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Best Practices in School Technology Spring 2009

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  • Beyond remediation
    Wed, Sep 26, 2007    Primary Topic Channel:  Assessment & Evaluation
    When Larry Bohannon became assistant superintendent of the Sikeston School District in Sikeston, Mo., he had no idea what learning goldmine rested quietly in his district's alternative school. He knew the school was using an online courseware program that was helping struggling learners improve their performance, but it was not until he took the time to meet with a service team from American Education Corporation (AEC) that he started to realize just how powerful the tool could be. [ Read More ]

  • Ed-tech accountability
    Mon, Oct 23, 2006    Primary Topic Channel:  Data management
    Broward County Public Schools desperately needed a system to manage their IT projects. But IT veteran Becky Schmaus knew that any vendor she contacted to help create such a system would first ask, "What is the current process?" [ Read More ]

  • Vanderbilt Law School cuts costs, improves management of software licenses
    Wed, Sep 06, 2006    Primary Topic Channel:  Higher ed-tech leadership
    Vanderbilt University Law School, founded in 1873 and nationally recognized as one of the top-tier law schools in the country, is reaping the rewards of an IT and Software Asset Management (IT/SAM) solution through its association with Seattle-based software vendor Express Metrix. Jason Bradley, Senior Systems Administrator with Vanderbilt Law's Information Technology Services division, explains how: [ Read More ]

  • Ohio district saves $200,000 by streaming cable TV to classrooms
    Wed, Aug 30, 2006    Primary Topic Channel:  Video technologies
    The Geneva Area City Schools in northeast Ohio has signed an agreement with VBrick Systems Inc., a Connecticut-based provider of video-over-IP network solutions, to stream cable television to its classrooms economically and reliably--eliminating $200,000 in traditional IT infrastructure costs. Its agreement with VBrick also will enable the district to select and restrict access to specific cable TV stations, thereby ensuring age-appropriate content throughout the district. [ Read More ]

  • Document cameras focus learning at Valencia Community College
    Wed, Aug 09, 2006    Primary Topic Channel:  Facilities
    With four campuses and two centers in the Orlando area, Valencia Community College is the fourth largest of Florida's 28 community colleges, teaching more than 55,000 students a year. As part of Valencia's ongoing efforts to meet student needs, the college is installing state-of-the-art presentation and audio/visual equipment in all of its existing "smart" classrooms and auditoriums, as well as in two recently completed buildings. All of this equipment will be installed over the next four years by LMG, a Florida-based systems integrator that also has installations in progress at the University of Central Florida, Stetson University, and Seminole Community College. Bob Kearfott, Valencia's manager of classroom technology, explained, "We want to make it as easy as possible for faculty members and lecturers to make high-quality presentations to students at any of our schools. So we installed state-of-the-art audio/visual presentation equipment for them to use in our classrooms and auditoriums." [ Read More ]

 

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