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Using video to improve teaching and learning
Knowing that good teaching leads to increased student achievement, the Great Prairie Area Education Agency already had programs in place to mentor new teachers and highlight best teaching practices through…
Viewpoint: The education competition myth
It's not whether competition works or whether it doesn't work; the question is whether it can exist at all. Just like capitalism is predicated on the free flow of…
An appliance approach to data backup
What are we hearing in the educational arena regarding IT today? Use resources as efficiently as possible. Get more out of what we have. Leverage a well-working IT implementation across…
How to engage students with wireless tech
Education has certainly changed from when I was in school, but when one of my grandkids started pre-kindergarten this year, I realized just how different things were since my youngest…
Hosted VoIP: Does it make sense for your schools?
Contracting with an outside service provider to host your VoIP service offers many potential advantages, but it might not make sense for all school districts. As with any project, school…
Hosted VoIP: A better call?
As school districts replace their antiquated phone systems, a growing number of districts are choosing hosted, or “managed,” voice-over-IP service. Besides being easier to manage, hosted VoIP service also enables…
eSN Special Report: Smarter Education
For years, marketers have used sophisticated software to track consumers’ buying habits and web browsing activity, then crunch this information and make intelligent predictions to target their sales messages more…
Analytics improves effectiveness of Minnesota schools
Like most states, Minnesota contains many school districts that are quite small; one district, for example, has just 500 students. Fortunately, the state is home to TIES, a joint-powers cooperative…
Texas system provides early warnings to help stem dropouts
Randy Sumrall, chief information officer for the Education Service Center (ESC) Region 10 in eastern North Texas, knows the importance of case management for individual students—that is, looking at where…
How to make sense of the new eRate gift rules
In its Sixth Report and Order, issued in September 2010, the FCC codified regulations regarding gifts from eRate service providers to align with the gift rules applicable to federal agencies.…