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  • Hurricane Katrina shows power of eCommunications during crisis
    Mon, Dec 18, 2006    Primary Topic Channel:  Stakeholder Relations
    eSchool News columnist Nora Carr commends the state departments of education in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida for getting hurricane-related information and news posted so quickly on their web sites, even though staff members were undoubtedly dealing with incredible personal and professional stress. [ Read More ]

  • Education 2.0: The next evolution of school software has arrived
    Fri, Dec 15, 2006    Primary Topic Channel:  Web Resources
    Aiming to customize their solutions to meet the individual needs of teachers and students, a growing number of school systems are ushering in a new breed of school software that relies on open technologies--whether it's open-source software on their servers and desktops, or so-called Web 2.0 services available free of charge online. Economics and advancements in technology are fueling this latest trend in school software, proponents of the movement say--but it's also about customization, and the desire to employ a variety of solutions as users see fit. [ Read More ]

  • Teens win scholarships for science prowess
    Tue, Dec 05, 2006    Primary Topic Channel:  Awards
    Science and technology were the focal point Dec. 4 as some of the brightest students in the country were honored with scholarships during the annual Siemens Competition in Math Science and Technology. Among the most prestigious events of its kind in the country, the event sought to recognize students whose work in science and technology might significantly impact professional research in those fields. [ Read More ]

  • Social-networking sites confound schools
    Mon, Nov 20, 2006    Primary Topic Channel:  Community
    More than three years after social-networking web sites such as MySpace and Facebook first began cropping up online, school leaders still struggle with how to set policies regarding the use of such sites both inside and outside of school--and many school systems lack these policies altogether, according to a recent survey. [ Read More ]

  • Stop the presses: School newspapers moving online
    Fri, Nov 03, 2006    Primary Topic Channel:  School Administration , Community
    With the internet taking a more central role in students' lives, schools nationwide have begun moving their student newspapers to the web. Online editions aren't confined by a page count, they save money, and they're more accessible to a greater number of people, supporters of the trend say--including friends and relatives who live outside the community. [ Read More ]

  • Warnings about social-networking sites
    Fri, Aug 04, 2006    Primary Topic Channel:  Web Resources
    As the popularity of social-networking web sites such as MySpace.com and Facebook.com continues to rise, many college campuses have taken to discussing the dangers often associated with these and other sites as a part of their freshman orientation programs. While the sites can be effective vehicles for tech-savvy students to meet and greet new friends, administrators say, students should be careful about the type of content they post online and how that content might affect their reputation and that of their school. [ Read More ]

  • Georgia schools accelerate web research with caching solution
    Mon, Jul 31, 2006    Primary Topic Channel:  Web Resources
    As with other aspects of life, education has undergone tremendous changes with the rise of the internet. Teachers and students increasingly are using classroom PCs and the web for research as part of the regular curriculum, and they're also using web-based applications to support instruction. For Georgia's DeKalb County Schools, however, these trends were causing a problem: The communications infrastructure that provided access to these applications and the internet was too slow to serve the growing traffic volume. [ Read More ]

 

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