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- IT's no wonder that the US Education
- IT's no wonder that the US Educationisn't comparing well on a global scale.My Stepdaughter goes on summer vacation on MAY 4 2006MAY 4th!!!!how do you expect your kids to learn anything if they are getting long vacations from schooling?It's no wonder the USA has such a terrible reputation for the...
- Tags: Jaqui, mandatory tagging sucks, off-topic, information technology
- Discussion threads 2006-04-27
- Of course it's different
- Of course it's differentBush and religion are both very evil things that children need to be warned about. And don't forget.....he's a college graduate so he must be much smarter than the rest of us. Why are you complaining about someone who's just trying to make sure your kids...
- Tags: teacher, jdclyde, teachers, liberals, nuts, busted, First Amendment, geography, lecture, off-topic, jd-quick (formerly clyde)
- Discussion threads 2006-03-07
- HIPAA
- Ok all, good question for you.Say that you have a kid in special ed. You and your wife are not fully satisfied with the way your kid is progressing in school, so you get together with a ton of people from the school, the school district, and of course...
- Tags: HIPAA, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, school district
- Discussion threads 2005-03-12
- Talking Shop: School technology coordinator gets lesson in ethics
- Explains a difficult scenario that a school technology coordinator was put into when he signed on with a corrupt school districtOur "What would you do?" column is a forum for sharing your knowledge and experience in dealing with the softer though some may say harder side of computer support: ethics....
- Tags: Network technology, Toni Bowers, e-mail, technology coordinator, school district, ethics
- Technical articles 2002-11-04
- Public School District Reduces Virus-Related Incidents With Network Access Protection
- Central Islip Public Schools in New York has 1500 employees serving 6500 students. With thousands of employees and students using those 2500 workstations, there is plenty of opportunity for non-compliant computers and users to infiltrate the system. The District wanted both network security and Active Directory management in a server,...
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Network, Microsoft Windows Server, School District, Virus, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-03-06
- School District Upgrades PCs to Keep Students Current on the Latest Technology
- Hoover City Schools makes it a priority to stay current with the latest software so that students are prepared for the next level of education and are familiar with the tools that drive today's business world. As part of that strategy, the school district has already deployed Windows Vista on...
- Tags: PC, School District, Student, Mobility, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
- Case studies 2008-09-01
- School District Reduces Phone Costs by 66 Percent With Voice Over IP Solution
- The Jackson-Madison County School System had a separate Private Branch Exchange PBX phone system in each of its 28 schools and its central office. Those aging systems did not have voice mail or support for new technologies such as Voice over IP VoIP. When the school district found that it...
- Tags: Phone, School District, Voicemail, IP, Microsoft Corp., Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking
- Case studies 2008-06-01
- Bonneville Joint School District Protects Student Data With Revinetix Disk2Disk2Disk Solution
- Bonneville Joint School District No. 93 used a Network Attached Storage NAS device to back up files weekly from its more than 50 servers. Archiving was a challenge, as is required a lot of manual intervention and was slow, taking on average an entire weekend to complete. When evaluating options...
- Tags: Data Protection, School District, Revinetix, Bonneville Joint School District No. 93, Disaster Recovery, Backups, Data Management
- Case studies 2008-06-06
- Rochester City School District Establishes Unique Technology Integration Program With Help From Dell
- The Rochester City School District in New York is one of the state's five largest urban districts, and it serves a high percentage of students living in poverty. Rochester City School District needed a technology partner that could help it smoothly deploy thousands of reliable, quality hardware systems, freeing up...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., School District, Computer, Productivity
- Case studies 2008-05-01
- McAfee Solutions Help Manteca Unified School District Protect Students' Education
- Manteca Unified School District MUSD in Manteca, California, is committed to providing its more than 25,000 students a safe environment, where quality education establishes the foundation for life-long learning. The company needed to enforce security and compliance standards to protect the educational experience of more than 25,000 students without limiting...
- Tags: Education, McAfee Inc., School District
- Case studies 2007-10-01
- School District Enhances Learning and Saves on IT Costs With Latest Operating System
- Tri-Center Community Schools educates 900 K - 12 students on one campus in southwest Iowa. By upgrading its computers to the Windows Vista operating system, the district provided teachers with state-of-the-art multimedia capabilities for creating more engaging learning experiences that better prepare students for college and work. Deploying Windows Vista...
