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Data Management Look Ma, no textbooks June 22, 2009 Empire High School (Vail, AZ) seniors will be the first group of students to have started and completed their high school careers without the use of traditional textbooks, using personal laptops instead. When the school began its More.. Cover Your Assets: the latest asset management software in action June 18, 2009 Quick, tell us: How many laptops are in your middle schools? Which ones are about to come off warranty? Did your tech department finish updating all the software licensing? If you can’t answer these questions, it is probably time More.. Spending wisely: DC school funds innovative tech programs June 16, 2009 Rick Kelsey, STEM coordinator and technology director at McKinley Technical High School in Washington, D.C., has developed some unique ways for this citywide public high school and career academy to use stimulus funding for More.. DigiMemo, A $100 Digital Notepad June 1, 2009 by Serhat Kurt, Ph.D. We take notes daily for various reasons. Note taking is very popular in school settings and generally recognized as an effective learning strategy, yet most students probably have never considered just More.. Top 10 Ways to Save Money on your Printer May 29, 2009 Lexmark has released the findings from its Life Cycle Assessment study, which reveal contributors to a printer's carbon footprint and how a user can reduce them. Here are 10 ways you can save money and go green:1. Use More.. view all text items in this section...
Security 11 crisis management tips for administrators: what to do if you have to shut down May 20, 2009 CDW-G offers the following checklist of topics and questions for non-technology executives and administrators to review with their management teams and IT departments to prepare for significant facility shutdowns – regardless of More.. Virtualization: A Primer May 18, 2009 While funding evaporates in these harsh economic times, virtualization benefits budgets, education, and the environment while improving security. Here are some ways to virtualize:DesktopThe entire desktop environment, including More.. Recent survey says 40% of ID theft is from browser-based password software May 18, 2009 Researchers from the Department of Computer Science at the University of California Santa Barbara have released a publication about the operation of a botnet known as Torpig. The team controlled the botnet for 10 days, and during More.. Stop sexting: new game teaches students about Internet safety May 4, 2009 Web Wise Kids, WILL Interactive, Verizon and the ESA Foundation have created the game “It’s Your Call” for schools, law enforcement and community organizations to teach teens about “sexting,” cyber-bullying, academic cheating and More.. PC virtualization systems give schools a lot of computer learning for the buck March 22, 2009 Sometimes it was a challenge keeping students at Danville (IL) High School focused on interactive-video lessons on the library computers. But not anymore.Now classes, like a group of eight special-needs students recently, simply More.. view all text items in this section...
eLearning Calculating the ROI on virtual schooling June 25, 2009 When calculating the Return on Investment (ROI) for VHS schools it is important to consider more than just training costs. Also to be considered is the cost to schools to relieve the teacher from teaching one period per day. More.. Free home-school podcasts June 24, 2009 The Appalachia Regional Comprehensive Center at Edvantia has created a free podcast series for educators on increasing parent involvement in schools. The resource is primarily aimed at state-level educators, but contains tips and More.. Look Ma, no textbooks June 22, 2009 Empire High School (Vail, AZ) seniors will be the first group of students to have started and completed their high school careers without the use of traditional textbooks, using personal laptops instead. When the school began its More.. Cover Your Assets: the latest asset management software in action June 18, 2009 Quick, tell us: How many laptops are in your middle schools? Which ones are about to come off warranty? Did your tech department finish updating all the software licensing? If you can’t answer these questions, it is probably time More.. Spending wisely: DC school funds innovative tech programs June 16, 2009 Rick Kelsey, STEM coordinator and technology director at McKinley Technical High School in Washington, D.C., has developed some unique ways for this citywide public high school and career academy to use stimulus funding for More.. view all text items in this section...
Copyright The New Rules of Copyright By Judy Salpeter, October 15, 2008 from Tech&Learning Complying with, and teaching young people about, copyright in an educational setting often feels burdensome. That's because copyright laws were not designed to facilitate the sort of sharing and More.. Fair Use for Educational Purposes?(2) July 8, 2005 Tip: Fair use is a complicated situation especially for K-12 and higher education. What constitutes fair use of copyrighted materials such as a book or software? While fair use is intended to apply to teaching, research, and More.. Who Owns What? June 7, 2005 Tip: Copyright and ownership of particular intellectual property is confusing. Who owns the copyright? The basic rules imply: The author is usually the owner. Except when the work-for-hire rules apply: The author's employer More.. Copyright and Fair Use Carol S. Holzberg, Ph.D., January 15, 2005 Legal and ethical behavior is an essential component of being a good digital citizen. A key factor of that behavior is knowing what content is and is not okay to use in an educational setting. For answers to all your questions More.. More than a Signature Required October 20, 2004 We have Acceptable Use and Copyright Policies that students and parents sign annually. But recently when a student was discovered using a school computer to download multiple copyrighted files, she claimed ignorance of the More.. view all text items in this section...
