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- Confused about E-Rate?
- Confused about E-Rate?E-Rate is a pain but worth itWe are a district that receive a 90% discount on our telecommunications. Although the process is a headache it is well worth it. My district allows me to absorb that reimbursement back in to my technology budget. We wouldn't...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-23
- Confused about E-Rate?
- E-Rate is a federal program that reimburses schools and libraries for percentages of their telecommunications infrastructure. While wealthy suburban districts may only see 20-30% reimbursement, inner-city, rural, or economically depressed districts can see up to 90% reimbursement for eligible technology costs. This can amount to big money for...
- Blog posts 2009-02-22
- Understand E-Rate Funding for K-12 Technology Needs
- Access to technology is a crucial element in providing students with the skills they need in the 21st century. But shrinking budgets make it difficult for many schools to provide that access, creating a digital divide between the haves and the have-nots. This webcast discovers how the school district can...
- Webcasts 2007-12-01
- e-Rate at 10: Irregularities stopped, Digital Divide progress made
- A new report on the efficacy of the federal e-Rate program - the scandal-ridden $2.25 billion program that provides discounts of telecommunications services, Internet access and internal networking to low-income public and private schools and public libraries - has been successful in boosting communications tools to support student achievement, reports...
- Blog posts 2007-03-06
- E-Rate includes funding for PDAs, VoIP, wireless services
- The overhauled federal E-Rate program includes funding for email service for mobile, wireless devices, such as the BlackBerry and Palm Treo, reports Ed Week. This is good news for teachers and administrators who need to keep in touch with schools while on the go. "All our administrators...
- Blog posts 2006-11-10
- Indiana settles E-Rate fraud charges
- In an ongoing nationwide investigation into fraud regarding the federal government's E-Rate program, the Justice Dept. has charged Indiana and its Intelenet Commission with making false statements and claims. The state and the commission and have agreed to pay nearly $8.3 million in a civil settlement, reports IDG News Service....
- Blog posts 2006-07-05
- Study: World's digital divide is narrowing
- Study: World's digital divide is narrowingE-Rate RipoffsOne need only look at the E-Rate program under the Bush Administration to see how these programs are used by criminals. The FCC has documented how nonprofit organizations are utilized by vendors to milk tax payers of money collected from phone bill charges. The...
- Discussion threads 2006-04-26
- Schools' IT chief's bribery conviction upheld
- The US Court of Appeals upheld a three-year prison sentence for a Pennsylvania school district IT manager for receiving some $2 million in kickbacks related to the federal E-Rate program, News.com reports. In spring 2002, John Henry Weaver was serving as director of information technology of the...
- Blog posts 2006-03-24
- Investigators question FCC management of E-rate
- Investigators question FCC management of E-rateOf COURSE the FCC ...... "has been slow to respond to problems uncovered by auditors," they've been too busy trying to emasculate the Bill of Rights to attend to their REAL business.It's just SOP for any outfit associated with the Dubya administration; "problems uncovered by...
- Discussion threads 2005-03-17
- Schools lose Net over E-rate freeze
- Schools lose Net over E-rate freezeE rate FreezeWhat about the mineral rights windfall checks mailed out to every citizen in Alaska ,couldn`t this pay the bill?
- Discussion threads 2004-10-21
- VoIP in K-12 Education: Leveraging Data Networks and E-Rate Funding
- Phone systems in schools across the country are undergoing a major transformation, fueled by E-Rate funding and VoIP technology. Phones and advanced applications are being deployed to every teacher and classroom at minimal cost, by leveraging data infrastructures. Learn how David Douglas School District in Portland, Ore. and Dougherty County...
- Webcasts 2004-09-01
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- Calibre 0.6.21 (Mac)
- Calibre is a one stop solution to your e-book needs. It is free, open source and cross-platform in design. Calibre is meant to be a complete e-library solution and thus includes library management, format conversion, news feeds to e-book conversion, as well as e-book reader sync features and an integrated...
- Software downloads 2009-11-06
- File Courier 1.0b15 (Mac)
- File Courier is a digital delivery solution for FTP and local destinations with advanced professional features. Key features: -Deliver to FTP locations -Deliver to folders on local network -Attach files to e-mail -Automatic e-mail delivery notifications -Destination codes for automatic delivery -Compress items as zip/dmg...
- Software downloads 2009-11-06
- Olympus announces new E-P2 compact interchangeable lens camera
- Just five months after Nikon announced its first Micro Four-Thirds compact interchangeable lens camera, comes today's announcement of an updated version, the Olympus Pen E-P2 Micro Four-Thirds camera. by Janice Chen
- Blog posts 2009-11-05
- SMSCaster E-Marketer GSM Standard 3.7 (Windows)
- SMSCaster E-Marketer is powerful SMS message broadcasting software for e-marketing. It allows you to send bulk SMS messages to your customers and receive reply from them with mobile phone connected to the computer. If differs from other software which rely on an SMS gateway on the Internet. Mobile phone can...
- Software downloads 2009-11-05
- SMSCaster E-Marketer CDMA Enterprise Edition 3.7 (Windows)
- SMSCaster E-Marketer is powerful SMS message broadcasting software for mobile marketing. It allows you to send bulk SMS messages to your customers easily and receive reply from them. If differs from other software that send sms directly with your CDMA mobile phones and does not rely on an Internet SMS...
- Software downloads 2009-11-05
- JPEE 5.4.2 (Mac)
- JPEE E-mail Utility is available as a free email extraction, filterer, verifier, exporter, manager, and emailer utility all in one economical application. Take the bulk out of your email! Features include: Complete Email Merge Solution Unlimited Custom Tag support Conditional Tag support Inline Image Attachments...
- Software downloads 2009-11-05
- Olympus E-P2 photos
- The E-P2 is extremely similar to the E-P1, though it will only come in an elegant shiny black as opposed to the silver and white versions of the E-P1. It'll be available with the same kit lenses, the 14-42mm and the 17mm pancake, with each kit costing about $1100. The...
- Image galleries 2009-11-04
- Hands-on photos of Spring Design's Alex Android-based e-reader appear
- Spring Design's Google Android-based Alex e-book reader was announced at the same time as the Barnes & Noble Nook. Now it's appeared in the flesh. by Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-11-04
- Spring Design sues Barnes & Noble over Alex, Nook
- I kind of want to see barnes and noble win this one...The whole concept of a sliding image preview isn't exactly revolutionary, and it does look decidedly different from the bulky, 2003-esque block interface of the alex.On a personal note, I think the alex looks like some children's toy out...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
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