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T.H.E. Journal January 2009 John K. Waters	All Hands on Tech A district finds integrating handheld devices is the way to an effective and cost-effective expansion of its 1-to-1 computing program.
T.H.E. Journal September 1, 2010 Jennifer Grayson	The Expandable Classroom: Walls That Move! "Learning needs to be highly flexible and adaptable," says Konrad Judd, principal and lead designer for SHW Group. "With the integration of technology it's more necessary than ever."
PHONE+ May 1, 2009	Case Study: High School Goes Wireless With U4EA Hollis Brookline High wanted to offer students the use of computers in class, but realizing that it would be impractical to wire 30 connections for every classroom, the high school went wireless.
T.H.E. Journal January 2006	Creating a Rich Learning Environment Obtaining affordable technology to integrate into his schools is among this Washington administrator's primary aims.
T.H.E. Journal January 2004 Mike Gatlin	Interactive Whiteboard System Creates 'Active Classrooms' for Rural Georgia School System In order to catch and keep students' attention, while improving student learning in the process, our district needed new and exciting technology to infuse into the curriculum.
T.H.E. Journal November 1, 2010	2020 Vision: Experts Forecast What the Digital Revolution Will Bring Next A discussion about how far we've come in education technology, and where we can expect to go.
T.H.E. Journal August 2005 Una Daly	The Hidden Costs of Wireless Computer Labs Mobile labs may bring us a step closer to one-to-one computing, but with the proliferation of security problems and tech support issues, are they really ready to replace dedicated computer labs?
T.H.E. Journal November 2004 Susan Amirian	Putting Tablet PCs to the Test A look at how three different table PCs faired in the classroom: HP Compaq TC1100... ViewSonic V1250S... Motion Computing's M1400...
T.H.E. Journal November 2006 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Imagine the Possibilities One district's innovative use of interactive whiteboards demonstrates technology's ability to fulfill any vision educators have for it.
T.H.E. Journal December 10, 2009 Bridget McCrea	5 K-12 Technology Trends for 2010 These tech trends include greater use of ebook readers, interactive whiteboards, personal devices in the classroom, and more.
T.H.E. Journal September 2006 Catherine Wambach	Smart Classroom: From Revolutionary to Evolutionary: 10 Years of 1-to-1 Computing Laptop initiatives are now a decade old. Once a point of controversy, they have become the cornerstone of every district's technology hopes.
T.H.E. Journal August 2004	Dell Defines Its 'Effect' on Education Market, Introduces Intelligent Classroom at NECC Dell's highlights from this year's National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) in New Orleans.
T.H.E. Journal January 28, 2010 Scott Aronowitz	Wisconsin District To Launch Online School Howard-Suamico School District of Green Bay, WI, has announced it will partner with Kaplan Virtual Education to launch Bay Port iAcademy to provide full- and part-time online education opportunities to middle school and high school students throughout the state.
T.H.E. Journal September 2008 Dian Schaffhauser	Small Device, Big Appeal Ultra-handy, ultramobile, and ultra-low-cost, miniature PCs may one day unseat conventional laptops as the machine of choice for 1-to-1 programs.
T.H.E. Journal October 2003 Davies et al.	Implementing a Mobile Lab in a Faculty of Education University of Alberta makes technology more accessible through advancing integration with an experimental wireless access point and a wireless mobile computer lab.
T.H.E. Journal June 2007 Charlene O'Hanlon	Board Certified Only with the right training can teachers use interactive whiteboards to bring the learning environment to life.
T.H.E. Journal March 2009 Charlene O'Hanlon	Resistance is Futile Even as technology use grows embedded in education, some teachers still prefer the old ways.
T.H.E. Journal September 1, 2010 Jennifer Demski	They're Taking Requests: Student Techs Command the Help Desk Varun Kumar, the technology coordinator at William Cullen Bryant High School in Queens, NY, has it good. His workforce consists of Bryant High students, members of the Mouse Squad, a student-based IT support program.
T.H.E. Journal April 2006 Jacob Milner	Tablet PCs: The Write Approach Move over, laptops. As 1-to-1 computing becomes the goal on K-12 campuses, school districts are turning to this newer, pen-based technology.
T.H.E. Journal September 9, 2009 John K. Waters	Maine Ingredients The nation's first-ever statewide 1-to-1 laptop program marks its seventh birthday by expanding into high schools, providing an occasion to celebrate - and to examine the components of its success.
T.H.E. Journal December 3, 2009 Bridget McCrea	Keeping on Task in a Digital Environment It doesn't take much to disrupt an entire high school classroom and get a student off task, particularly when that student is using a desktop or laptop computer to finish a lesson.
T.H.E. Journal November 2007	Extracurricular :: For Technologists Who do Their Homework Interactive whiteboards are quickly gaining a presence in US schools. District technology directors tell why.
T.H.E. Journal September 9, 2009 Dian Schaffhauser	Which Came First - The Technology or the Pedagogy? A new spin on an old riddle goes to the heart of a conflict between K-12 schools and the colleges of education responsible for cultivating and providing them with new teachers.