- Tags: Desktop, Multimedia, Information Technology, Operating System, School District, Microsoft Windows Vista, Tri-Center Community Schools, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
- Case studies 2008-06-01
- Innovative School District Supports Growing IT Environment With Application Virtualization
- Kent School District KSD is recognized throughout Washington for using technology to enhance education. With 10,000 workstations already in use and a new initiative that will provide all secondary school students with their own laptops, KSD will be adding about 2,500 more computers to its infrastructure each year for the...
- Tags: IT Environment, Information Technology, School District, Application Virtualization, Microsoft Corp., Kent School District, Desktop Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Productivity
- Case studies 2008-03-01
- NP Grade 2.1.3 (Mac)
- Note: Users who have already have NP Grade 2.1.1 installed can update to the latest version from inside the program. Just choose "Check for Updates" under the "Purchase" menu while in NP Grade v2. It takes a lot less time to download the updater than it does to download the...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, School District, Spreadsheet, NorthSoft Productions, NP Grade, Extra Low Discount, Productivity, Backups
- Software downloads 2002-08-21
- School District Deploys New Servers in Minutes Rather Than Days With Dell Server Virtualization Solution
- The school district needed to replace distributed end-of-life servers and improve its storage infrastructure while providing protection for data to serve K-12 students with a visionary program in educational technology. The school district virtualized 114 servers onto seven Dell PowerEdge servers using VMware Infrastructure 3 and Dell EqualLogic PS Series...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Virtualization, School District, Dell Server, Server Virtualization, Servers, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-08-01
- School District Improves Communications and Security
- Elmore County Schools needed a technology firm that would provide more than products and services; they wanted to work with a firm with which they could build a lasting relationship, and one that understands the struggles faced in the education sector and that would partner with them in their endeavors....
- Tags: Security, School District, Cisco Systems Inc.
- Case studies 2008-01-29
- School District Pursues High Technology Goals for Students and Staff
- The Tri-Center school district has approximately 400 client workstations connected to an infrastructure supported by twelve servers. This number of users creates a high demand for effective technology. High demand, combined with the limitations of an outsourced IT support team, meant that the district had a strong need for an...
- Tags: School District, Tri-Center School District, Remote Access, Telecommunications
- Case studies 2008-05-12
- Small School Districts Gain Big Buying Power With School Agreement for Consortium
- To train students to achieve technology proficiency, Rhode Island Public Schools must acquire the latest software. In response, smaller school districts in the state formed the Rhode Island Society of Technology Educators RISTE and, with the help of TechTeam Government Solutions, set up a School Agreement with Microsoft to qualify...
- Tags: Software, School District, Software License, Agreement, Microsoft Corp., Tools & Techniques, Management
- Case studies 2008-03-21
- School District Consolidates Backup Systems, Reduces IT Workload, and Lowers Costs
- Tracy Unified School District in northern California wanted to streamline the work involved in daily backups and file recoveries. The small IT staff spent an inordinate amount of time backing up e-mail messages and documents every day for the district's 22 schools and could spend days recovering accidentally deleted files...
- Tags: Information Technology, School District, Microsoft Corp., Backup System, Backups
- Case studies 2007-11-01
- An IT Infrastructure Based on Dell Platforms Keeps the Kenton County School District at the Head of the Class
- The Kenton County School District in Kentucky is an award-winning district at the forefront of educational IT. To comply with federal regulations and improve administrative and teacher access to student records, the district needed to revamp its data warehouse strategy. Kenton County School District standardized on dual-core Intel Xeon processor...
- Tags: IT Infrastructure, Data Warehouse, Dell Computer Corp., Information Technology, School District, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Servers, Processors, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
- Case studies 2006-12-01
- School District Offers Distance Learning and Improves Efficiency
- The sixth largest school district in the United States, the Broward County School District's primary goal was to enhance educational learning opportunities by supplementing voice conferencing with Web collaboration. Another goal was to extend the use of voice conferencing to parent-teacher conferences and staff meetings, including in-service training. The Broward...
- Tags: Distance Learning, Web-based Collaboration, School District, Voice, Cisco Systems Inc., Telecommunications
- Case studies 2006-05-01
