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Ramaswami, Rama – T.H.E. Journal, 2010
Schools fear the predatory behavior that lurks around social networking sites, where the exchange of personal information can make users sitting ducks for hackers, thieves, cyberbullies, and scammers. So they're caught in what appears to be an all-or-nothing choice: take advantage of the academic opportunities that social networking sites can…
Descriptors: Internet, Social Networks, Safety, Computer Security
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Villano, Matt – T.H.E. Journal, 2008
The Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) requires any school or library receiving funding from the federal E-Rate program to deploy web filtering technology to prevent users from viewing objectionable material while they are using the institution's computers. However, opponents of web filtering legislation question whether or not mandated…
Descriptors: Internet, Web Sites, Computer Security, Computer Uses in Education
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Demski, Jennifer – T.H.E. Journal, 2009
The presence of a bilingual educator is proving pivotal to the success of technology initiatives aimed at developing Spanish-speaking students' grasp of both the concepts and the language of mathematics. This article features Ginny Badger, a teaching assistant at Glenwood Springs High School in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, who sacrificed her…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Second Language Learning, Computer Software, Program Effectiveness
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Waters, John K. – T.H.E. Journal, 2007
A growing number of K-12 districts are taking the open source plunge, both to cope with tight budgets and to escape proprietary vendor lock-in and expensive upgrade cycles. With the potential for cost savings and a growing number of educational applications, open source software is proving to be an effective alternative for schools willing to make…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Influence, Computer Software, Technology Integration
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Waters, John K. – T.H.E. Journal, 2008
Data integration is one of the single most challenging tasks any district can face. Fortunately for school districts throughout the country with data scattered in disparate systems, an open specification known as the Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF) is mitigating that challenge. SIF has emerged as a cornerstone of K-12 data warehousing,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Computer Software, School Districts, Educational Cooperation
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Szul, Linda F.; Woodland, Dawn E. – T.H.E. Journal, 1998
Even though affordable technology makes it possible for teachers to make professional looking computer presentations, overheads, and handouts, they need to understand basic design principles to create effective visuals. This article discusses when visuals should be used and principles of design: layout; organization; and use of space, color, and…
Descriptors: Color, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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Starkman, Neal – T.H.E. Journal, 2006
Kaestner is the TCO (total cost of ownership) project director for the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), a national nonprofit group that helps K-12 schools effectively use technology to improve both teaching and learning. CoSN, in tandem with Gartner, a research and advisory firm, has developed a free, vendorneutral, online tool--in the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Technology Planning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Milner, Jacob – T.H.E. Journal, 2006
At the Orange County Public School District in Orlando, Florida, assessing reading skills among the youngest students used to be quite a process. Relying on rudimentary products such as paper and pencils, the strategy hinged on the bubble sheets teachers administered to students once a year. After teachers scored the exams, they sent them to the…
Descriptors: Internet, Data Analysis, Reading Skills, Pilot Projects
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Lopez, W. Joy – T.H.E. Journal, 2003
In the fall of 2002, Visions In Education, a charter school for home-schooled and independent-study children, opened Visions High School Academy (www.visions academy.org), a virtual project-based high school. The five educators who started the program--Mark Jackson, Fred Lamora, Celine Darby, Jennifer Russell and the author--identified three…
Descriptors: High Schools, Charter Schools, Interaction, Internet
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Starkman, Neal – T.H.E. Journal, 2006
According to James Robertson, the managing director of Step Two Designs, a content management consultancy, "A content management system supports the creation, management, distribution, publishing, and discovery of corporate information. It covers the complete lifecycle of the pages of one's site, from providing simple tools to create the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Internet, Information Management
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Mastel, Vern L. – T.H.E. Journal, 1996
Describes the development of a wide area network (WAN) in the Bismarck Public School District (North Dakota). Topics include design goals, network infrastructure, implementing library access, sharing resources across platforms, electronic mail, dial-in access, Internet access, adhering to software licenses, shareware and freeware, and monitoring…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education