T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) articles from March 2007

T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) archives from March 2007

Maybe Joe Clark was right: firsthand experience with a threatening high school campus changed my thoughts on school security.(our::SPACE)(Column)
March 1, 2007... IT SEEMS A SHAME to use ed tech funds on security rather than instructional tools, but basic needs take precedence. I came to this point of view in college, during my internship teaching at a high school. My students appeared to be straight out...

Service disagreement: a lack of precedence on how to charge for ongoing support for technology purchases has created an unhealthy divide between vendors and educators.(Florida Educational Technology Corp.)
March 1, 2007... WHAT WOULD YOU PAY to ensure that the technology in your schools works? I posed this question to both technology coordinators and technology vendors as I roamed the exhibit hall at two recent events, the Florida Educational Technology...

Keynotes: wisdom from this month's pages.(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... 'Those who were waiting for it to go away--it's not. This revolution is about information and communication. If we don't change inside the schoolhouse while evening is changing outside, we're lost." --Ann MacMullan, educational...

CoSN study opens doors to Open Technologies: a new report shows educators how open source programs can be rolled out successfully--and affordably.(Consortium for School Networking)
March 1, 2007... A STUDY INTENDED to help educators assess and implement open technologies is available now from the Consortium for School Networking (www.cosn.org) as part of CoSN's ongoing K-12 Open Technologies Initiative. The study covers Indiana's ACCESS...

1105 acquisitions highlights FETC.(1105 Media Inc. acquired Florida Educational Technology Corporation)(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... CHILLY AIR AND RAIN didn't dampen spirits at the Florida Educational Technology Corporation's (FETC; www.fetc.org) annual conference, held in Orlando January 24-26.The mood was electric among the thousands of attendees--teachers, principals,...

Math software helps ell students.(Autoskill International Inc.'s new math intervention software, "SpanishTutor")(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... AutoSkill (www.autoskill.com) has added a new module to its Academy of Math intervention software. Called SpanishTutor, it's designed to help Spanish-speaking students understand math tutorials and instruction. AutoSkill software can be...

TetraData convenes ed tech leaders.(networking and training event )(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... TetraData is inviting educational leaders and IT professionals from across the country to attend "Leading the Quest: Discovering the Treasures in Your Students, Your Educators, and Your Data." The networking and training event will take place...

Texas adopts NTC transcript system.(Texas Education Agency, National Transcript Center )(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... The Texas Education Agency, the second-largest state education agency in the country, has hired the National Transcript Center (www.transcriptcenter.com) to develop the Texas Records Exchange (TREx) application, a custom version of NTC's...

Imperva offers free security check.(Scuba)(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... Imperva (www.imperva.com), a data security and compliance solutions company, has announced the launch of Scuba, a free databasevulnerability scanner. Scuba is a Java utility available for download from Imperva's website. It's designed to detect...

Bundle of compromises wins MarCom Gold.(Find the Fun Productions)(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... Find the Fun Productions (www.findthefunproductions.com) won the MarCom (www.marcomawards.com) Gold Award in the education category for Bundle of Compromises, a multimedia DVD about the US Constitution. Executive Producer Howard Egger-Bovet...

Computerworld honors StudyDog.(Awards)(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... StudyDog (www.studydog.com), a maker of reading programs for young children, has been selected as a 2006 Computerworld Honors Program (www.cwhonors.org) Laureate. Bob Carrigan, chairman of the program and president of IDG Communications...

Students design tools for the disabled.(Javits-Wagner-O'Day Junior Engineering Technical Society )(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... The National Engineering Design Challenge, sponsored by the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Junior Engineering Technical Society (www.jets.org), asks high school students to identify workplace problems that thwart people with disabilities, then build...

CompassLearning names adviser.(Quality Quinn)(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... CompassLearning (www.compasslearning.com), a provider of K-12 software, has appointed award-winning teacher Quality Quinn as an external senior adviser. Founder of Project Early Word, a bilingual initiative between Mexico and the United States,...

