Can colleges meet students’ preference for digital communication?
The effective delivery of information is important in almost any environment. No matter the setting – corporate, health care, or a university – poor communication can lead to…
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Online learning: Disruptive innovation in progress
As online learning has grown rapidly in K-12 education, news stories have captured several angles about the phenomenon. But the news coverage has largely failed to capture two…
‘Study Buddies’ program delivers results
Sometimes, the best thing we can give our students to ensure academic success is attention. However, with funding tight, finding the resources to give the attention your students…
School program makes use of new skills, old computers
When a large company or famous philanthropist donates computers to children to advance their learning and give them online access to the world, it makes an impact. But…
Flipped learning: A response to five common criticisms
Flipped learning has created quite a stir. Some argue that this teaching method will completely transform education, while others say it is simply an opportunity for boring lectures…
Supporting continuous improvement with data
Difficult. Clunky. Frustrating. Those were three words often used by administrators, teachers, and staff to describe our previous data warehouse. Because the system was complicated, people didn’t use…
Reading with fluency and confidence
Tylertown High School is located Walthall County--Mississippi’s primary dairy county. In Tylertown, the county seat, approximately one-third of adults over the age of 25 do not have a…
Responsible electronics stewardship: A guide to purchasing and recycling equipment that makes the grade
Technology is essential to the modern classroom: computers, tablets, and eReaders give educators and students extraordinary access to interactive resources that connect, inform, inspire, and entertain. Unfortunately, technology…
Using video to improve teaching and learning
Knowing that good teaching leads to increased student achievement, the Great Prairie Area Education Agency already had programs in place to mentor new teachers and highlight best teaching…
Viewpoint: The education competition myth
It's not whether competition works or whether it doesn't work; the question is whether it can exist at all. Just like capitalism is predicated on the free flow…
An appliance approach to data backup
What are we hearing in the educational arena regarding IT today? Use resources as efficiently as possible. Get more out of what we have. Leverage a well-working IT…
How to engage students with wireless tech
Education has certainly changed from when I was in school, but when one of my grandkids started pre-kindergarten this year, I realized just how different things were since…
Hosted VoIP: Does it make sense for your schools?
Contracting with an outside service provider to host your VoIP service offers many potential advantages, but it might not make ... Read more
Analytics improves effectiveness of Minnesota schools
Like most states, Minnesota contains many school districts that are quite small; one district, for example, has just 500 students. ... Read more
Texas system provides early warnings to help stem dropouts
Randy Sumrall, chief information officer for the Education Service Center (ESC) Region 10 in eastern North Texas, knows the importance ... Read more
How to make sense of the new eRate gift rules
In its Sixth Report and Order, issued in September 2010, the FCC codified regulations regarding gifts from eRate service providers to align with the gift rules applicable to…
Five tips for eRate success
With a new eRate application season about to dawn for schools and libraries, here are five tips that can help ensure success in getting your fair share of…
Using Dropbox as a course management tool
Today’s classroom teachers are increasingly seeking out simple ways to effectively share information and collect assignments over the internet. Numerous institutions now encourage the use of course websites…
Merger boosts CenturyLink’s status as a provider of cloud services
The nation’s third largest telecommunications company has gained even more expertise in supplying cloud computing to schools and other customers, thanks to a recently completed merger.
$1.5M grant jump-starts teacher development
Tutor.com, which connects students with live tutors online for tutoring in math, science, social studies, and English, is the largest online tutoring and homework help service available—and, with…
Viewpoint: Why education is not like business
Much of the recent political chatter has claimed that government is inefficient, inept, and wasteful, and the oft-cited remedy for such failures is to make government—including public education—act…
Not getting the (text) message
It is a typical morning on campus, with students heading to class and professors and staff arriving for work, when suddenly there is an emergency. It could be…
Don’t take chances with information
While Twitter delivers quick messages, mass notification systems have several key advantages that make them invaluable to school administrators in an emergency.
