, NY, just 40 minutes outside the Big Apple, district auditors wanted a better way to back up their data than the on-site, tape-based system the district had been using for years. |
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 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 2007 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
A Winner on All Fronts This year's Sylvia Charp Award for District Innovation in Technology goes to a district whose innovative technological efforts touch every aspect of its operation. |
CRM December 22, 2015 |
SutiSoft Updates SutiDesk New features have been added to SutiDesk, SutiSoft's online helpdesk software. |