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T.H.E. Journal December 2001	Troy School District's Integration of Media Curriculum Michigan's Troy School District recently completed the enormous task of implementing voice, video and data communications in each of its 19 school buildings and within every classroom in the district...
T.H.E. Journal September 2005 Robert Yost	Flexible Network Infrastructure Helps Meet District's Changing Needs IP telephony system improves student safety and staff productivity of northern Virginia district.
T.H.E. Journal August 2004 Fredrik Nilsson	Surveillance 101 Despite lessons learned from the Columbine High School tragedy, we continue to see incidents of school violence escalate. Here's how to leverage network video to enhance school security, student learning and teacher standards.
T.H.E. Journal August 2005 Christopher W. McGinley	Surviving a Communications Network Overhaul A Pennsylvania school district implements a system to provide anytime, anywhere communications for its 4,700 students and 600 staff members.
T.H.E. Journal December 2005 Jacob Milner	VoIP to the Rescue Faced with the challenges hampering school communications nationwide, three districts forge into the 21st century with Web-based telephony.
T.H.E. Journal May 2006 Matt Villano	One Server Fits All E-mail, telephone, chat, instant messaging - so many communication technologies, yet we still can't track each other down. Some school districts finds that a centralizing unit is the solution.
T.H.E. Journal February 2009 Dian Schaffhauser	Dollars That Make Sense The tally for outfitting a new high school with technology can reach seven figures in a hurry. Here's how two tech directors met the challenge by spending wisely.
T.H.E. Journal November 2001	Applications Case Study Making IP telephony affordable for the Iowa City Community School District...
PHONE+ July 20, 2009	Case Study: LifeSize Takes Teachers to Class With looming budget cuts, one school district turns to video communication to keep teachers connected for professional development, staff meetings, and training sessions.
T.H.E. Journal February 2008 Neal Starkman	The Human Touch With the press of a button, fast-acting emergency response systems can be set in motion. But sophisticated technology is no substitute for a well-trained staff.
T.H.E. Journal November 2007 Matt Villano	Does the Eye Spy? Around-the-clock video surveillance is the Holy Grail of K-12 safety efforts. But it raises many questions, including whether or not the cameras are a wholly benign presence.
T.H.E. Journal November 2008 Dian Schaffhauser	Is VoIP Worth It? School districts have by and large had great results implementing VoIP, which has become the conduit for delivering expanded functionality, achieving greater internal control, and gaining freedom from onerous monthly phone bills.
T.H.E. Journal October 2007 Matt Villano	On Alert Recent events point up the need for school districts to upgrade campus security procedures. But while some have acted by adopting emergency notification systems, many don't seem to have gotten the message.
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 January 2006 Joseph C. Panettieri	A World Without Wires Whether helping to resurrect the Katrina-devastated South or upgrading educational access in districts far and wide, more affordable wireless mesh and voice networks are changing the learning environment across the nation.
T.H.E. Journal March 2007 John K. Waters	Desk Jockeys AV control systems give teachers the reins to multiple classroom computing devices, without their having to leave the lectern.
T.H.E. Journal May 2006 Matt Miller	Staying Connected Is a 'Breeze' An ed-tech specialist explains how a versatile Web conferencing tool is helping his sprawling district remove the distance between teachers, administrators, and staff.
Bank Systems & Technology May 8, 2007 Nancy Feig	IP-Based Surveillance Leads to Capture of Serial Bank Robber Toronto's Visual Defence's IP system enabled an Israeli bank to send clear images of robbery suspects to police.
T.H.E. Journal May 2006 Michelle Gamble-Risley	Projectors: The Big Picture New projection systems are allowing teachers to bring the world large right into the classroom.
T.H.E. Journal February 1, 2010 Vanessa Hua	Scare Tactics In April, as public fears about a mysterious new strain of flu grew, the Los Angeles Unified School District moved to forestall a panic. Many districts are using technology solutions to respond to emergencies such as this.
T.H.E. Journal November 2005 Williams & Krueger	Is Your Network Safe? Why educators should care about cybersecurity - and what they should do about it.
