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von Frank, Valerie – Journal of Staff Development, 2014
What kind of data does the Aldine (Texas) Independent School District collect on each of the 64,000 students in the system? The answer is: Traditional information--progress reports, grades, and state assessment results, including a statewide reading inventory given three times a year and state language acquisition tests. The school has a chart for…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Student Records, Recordkeeping, Computer Oriented Programs
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Kahle, David – Journal of Statistics Education, 2014
In this article, I introduce a novel applet ("module") for exploring probability distributions, their samples, and various related statistical concepts. The module is primarily designed to be used by the instructor in the introductory course, but it can be used far beyond it as well. It is a free, cross-platform, stand-alone interactive…
Descriptors: Monte Carlo Methods, Learning Modules, Probability, Statistical Distributions
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Violini, Bob – Community College Journal, 2014
As part of the student success agenda, the nation's community colleges have been asked to rethink their approach to education on every level. From the explosion of smartphones and mobile devices on campus to the demand for more robust data analytics and tracking to the increasingly technical nature of global work, technology has evolved from a…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Community Colleges, Educational Technology, Telecommunications
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Zurier, Steve – Community College Journal, 2013
Few professors teaching at community colleges today expect students to learn every nuance of every technological device they are likely to encounter throughout the course of their careers. Educators can expose students to enough of a base so that when the technology does evolve--and it will--they have the confidence and ability to adapt and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Higher Education, Job Training, Technology Uses in Education
Panettieri, Joseph C. – Campus Technology, 2006
Simplifying and securing an IT infrastructure is not easy. It frequently requires rethinking years of hardware and software investments, and a gradual migration to modern systems. Even so, writes the author, universities can take six practical steps to success: (1) Audit software infrastructure; (2) Evaluate current applications; (3) Centralize…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Universities, Audits (Verification), Computer Software
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Cubbin, Sharon M.; McCrary, Richard D. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1985
Describes efforts undertaken in Texas to promote articulation between two- and four-year colleges and facilitate the transfer process. Focuses on the production and distribution of accurate transferability information, curriculum revisions, the activities of the North Texas Articulation Council, and the use of computers to aid in the transferral…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs, Consortia
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1984
Designed to broaden awareness of the Texas Education Computer Cooperative (TECC) and its efforts to develop products and services which can be most useful to schools, this publication provides an outline of the need, purpose, organization, and funding of TECC and descriptions of 19 projects. The project descriptions are organized by fiscal year in…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
San Antonio Coll., TX. – 1984
A research project was conducted to develop an advanced child care administration course teaching microcomputer utilization for child care administrators. After a technical advisory committee generated and prioritized a list of tasks typically performed by child care administrators, a tentative course overview was developed. Eighteen of the 24…
Descriptors: Accounting, Administrator Education, Child Care Occupations, Computer Literacy
Texas School Public Relations Association. – 1984
This two-part source book offers administrators both general information for effective communications in public education and case studies describing methods used by individual Texas school districts to solve communications problems. General articles include guidelines for working with the news media, producing school newsletters, developing a…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Bond Issues, Communication Skills, Computer Oriented Programs
Hollenback, E. F., Comp. – 1983
These proceedings contain 46 papers presented at a summer workshop on vocational guidance. The first two papers, presented at general sessions, deal with equal access/sex equity and problems in Vocational Education Data System reports. The remaining 44 presentations are divided into these nine categories (with representative topics): testing (the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Career Counseling, Career Education