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Best Practices in School Technology Spring 2009

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  • Distance program transforming Ala. high schools
    Thu, Feb 07, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Virtual schooling / Distance Learning
    We often call it a "distance learning" program, but it's proving to be a lot more than that. In fact, the Alabama ed-tech initiative known as ACCESS--for Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators, and Students Statewide--has become a catalyst for educational progress well beyond the underserved rural schools and students it was primarily designed to help. [ Read More ]

  • Wireless WAN creates new learning opportunities
    Wed, Dec 19, 2007    Primary Topic Channel:  Wireless Technology
    When David Mabe first sat down at his desk as the new deputy executive director of the sprawling Northeast Texas Regional Education Telecommunications Network (NTRETN), a folder on his desk revealed his mission: to fix the wide area network that provided internet services to the entire region. [ Read More ]

  • Perfect harmony
    Wed, Nov 21, 2007    Primary Topic Channel:  HR
    Empire Union School District in Modesto, Calif., is a K-8 district serving 3,500 students, with seven sites and a district office. It employs 192 full-time equivalent (FTE) certificated staff, 150 FTE classified staff, and 25 managers. In 2001, facing a need to manage attendance tracking as well as position control, Empire began investigating new technology solutions. Today, the district has successfully created a system that brings HR and the school business office into harmony. [ Read More ]

  • Tech, mentoring combine to raise scores for at-risk students
    Wed, Oct 03, 2007    Primary Topic Channel:  HOSTS Learning
    "Education must be focused, defined, and measurable rather than random and accidental. At Brewster Elementary, we have applied these principals using the HOSTS Learning System--and our students have achieved amazing results." --Eric Driessen, Principal, Brewster Elementary School [ Read More ]

 

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