T.H.E. Journal May 2004 Phil Mackall	Interactive Whiteboards Enhance the Learning Experience for Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing Students Using SMART Board interactive whiteboards, teachers are able to use a computer in the classroom while remaining at the front of the class where students can see and understand sign language.
T.H.E. Journal February 2009 Claudia Linh	Next-Gen Interactive Whiteboards A new generation of students has learned on digital whiteboards. The next generation will learn on ones that offer more diverse features and web-compatible extras.
T.H.E. Journal September 2003 Howard Tomlinson	Educational PDA Games Engage Students, Teach Essential Language Skills One kind of handheld gadget is increasingly becoming accepted, encouraged and often provided by the school: PDAs. This is because handheld computers are a much less expensive alternative to laptop or desktop PCs for each student.
T.H.E. Journal July 27, 2010	A Tool for Its Time A new functionality has so transformed learning management systems that their manufacturers prefer the term digital learning platform, to better reflect their products' capacity to do a great deal more than manage a classroom.
HBS Working Knowledge June 16, 2014 Michael Blanding	The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology With 50 million public school students in America, technology holds much potential to transform schools, says John Jong-Hyun Kim. So why isn't it happening?
T.H.E. Journal July 27, 2010 Reinhard Kargl	Getting an Earful Classroom audio systems have become a must-include component of comprehensive technology upgrades. The point is not just to give more oomph and clarity to teachers' voices, but to have sound quality worthy of the video now commonly streaming to their computers.
T.H.E. Journal March 2004 Duane Alles	Wi-Fi Keeps Mobile Classrooms Connected in North Carolina's Largest District The district's goal was to provide connectivity to all of its 540 mobile classrooms so that students who are in the mobile units have the same advantages as those in the school's main buildings. This has been a real challenge since the mobile units are moved around annually.
T.H.E. Journal November 2002 Mahesh P. Bhave	Classrooms With Wi-Fi A challenge for teacher control and a revolution in learning
T.H.E. Journal August 2003 Judith B. Rajala	Handhelds in Education According to the Center for Highly Interactive Computing in Education at the University of Michigan, handheld devices such as Palms are making technology accessible, affordable and fun for teachers and students alike.
T.H.E. Journal November 2005	District-Vendor Partnerships Maryland Partners with Harcourt to Provide State Assessment Services... South Carolina District Installs 300 Smart Boards in Its K-6 Classrooms... SBC Signs Five-Year Networking Deal with Oklahoma District... etc.
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2009	Drill Down Administrators report on the obstacles they encounter in the effort to provide students with take-home technologies.
T.H.E. Journal March 2009 Jeff Weinstock	Logging On With... A veteran district superintendent looks to his students' future with stars in his eyes.
T.H.E. Journal November 9, 2009 Sara Stroud	A New Way Forward Tech-based solutions, such as tools for teaching kids how to recognize facial expressions, are giving educators a means of helping autistic students acquire basic life skills.
T.H.E. Journal January 8, 2010 Jeff Weinstock	Left to Their Own Devices Cienega High in Vail, AZ launched a bring-your-own-laptop program in about a dozen classes.
T.H.E. Journal August 1, 2009 Jennifer Demski	Space Craft Innovative architecture is bringing form to the function of 21st-century learning.
T.H.E. Journal August 2005 Carole Eaton	Sparking a Revolution in Teaching and Learning How one of Ohio's lowest-performing elementary schools used technology to raise its third-grade reading test scores by a whopping 124 percent.
The Motley Fool December 14, 2010 Elise Craig	Inkling Reinvents Textbooks for the iPad Inkling is expanding the iPad's uses into the classroom.
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2010 John K. Waters	Dream On: Visionary Educators and Their Big Ideas The four educators we've chosen to spotlight as visionaries conceived, developed, and guided technology-driven initiatives perhaps initially thought to be impractical.
T.H.E. Journal June 2009 Christine Fox	More Than Machines Comprehensive technology integration programs go beyond laptop initiatives to provide teachers with the support they need to improve student engagement and achievement.
T.H.E. Journal February 1, 2010 John K. Waters	Now What? We put the question to a host of K-12 IT leaders: If you had a one-shot chance to spend a big sum of technology money, where would you begin? Here are their shopping lists.
T.H.E. Journal August 2005	$1M Collaborative Effort Preps Students for the Future Dell and Microsoft have launched FutureReady, a collaborative program designed to reward innovative K-12 schools while helping students reach their full potential through classroom technology.
T.H.E. Journal November 2004 Joni Lindquist	The Future of Anytime, Anywhere Education Many districts are now looking at anytime, anywhere access to multimedia content as a next step in accomplishing educational goals and expanding the learning environment.
T.H.E. Journal June 1, 2010 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	A Revolution on Hold In their push toward using digital content in the classroom, many schools are stuck in second gear until basic changes to both infrastructure and entrenched habits are made. But even as school districts grapple with making those changes, policymakers have begun to move forward.
T.H.E. Journal September 9, 2009	Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships Computer Science Courses Show Steep Decline... Students to Take on Challenge to Change the World... Avermedia Announces Stimulus Promotion... etc.
T.H.E. Journal November 2005 Dave Berque	Is the Pen Mightier Than the Mouse? Recent technology developments confirm that pentop computing is set to make its mark in K-12 education.