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T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2009 Charlene O'Hanlon	Safe at Home Combining high-tech safeguards with face-to-face user education is a must for schools whose laptop programs allow students to take the computers off-site.
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 November 1, 2010 Jennifer Demski	Taking the Plunge: Districts Leap Into Virtualization Three districts that have made the conversion to virtual computing talk about their experiences.
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 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 January 8, 2010 John K. Waters	Up, Up, and Away As far as Ned Zimmerman-Bence is concerned, cloud computing saved his school.
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 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 November 2006 John K. Waters	Hiring Out for IT Support Your technology environment has outgrown your staff's ability to maintain it. What's a district to do? Try that trusted 21st-century solution: outsource it.
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 October 2008 Rama Ramaswami	A Tight Squeeze As government regulations mandate the long-term retention of districts' rising volume of information, K-12 IT directors are using new storage tools to put their data in its place.
T.H.E. Journal February 2002 David Tapang	A 21st Century Model for Maximizing Technology Purchases The author, a Microsoft marketing manager, promotes Microsoft's tool for helping educational institutions choose which operating system is right for them...
T.H.E. Journal July 2007 Henson & Steele	Systemic School Reform :: South Dakota You may still find the occasional barn raising and one-room schoolhouse, but a plan for technologically advanced schools that first took root more than a decade ago has ushered South Dakota into the digital age.
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 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 September 1, 2010 John K. Waters	Move It or Lose: It Cloud-Based Data Storage In Hendrick Hudson School District, located in Montrose, NY, just 40 minutes outside the Big Apple, district auditors wanted a better way to back up their data than the on-site, tape-based system the district had been using for years.
T.H.E. Journal June 1, 2010 John K. Waters	Enter the iPad (or not?) iPads and the competing PCs set to follow it into the marketplace represent a new student-computing platform that K-12 school districts have already begun to explore in pilot programs.
T.H.E. Journal May 2001 Mark Gura	East Harlem's Winning School Technology Formula Tech-hungry students, generous corporate partners, central support and the determination to succeed...
T.H.E. Journal March 2006 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	A Laptop for Every...Teacher! Is the laptop program good technology policy? It depends.
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 March 2009 Paula Jacobs	Power Grab Facilities departments combine sophisticated technologies with ordinary common-sense steps to shave dollars and kilowatts off energy consumption.
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 June 2004 Geoffry Fletcher	Redefining Professional Development Texas' Irving Independent School District receives the first Sylvia Charp Award for District Innovation in Technology.
T.H.E. Journal March 2009 Dian Schaffhauser	The Dirt on E-Waste Environmentalism isn't measured only by green purchasing. A healthy, green disposal method is the back end of a district's responsible energy plan.
T.H.E. Journal May 2004 Gregory A. Wyman	Snowflake USD Discovers a Cost-Effective Way to Deliver Technology to All Students Small, rural K-12 school district utilizes server-centric computing to fulfill the promise of technology as a viable resource.
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 June 2006 Victor Rivero	High-Speed Broadband: A Need for Speed Slow connectivity is imperiling the quality of our nation's K-12 education, while the rest of the world sets the pace technologically.
T.H.E. Journal February 2007 Charlene O'Hanlon	1-to-1 Computing :: A Measure of Success The first rounds of data are in, and districts are evaluating the impact of their 1-to-1 programs. With the results showing a revolution in teaching and learning, the task now is to find ways to keep the funding alive.
T.H.E. Journal October 2003 Judith B. Rajala	Wireless Technology in Education Despite the manifest advantages of wireless technology in the classroom, there are also a few points that districts should consider before going wireless.
T.H.E. Journal February 2008 Matt Bolch	Remote Control School districts are catching on to software as a service, a business model that allows administrators to manage essential organizational functions and plug in to student data from anywhere with an internet connection.
T.H.E. Journal August 2007 John K. Waters	Opening a New Door 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 the switch.
T.H.E. Journal February 1, 2010 Robert J. McGarvey	You Want Me to What ? It's a riddle faced by virtually every IT director: how to fulfill users' desire for more muscular computing resources while still obliging administrators' commands to keep education spending down.
T.H.E. Journal November 2005 Mark Erb	The Power of Digital Integration A small-town district prepares its high school students for the future by implementing a 1-to-1 laptop program with digital communications tools.
T.H.E. Journal April 2009 Dian Schaffhauser	Out of Site, Out of Mind Software as a service puts burdensome administrative tasks into the hands of a web-based host.
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 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 January 7, 2010 Bridget McCrea	Netbooks All Around Missouri-based North Kansas City Schools with a total of 18,000 students, kicked off its 1:1 initiative about two years ago in an effort to equip all 5,600 of its high school students with netbooks.
T.H.E. Journal February 2007 John K. Waters	Data Security :: Locked Down, Not Out A swarm of portable technologies is creating security headaches for school districts, as they must wrestle with opposing needs: how to protect the network from unauthorized use while still keeping it accessible to staff and students.
T.H.E. Journal April 2009 John K. Waters	Virtualize Me! K-12's burgeoning interest in cost-cutting, productivity-boosting virtualization technologies has vendors starting to take notice.
T.H.E. Journal August 2008 Matt Villano	Make It Count Budget crunches are elevating the need for K-12 technology leaders to demonstrate a favorable return on investment. Here's how to ensure you're getting what you pay for.
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 May 1, 2010 John K. Waters	Prepare for Impact Open source software is poised to make a profound impact on K-12 education.
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