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Getting the Most out of Your Ed-Tech Investment
Although technology spending remains a top priority for many districts, school budgets are still tight and unpredictable at best. But funding from the federal eRate and other grant programs can…
Best Practices in School Technology: Winter 2013
How to improve student achievement by up to 20 percent, foster greater student engagement and interaction, and sustain ed-tech funding in schools: These are among the many best practices in…
The Trifecta for Transforming Education
The world of academic technology is becoming increasingly more complex. Virtualization can be the cornerstone of a strategy to counteract this trend by simplifying the delivery and ongoing management of…
Strategies for eRate Success
As you prepare to apply for your schools’ annual share of $2.3 billion in eRate discounts on telecommunications services and internet access, we’ve assembled this handy collection of tips, tricks,…
Free website brings U.S. Constitution to life
In the wake of the presidential election, students and teachers may devote class time to exploring and learning about the United States Constitution. The Constitution Center offers a free interactive…
How a Centralized Monitoring, Alerting, and Reporting System Can Save School Property—and Lives
While many schools have adopted some combination of incident detection systems, these often operate in silos, independent of one another. An appropriate response therefore might be delayed, because alerts don’t…
How to Integrate Macs into a Windows-Centric Environment—Efficiently and Cost-Effectively
With the growing popularity of Mac devices in schools, IT managers face challenges in delivering the services that students and staff need on the computers they want to use. Read…
The Top 8 Mistakes in Implementing Online Credit Recovery
Whether you are in the initial phases of thinking about online credit recovery, or if you are looking for improved results from your current program, this white paper contains information…
Why a Scalable BYOD Access Strategy is Critical for K-12 Districts
School districts that adopt Bring Your Own Device programs can lower their overall cost of running IT, enable new ways of educating, and improve the technology experience for students, faculty,…
One-to-One Solutions: Where Are We Today?
School leaders are faced with deciding how best to make the transition to a digital learning environment. Will they provide devices to students to initiate a one-to-one environment, allow students…