Features

The Digital Evolution of Video Surveillance

June 17, 2009 New Internet-based systems allow school officials to track movements in and out of buildings from desktop computers, but security experts warn against relying too much on the technology.

Gradebooks Take Virtual Approach

June 16, 2009 Ed-tech administrators are spending more time evaluating a variety of electronic gradebook products and their capabilities.

Bandwidth Slowing You Down?

June 16, 2009 District leaders should prepare for stimulus funding for broadband telecommunications connections—and make sure they get a fair cut of it.

Global Competition: U.S. Students vs. International Peers

June 16, 2009 Are U.S. students' tech skills keeping up with their international peers?

Districts Dial Into the Internet to Modernize Phone Systems

May 20, 2009 Schools are switching to Voice-over-Internet Protocol, or VoIP, telephone technologies, but many are finding it still pays to have analog lines in place as a backup.

Build It Better

January 16, 2009 District Web sites are a gateway and a guide for educators, parents, and students, but designing them to work for everyone is challenging.

Who Are You?

January 16, 2009 Companies verify student personal information via schools to protect children and teenagers from online predators.

Assessment Connection Inc.

January 12, 2009 Because of increasingly affordable technology and wider access to high-speed broadband Internet connections, more companies in the computer-based-assessment industry are devising ways to deliver tests online.

Obama Links Ed Tech to Economic Growth

December 23, 2008 The President-elect pledges to put more computers in classrooms and expand broadband access to schools and homes.

Open-Content Options

October 17, 2008 In a recent online chat, Lisa A. Petrides, the president and founder of the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education, which researches and supports the use of open content, answered questions on this topic from educators across the country.

The Open-Content Movement

October 17, 2008 A small but growing movement of K-12 teachers are latching on to educational resources that are "open," or free for others to use, change, and republish on Web sites that promote sharing.

Digital Persona

October 17, 2008 For educators who think real life does not offer enough opportunities to practice their profession, there is 'Second Life.'

Disruptive Innovation

October 17, 2008

'Credit Recovery'

October 17, 2008

IT Experts Turn to 'Virtualization' As a Money-Saving Approach

October 16, 2008

Dollars & Sense

October 16, 2008

Open-Content Licensing

July 23, 2008