THE Journal — Policy/Research
School IT Departments Evaluate Vista
At colleges, universities, and K-12 institutions, IT decision makers are increasingly showing concern over performance, patching, and hardware requirements of Microsoft Windows Vista. At the same time, the number of organizations using or evaluating Vista has increased to 29 percent, up 8 percent since October 2006. This according to a new survey conducted by Walker Information and released this week by CDW Corp.
(5/9/2007)
Long Odds, Short Fuses
Following last month's unprecedented massacre at Virginia Tech, security has, once again, temporarily moved to the top of the policy agenda in schools. As educators, parents, school staff, and concerned human beings in general, we all want to provide the absolute safest environment possible for the children in our care. Incidents of violence on college and school campuses remind us of our vulnerabilities. Couple this feeling of vulnerability with major media coverage, and we wind up with pressures both internal and external pushing administrators into immediate action.
(5/8/2007)
Data Security in K-12 School Districts
Key words in data security are confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While K-12 school districts can address data security by putting systems and policies into place, I suspect that one additional issue is often overlooked. That is, data security is a people issue. Network administrators can't do it all. It takes knowledgeable and vigilant staff and students to support the process. One might categorize security at macro and micro levels.
(4/2/2007)
Moderating and Ethics for the Classroom Instructional Blog
If I still taught in K-12, would I use a blog? It's one of those new technology tools that some of us digital immigrants might struggle to appreciate. Knowing what I do now, I probably would at least try one because blogs can support the collaborative element so important for peer to peer learning. While some blogs serve personal agendas, in education they can be used for student journals and portfolios, communication with parents and community members, faculty coaching, classroom management (e.g., posting assignments), and other knowledge management tools (Long, 2002) and enhancing classroom discussion.
(2/26/2007)
NCLB Commission Releases Recommendations
The Commission on No Child Left Behind held a press conference Feb. 13 in Washington, DC to release its final report on the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). There were 75 recommendations in total in the report, titled Beyond NCLB: Fulfilling the Promise to Our Nation's Children.
(2/13/2007)
Business Roundtable Supports NCLB Commission Findings
The Business Roundtable, an association of business leaders representing some $4.5 trillion in annual revenues, today threw in its support for the findings and recommendations of the Commission on No Child Left Behind.
(2/13/2007)
Groups Respond to Proposed EETT Cuts
The United States Department of Education today posted details on the Bush administration's proposed FY 2008 budget as it pertains to education. The proposed budget calls for a number of program eliminations, including the elimination of the sole funding supporting Title II D of the No Child Left Behind Act, Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT). The information comes on the day the State Education Technology Directors Association (SETDA) released its findings on the effectiveness of EETT in its 2007 National Trends Report. SETDA responded to the proposed cuts immediately with a call for direct action from its members.
(2/5/2007)
Creating a Rich Learning Environment
(1/1/2006)
A Splash of Color, a Dash of Learning
(1/1/2006)
Sharing and Rewarding Your Successes, Failures
(1/1/2006)
CoSN Announces AYP Pre-Conference Workshop
(1/1/2006)
Addressing ‘Globalization 3.0’
(1/1/2006)
The Unkindest Cut of All
(1/1/2006)
Slowing Down for Progress
(12/1/2005)
Driving High-Tech Assessment
(12/1/2005)
Building a Better Assessment Program
(12/1/2005)
Keeping Tech Support In Step With Technology
(12/1/2005)
Keep Your Program Growing After the Money Runs Out
(12/1/2005)
Industry News
(12/1/2005)
Uncovering E-Rate Mismanagement
(11/1/2005)
Accelerating Out of Technologic Adolescence
(11/1/2005)
The Rise and Fall of Educational Technology: Did We Miss the Point?
(11/1/2005)
CELT National Education Summit ’05
(11/1/2005)
Teachers Talk Tech
(10/1/2005)
The Evolution of Student Information Systems
(10/1/2005)
