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Three firms debut new breed of server designed to take the worry out of networks
If your schools suffer from a shortage of qualified computer network administrators or lack adequate wiring to handle traditional network configurations, there was good news for you at DEMO 98,…
California school board votes tech requirements
Students in the Tustin Unified School District in California will be required to demonstrate computer skills to advance and graduate under a plan recently adopted by the school board. …
Virtual high school is nothing but net
A publicly funded virtual high school is now operating in the central region of Florida. It may soon offer students in Orange and Alachua counties an opportunity to earn diplomas…
Gore lashes out at eRate foes: America must close schools’ ‘digital divide,’ Veep declares
Vice President Al Gore, attending a technology conference in Washington late in February, lashed out at opponents of the eRate, pledging to defend the program and charging that legislators who…
ISPs target AOL price hike with cheaper access rates
The decision by America Online (AOL) to raise its monthly rates from $19.95 to $21.95, beginning with its April billing cycle, had many analysts predicting other internet service providers (ISPs)…
Connectivity lingo libretto
ADSL: Short for asymmetric digital subscriber line, a new technology that allows more data to be sent over existing copper telephone lines. ADSL supports data rates from 1.5 to 9…
eSN Special Report: Built For Speed
It was true when you were growing up, and it will be true in the new era of the eSchool: If you want your schools to get ahead, you’re going…
Grant Awards
$50,000 from Assisi Foundation For a student computer laboratory with software geared toward math and science applications, $50,000 to St. Agnes Academy and St. Dominic School in Memphis. (901) 684-1564 $64,685 from…
The five biggest fables about school fund raising
Grantsmanship is a tricky business for anyone. The competition can be fierce, the rejection letters even fiercer. It’s especially hard for the untrained person, who oftentimes is thrown a Request…
Teacher colleges must begin preparing tech savvy teachers
Technology is transforming the teacher’s role today as radically as did the invention of Gutenberg’s printing press more than 500 years ago. But teacher colleges have yet to update their…