Funding Calculating the ROI on virtual schooling June 25, 2009 When calculating the Return on Investment (ROI) for VHS schools it is important to consider more than just training costs. Also to be considered is the cost to schools to relieve the teacher from teaching one period per day. More.. New integrated classroom grant June 22, 2009 The Calypso 2010 Integrated Classroom Grant will provide teachers and administrators with an integrated classroom technology solution, complete with pre-assembled A V equipment-known as the ezRoom Classroom Bundle. Schools More.. MA school raises big bucks with trust fund June 18, 2009 Tired of running to the board every time they wanted to buy something, Boxford Elementary Schools (MA) decided to take money matters into their own hands. The Boxford Elementary Schools Trust (B.E.S.T.) was founded in 1996 as a More.. Spending wisely: DC school funds innovative tech programs June 16, 2009 Rick Kelsey, STEM coordinator and technology director at McKinley Technical High School in Washington, D.C., has developed some unique ways for this citywide public high school and career academy to use stimulus funding for More.. Virtualization saves Texas school over a million dollars June 10, 2009 Steve Young, chief technology officer of the Judson school district in Texas, recently performed his own energy cost analysis a year after beginning a major computer upgrade and expansion program in his school district of 21,000 More.. view all text items in this section...
Mobile & Wireless Look Ma, no textbooks June 22, 2009 Empire High School (Vail, AZ) seniors will be the first group of students to have started and completed their high school careers without the use of traditional textbooks, using personal laptops instead. When the school began its More.. Virtualization saves Texas school over a million dollars June 10, 2009 Steve Young, chief technology officer of the Judson school district in Texas, recently performed his own energy cost analysis a year after beginning a major computer upgrade and expansion program in his school district of 21,000 More.. DigiMemo, A $100 Digital Notepad June 1, 2009 by Serhat Kurt, Ph.D. We take notes daily for various reasons. Note taking is very popular in school settings and generally recognized as an effective learning strategy, yet most students probably have never considered just More.. Top 10 Ways to Save Money on your Printer May 29, 2009 Lexmark has released the findings from its Life Cycle Assessment study, which reveal contributors to a printer's carbon footprint and how a user can reduce them. Here are 10 ways you can save money and go green:1. Use More.. Put students to work: tips for a successful laptop program May 25, 2009 One regularly overlooked aspect of implementing a school laptop initiative is student involvement. The education consultants at Generation YES recently outlined some ways to do just that. For the full report, go to http: More.. view all text items in this section...
Assessment & Testing Digital Storytelling Goes Hollywood March 29, 2009 Digital storytelling already proves its worth in classrooms across the country, but when Joe Brennan took over a position at Wilkes University teaching a Digital Storytelling graduate course and the Discovery Educator Network More.. PC virtualization systems give schools a lot of computer learning for the buck March 22, 2009 Sometimes it was a challenge keeping students at Danville (IL) High School focused on interactive-video lessons on the library computers. But not anymore.Now classes, like a group of eight special-needs students recently, simply More.. When Free Isn’t Free: The realities of running open source in school March 18, 2009 Despite the last few years’ growth in awareness of open-source software in schools and the potential savings it represents, its widespread adoption is still hampered. Randy Orwin, technology director of the Bainbridge Island More.. Stem Cell Biology, Global Warming, and other hot topics at 2009 NSTA conference March 18, 2009 Internationally renowned scientist authors Ken Miller and Joe Levine will present innovative strategies for engaging students in learning biology at the 2009 National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Conference this week in More.. Special needs study released March 1, 2009 The Journal of Special Education Technology recently published an independent research study, titled "Using Software to Enhance the Writing Skills of Students with Special Needs," that examines the impact of assistive technology More.. view all text items in this section...
Curriculum Calculating the ROI on virtual schooling June 25, 2009 When calculating the Return on Investment (ROI) for VHS schools it is important to consider more than just training costs. Also to be considered is the cost to schools to relieve the teacher from teaching one period per day. More.. Look Ma, no textbooks June 22, 2009 Empire High School (Vail, AZ) seniors will be the first group of students to have started and completed their high school careers without the use of traditional textbooks, using personal laptops instead. When the school began its More.. Virtualization saves Texas school over a million dollars June 10, 2009 Steve Young, chief technology officer of the Judson school district in Texas, recently performed his own energy cost analysis a year after beginning a major computer upgrade and expansion program in his school district of 21,000 More.. 25 ways to teach with Twitter by Sonja Cole June 4, 2009 Twitter can feel like a strange new landscape when you first jump in. It is not always clear what its professional uses are, or what to post in 140 characters or less. But when you start to think of Twitter as a micro-blog (and More.. Michelle Obama on Education May 28, 2009 If you haven't watched the videos posted at TED.com, be careful or you could be there for hours. The one below is from the First Lady's trip last month to a London girls school. Definitely worth the 10 minutes to stream in class: More.. view all text items in this section...