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Waters, John K. – T.H.E. Journal, 2007
Information technology (IT) departments are ruled by a kind of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: The big-tech stuff--the operating systems, the networks, the data centers--gets the priority, food-and-shelter attention, while upgrading the backup power supplies, evaluating new projector mounts, and taming that rat's nest of classroom cords fall…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Information Technology, Computer Networks, Computer Security
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Kracke, Nancy – Journal of School Public Relations, 2009
It is tempting to assume that we know what our parents, our community, and our employees want from our schools. It is comforting to think that we know what they support. It is also dangerous. This article encourages school systems to let go of assumptions and to start asking the important questions that will lead school boards and administrators…
Descriptors: Central Office Administrators, School Districts, Information Sources, Stakeholders
Farmer, Lesley; Shontz, Marilyn – School Library Journal, 2009
This year's "School Library Journal's" spending survey showed that, despite the recession, the vast majority of media centers around the country have retained their credentialed media specialists. For example, almost 85% of elementary schools and more than 95% of middle and high schools have a full-time certified librarian. In addition, salaries…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Media Specialists, Surveys, Financial Problems
Behrens, John T.; Mislevy, Robert J.; DiCerbo, Kristen E.; Levy, Roy – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2010
The world in which learning and assessment must take place is rapidly changing. The digital revolution has created a vast space of interconnected information, communication, and interaction. Functioning effectively in this environment requires so-called 21st century skills such as technological fluency, complex problem solving, and the ability to…
Descriptors: Evidence, Student Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Influence of Technology
St. Jean, Michael – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2008
With no specific state or federal mandates to districts to maintain comprehensive technology infrastructure, how do districts, in the face of mounting financial pressures, continue to build and maintain their networks, integrate their systems, and expand their resources in a way that is reasonably "budget-proof?" In this article, the…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Urban Schools
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Blackbourn, J. M.; Fillingim, Jennifer G.; McCelland, Susan; Elrod, G. Franklin; Medley, Meagan B.; Kritsonis, Mary Alice; Ray, Jan – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2008
This study examines the use of wireless laptop technology to support the application of problem-based learning (PBL) in a special education methods course. This field based course used a progressive disclosure process in weekly seminars to address issues posed in a case study. Eight scenarios, all related to the case, were presented to upper level…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Teacher Education, Group Discussion
Tedford, Jennifer – Principal Leadership, 2008
How many beginning teachers struggle to create new lessons despite the fact that experienced teachers have already designed effective lessons for the same content? Shulman (1987) used the term "collective amnesia" to describe the failure of school leaders to design professional development that included the collection of its best…
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, Course Content, Norms, Educational Technology
Trotter, Andrew – Education Week, 2006
This article deals with federal E-rate program's support of school leaders' Blackberry habit. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has cleared the way to allow money from the $2.25 billion program of subsidies for school technology to apply to e-mail service for mobile, wireless devices, such as the BlackBerry, which are increasingly…
Descriptors: Internet, Electronic Mail, Telecommunications, Computer Networks
Panettieri, Joseph C. – Campus Technology, 2007
Without proper security, mobile devices are easy targets for worms, viruses, and so-called robot ("bot") networks. Hackers increasingly use bot networks to launch massive attacks against eCommerce websites--potentially targeting one's online tuition payment or fundraising/financial development systems. How can one defend his mobile systems against…
Descriptors: Internet, Web Sites, Handheld Devices, Information Technology
Schaffer, Greg – Campus Technology, 2007
Managing resource usage and data delivery with virtualization devices is a staple of many of today's data infrastructures. By breaking the traditional direct physical access and inserting an abstraction layer, what one sees is what he/she gets, but the mechanics of delivery may be quite different. The reason for the increase in virtualization…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Computer Networks, Information Technology, Methods
Chen, Ching-chih – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1995
Contains 83 references to book titles and a few journal articles pertaining to the Internet and World Wide Web, including some available through the Internet. (LRW)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Books, Computer Networks, Periodicals
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Agee, Anne Scrivener; Yang, Catherine – EDUCAUSE Review, 2009
This article presents the top-ten IT-related issues in terms of strategic importance to the institution, as revealed by the tenth annual EDUCAUSE Current Issues Survey. These IT-related issues include: (1) Funding IT; (2) Administrative/ERP Information Systems; (3) Security; (4) Infrastructure/Cyberinfrastructure; (5) Teaching and Learning with…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Technology, Integrated Learning Systems, Financial Support
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Hedberg, John G.; Brudvik, Ole C. – Theory Into Practice, 2008
Technology-dependent teaching strategies can exploit the currently underused capacities of media-rich Web 2.0 technology to enable student engagement and support higher order thinking. In particular, Web 2.0 technologies support learners' opportunities to coconstruct ideas/knowledge and ways in which they can add their own interpretations in to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Internet, Computer Software, Computer Mediated Communication
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Awidi, Isaiah T. – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2008
While technology has enabled online education in many countries, the same cannot be said for African public universities. Universities in Ghana have made some progress in building networking infrastructure and acquiring computers, but integrating technology into the teaching and learning process has been a challenge. Instructional delivery remains…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Universities, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
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Delialioglu, Omer; Oncu, Semiral; Cakir, Hasan – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2008
There has been a rapid increase in the number of technology certificate programs offered around the world in the last decade. While designing, developing, and implementing these programs little or no consideration is given to geographical, cultural and developmental differences between different regions of the world. This study investigates the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Surveys
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