Dyknow announces advisory board.(appointed Dave Berque, Kenneth Collura and Vince DiStasi)(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... DyKnow(www.dyknow.com), a leader in interactive education technology, has named the members of its 2007 advisory board. They are: Dave Berque, pro- fessor and chair of the computer science department at DePauw University (IN); Kenneth Collura,...

SME Educational Fundation selects board members.(Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Glen Pearson, Sandra Bouckley )(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (www.sme.org) Education Foundation, an organization dedicated to interesting young people about manufacturing, engineering, science, and technology, has made changes to its board of directors. Glen Pearson...

Desk jockeys: AV control systems give teachers the reins to multiple classroom computing devices, without their having to leave the lectern.(audiovisual equipment)
March 1, 2007... THERE'S AN INTERESTING photo illustration on the website maintained by Crestron (www.crestron.com), the New Jersey-based maker of multimedia control and automation systems. It's at the bottom of the company information page, and it shows some...

Thinking small: applications can be 'smart' and cost-effective. Two schools enjoy big payoffs from modest investments.(networking)(Editorial)
March 1, 2007... EVEN IF YOU'RE a high school educator on a tight budget, the Next Big Thing in K-12 technology may well be within your reach: low-cost applications that deliver hefty results. While fully networked, "smart" classrooms may still be their goal,...

Vision quest: how can you see the world like an ed tech leader? Start by checking yourself for a trio of qualities common to the industry's most creative thinkers.(visionaries)
March 1, 2007... It was a cool Paris morning in 1742, and the vision of the Marquis de Bacqueville was about to be realized: human flight. He had declared that, using only his own power and four wings made of starched linen, he would fly across the Seine River...

Leave me alone ... I'm socializing: two opposing impulses are at the heart of kids' use of technology. But to hear them tell it, there's room for both.(what students want)
March 1, 2007... The following statement will come as no surprise: Young people's logic is hard to follow. But at least now we have proof. Through conversations with students across different grade levels, we have clear evidence that two of the things kids...

Curriculum Unbound! Freed from the nuisances of paper-based methods, districts are making creative use of digital tools to move their curricular documents online, where educators can collaborate on course development and lesson planning.(online collaboration)
March 1, 2007... When the Amarillo Independent School District's (TX) curriculum assessment team began gearing up two years ago to implement recent refinements in the Texas Education Agency's public school curriculum, the usual logistical headaches that came...

Patrolling Web 2.0: as the internet grows more complex, districts need more than a conventional filter to protect tech-savvy students from unsafe online content.(security)
March 1, 2007... AS RECENTLY AS 10 years ago, school computers were the purview of office administrators and limited library use. Most districts didn't have a website, and few anticipated a day when students would be toting laptops from class to class. ...

Avermedia.(Product:: FOCUS: the latest releases, services, and new product versions)
March 1, 2007... AVERMEDIA has released a 3.2-megapixel portable document camera. The AverVision SPC300 Portable Visual Presenter boasts 8x digital zoom and 3x optical zoom, with a shooting speed of up to 24 frames per second. Users can capture and store up to...

RM educational software.(Product:: FOCUS: the latest releases, services, and new product versions)
March 1, 2007... RM EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE, developer of interactive whiteboard software programs RM Math Framework Edition and Easiteach, has introduced a podcasting tool tailored for education. The latest product in the company's lineup, Podium allows students...

Microsoft education.(Product:: FOCUS: the latest releases, services, and new product versions)
March 1, 2007... MICROSOFT EDUCATION is readying for a fall release of a new set of tools code-named Grava. Using Grava, teachers can create rich content for lesson plans designed to reach all the students in class, regardless of their preferred learning...

Event::calendar.
March 1, 2007... April 2007 APR 15-17 Missouri Association of School Librarians Spring Conference 2007 Unleash the Power at Your Library Osage Beach, MO www.maslonline.org APR 16-19 Association for Information and Image Management AIIM...

Extracurricular: for technologists who do their homework.(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... The passing of bond issues and tax hikes indicates community support for education reform. A survey of superintendents shows that the first place bond money and new taxes go is to the construction or rehabilitation of school structures. Q:...