T.H.E. Journal December 2002 Katie Garza	School Security Moves Into the Digital Age While VHS-based surveillance technology and real-time closed-circuit TV monitoring are widely used in schools today, several districts in Texas and Oklahoma have taken their surveillance systems into the digital age.
T.H.E. Journal February 2007 John K.Waters	Classroom Collaborators Wireless connectivity is providing a level of flexibility for students and teachers, changing the learning environment in ways that in some cases has to be seen to be believed.
T.H.E. Journal May 2001 Ruth Watson	The Trumbull County Community Network Project In the early 1990s, the school districts of Trumbull County, OH were similar to most schools in the amount of technology available to teachers, administrators and students. The project that changed that situation made an organized effort to infuse technology into K-12 schools...
T.H.E. Journal March 2005 Jeanne Flatland	Integrating Voice Into the School Network: Benefits of Wireless VoIP Implementing wireless VoIP in K-12 schools improves communication and can help to reduce network costs.
T.H.E. Journal December 2006	2006 Innovators Teachers who have demonstrated the power of educational technology to transform teaching and learning.
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 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 June 2009	Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships This year's Charp honoree is a once low-performing New York district that reformed itself... Lutron Electronics' Greenovation energy education program has announced the start of its 2009 Bright Green Dream School Sustainability Challenge... etc.
T.H.E. Journal March 2008 Matt Villano	Point Man A district's IT efforts all revolve around the CIO, whose role and responsibilities have been transformed by the digital age.
T.H.E. Journal August 2005	Cisco Provides IP Video Distribution Solution to Mississippi DoE The Mississippi Department of Education will install Cisco Systems' Content Delivery Networking solution to support the IP video distribution for its Project Stream Initiative.
T.H.E. Journal June 2005 Gloria Bush	Logging on to Staff Development Enhancing your teachers' knowledge and use of educational technology through online professional development.
T.H.E. Journal October 2008 Ralph C. Jensen	Can I Come In? New access-control devices are an important addition to the sophisticated work that one Texas school district is doing to protect its students.
T.H.E. Journal February 1, 2010 Sara Stroud	The Classroom in 3D Districts are 'future proofing' their schools with new projectors built to bring the three-dimensional experience to students. Now they just have to wait for content providers to catch up.
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 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 November 2001 Philip J. Bossert	Lessons Learned An inside look at four of the top technology school districts in the nation...
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 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 July 2004 Richter & Steele	Data-Driven Decision-Making: Linking Data Collection & Professional Learning at the Britton-Hecla SD This example from the Britton-Hecla School District may serve as a model for other districts to consider in their efforts to leverage the use of data and impact the use of technology for improved teaching and learning.
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 April 2003 Oliver & Franchini	Disadvantaged Kentucky and Tennessee Schools Graduate to High-Speed Cabling Through government grants, elementary and high school students in certain low-income areas of Kentucky and Tennessee are now benefiting from receiving the most advanced voice, video and data networking systems -- from wireless backbones to the latest ratified CAT 6 connectivity.
T.H.E. Journal April 2009	Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships Use of technology by teachers... Energy efficient schools... Awards... Industry news...
InternetNews April 7, 2009 David Needle	Teachers Driving Web 2.0 Adoption? A new survey indicates teachers are leading the charge to get more Web 2.0 services into the classroom.
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2009	Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships Educators Awarded Environmental PD Courses... Microsoft Honors Innovative Educators... Google Offers Free Education Apps...
Home Toys October 2004 Patrick Donovan	Networking The Digital Home A number of recent trends around digital media are culminating in what is being called The Digital Home and one of them is the pace of DVR shipments.
T.H.E. Journal January 2007 John K. Waters	Smart Classroom :: Casting a Whole New Light Multimedia audiovisual systems are transforming the learning environment in one Florida school district.
T.H.E. Journal July 2008 Connie Eastburn	Elementary Schools : Oregon : Teaching the Write Way Frustrated with consistently low writing scores, district officials turned to technology for help.
T.H.E. Journal April 2007 Neal Starkman	Forging a Bond How the relationship between one school district and its surrounding community has produced a string of winning ed tech ballot initiatives.
Wall Street & Technology March 21, 2006	Voice and Data Convergence Continues Voice over IP (VoIP) technology is poised to make a splash in trading rooms, according to a new survey.