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The Future of Content

Digital publishing is redefining education, inspiring new teaching practices and changing the way students learn. Yet even as support for electronic content grows, critics argue that key issues must be resolved before it can gain widespread acceptance. Visit this section to find articles and resources about this important issue and to see which factors will influence the future of educational content.

Assessment and Accountability

Technology allows instant feedback on all types of assessments and creates new opportunities for measuring and storing students’ knowledge and skills. It can assist teachers in devising appropriate personalized instruction based upon well designed assessments of all kinds. Find out how some districts are improving assessment techniques, measuring progress, and improving student achievement.

Data-Driven Decision Making

Delve into one of the hottest topics in K-12 education. Having data is no longer sufficient; using it effectively is the key to student success. Learn about the tools, software, hardware, strategies, and initiatives that are changing the way teachers and administrators are improving teaching and learning.

Display and Presentation

New display and presentation technologies inspire innovative educational uses and enhance the classroom experience. This section offers numerous articles and resources highlighting the integration of presentation technologies and new media into schools and classrooms, and tips on how to assess your display and presentation needs.

Grants and Funding

How do schools, districts, and teachers fund the technology they need for continuous improvement in teaching and learning? This site provides case studies, practical tips, and useful information for planning and applying for grants, as well as sustaining technology programs in an era of tights funds.

Mobile Computing

The benefits of mobile and wireless computing throughout K-12 education are many. From 1 to 1 computing, to wireless networks, from laptops to PDAs, read about the benefits and pitfalls of the districts and schools that have embraced mobile computing.

Security

Ask any administrator or technology coordinator their biggest technology challenge, and the issue of security rises to the top. No matter your district size or location, security is an issue that isn’t going away. This Learning Center is your one-stop resource for articles, white papers, case studies and more on creating and maintaining a secure environment.

Technology Integration

Many factors determine the successful integration of technology into classrooms, campuses, and districts—leadership, training, creativity, and affordability are some. This Learning Center covers issues both broad and deep: digital game-based learning, age-appropriate technology, internet use in the classroom, 1 to 1 computing, moving from textbook to digital content, technology in core content areas, and more.

White Papers & Case Studies

A Wireless White Paper Sponsored by Panasonic Projector Systems Company

Learn how Wireless projectors allow for versatility on your campus

A Widescreen White Paper Sponsored by Panasonic Projector Systems Company

Learn how Widescreen projectors will help to broaden the views of your students

The Quandary of Web Anonymizers

Explores the dangers of anonymous Web surfing within organizations and the use of anonymizing technologies and tools to circumvent existing Web fi ltering solutions and anonymously bypass Internet safety policies. This white paper will present the shortcomings of existing URL fi ltering solutions in protecting against the use of anonymizers and describe how a multi-layered, real-time Web security solution can more effectively and dynamically block this emerging threat.

A Layered Approach to Computer Security for Education

Learn how to reduce the impact of theft and protect your IT assets and sensitive data with a comprehensive, multilayered security approach.

Smart Campuses: Appealing to the Millennial Learner

How two higher education institutions are using SMART technologies to increase the quality of classroom instruction.

Technology in Schools: What Tech Support Really Costs

In order to ensure flexible, secure learning environments for students, technology directors face complex challenges and conflicting budget demands every day - from tech support to training, from security to wiring, from staff costs to network infrastructure, and from upgrades to multiple platform support.

E-mail Security in Education: A Virtual Roundtable

The volume of e-mail is now more than a hundred times that of postal mail and has become an indispensable part of the educational process.

Funding Your Campus Communication Systems

Fail-proof ways to build and fund efficient campus communications

Charter school students learning with HP Thin Clients

National Heritage Academies needed to deploy a flexible, scalable computing platform that minimized IT support and service and centralized control over systems and applications, while maintaining acceptable performance levels.

Reliable technology and low TCO at Hudson Park

In a nutshell, HP's technology is streets ahead of anything else. The decision to standardise on this technology has greatly improved the quality and reliability of our infrastructure.

Grove City College and HP partner to develop a strategic plan

HP solutions have enabled us to transform our IT infrastructure into one that faciliates and delivers simple access to an enhanced learning environment while delivering greater support efficiency.

Conroe schools reduce IT complexity with thin clients

The combination of HP PCs, thin clients and Altiris means we're able to support all of our computers with the minimal staff we have.

Schools improve reliability, cut costs with HP thin client solution

Using Compaq thin clients connected to HP ProLiant servers has stabilized our IT environment and cost-effectively expanded student access to school resources.

Protecting Students from the Web,Protecting K-12 Networks from the Students

Ensuring compliance with the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA), increasing network security and improving bandwidth utilization

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