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Education: Teaching concepts and perspectives. Computer education includes computer systems and information systems. Contrast with training.; Full Education Definition >>

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Transforming Education for the 21st Century: Technology is not a panacea for the problems facing K-12 schools today. However, when intelligently applied, it can empower education leaders to deliver the 21st-century skills that students need to succeed in today's world. This webcast shows why and how schools need to change, discusses ways to achieve this goal,...; Tags: K-12, Education, School, Cisco Systems Inc.; Webcasts 2007-12-01
Managed Service Is the Answer for Email Security in K-12 Education: As one of 58 county offices of education in California, Sonoma County Office of Education SCOE is an educational service agency and strategic partner to the 43 school districts in Sonoma County and their 177 individual schools. SCOE wanted to provide a cost-effective spam-filtering solution to SCOE's districts with a...; Tags: K-12, Education, Spam Filtering, E-mail Security, E-mail Server, Red Condor, E-mail, Spam, E-mail Servers, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Spam And Phishing, Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies 2007-09-12
Open source booming in K-12 education: Can open source succeed where Windows and the Mac have failed? I'm talking here of K-12 education. An eSchools report right says open source spending is growing 70% per year, and will be up 800% in 2011 from last year's level. The harsh words...; Tags: K-12, Education, Internet, Science, Open Source, Kid, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-08-31
Want to help out your school? Do it now!: This morning, I ran across a piece in eSchool News that should be of interest to anyone involved with K-12". It is called Samsung's Hope for Education and the description reads:Through a partnership with Microsoft Corporation, Hope for Education will provide more than $2 million in technology and software to K-12...; Tags: Classroom Tech, Education Technology, Funding, K-12; Blog posts 2007-07-12
Don't be fooled, Linux is not free: I just finished reading Chris Dawson's most recent piece Linux definitely has a place in education and I couldn't agree more, until he said ..."If the choice is arbitrary, then would you rather pay hundreds of dollars or many thousands or millions at the enterprise level or would you rather...; Tags: Open Source, K-12, Higher Ed, Education Technology; Blog posts 2007-07-08

IN teachers union fights online schools: The issue of state funding of charter schools came to a head this week as Indianas largest teachers union is making plans to fight the approval of two new online charter schools, reports the Indianapolis Star. After the approval by Ball State University of two online schools and three...; Tags: Education Technology, Online Education, K-12, education, charter; Blog posts 2007-02-07
Technology Trends and the Opportunities They Present to K-12 Education: Nortel understands the challenges faced by K-12 education institutions and the critical role of IT in serving the institution's business objectives. IT is integral to K-12 education delivery and relies on ubiquitous, high-reliability, secure networks. This is the kind of network that Nortel has been delivering to its educational customers...; Tags: K-12, Education, Nortel Networks Corp., Information Technology; White papers 2005-06-03
K-12 IT spending to grow 3.8% a year: K-12 education is the strongest segment growth area, with a compound annual growth rate CAGR of 3.8%. Higher education should see a CAGR of 3.5% by 2008, and the full education vertical industry should enjoy a 3.1% CAGR. IDC believes that both higher education and K-12 schools will focus significant...; Tags: K-12, education; Blog posts 2004-09-21
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...; Tags: K-12, Education, Data Network, Network, E-Rate, ShoreTel, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking; Webcasts 2004-09-01
Dell Hardware and Online Learning Software Increase Interest and Participation in K-12 Education Environment: As a part of the College of Education at Illinois State University, University High School works with college educators to train many new teachers for their careers. The school wanted to expand opportunities for students to take additional course offerings and to participate in additional activities that supplemented their face-to-face...; Tags: K-12, Education, Dell Computer Corp., Environment, Online Learning, Hardware, E-learning, Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies
Victoria Department of Education & Training Improves Teaching and Learning With Intel Platforms: Victoria may be Australia's smallest mainland state, but it is big on education. Computer and communications skills are increasingly important to individual success and national progress. Victoria's K-12 teachers already used Intel processor-based notebook computers to bring technology into the classroom. But the notebooks were aging, and the lack of...; Tags: K-12, Education, Mobile, Training, Intel Corp., Victoria, Notebooks, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Marketing; Case studies

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Good news on the Dell netbook front: Just a quick update now that I have a minute to sit down tonight. I heard from my Dell rep this afternoon that, although it's not available on the Dell K-12 education pages, the Inspiron Mini 9 is available to all education customers in quantity. Here's...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Blogging, Notebooks, Internet, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-09-05
My Awesome IT Job: Senior IT Manager, Cisco: Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from an IT pro that loves their work. ...; Tags: Information Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., Deb Perelman; Blog posts 2008-09-05
Forget Seinfeld. Can Windows gurus help the Windows brand?: Forget Seinfeld. Can Windows gurus help the Windows brand?Microsoft is also airing the Mojave experiment ads. nt.RE: Forget Seinfeld. Can Windows gurus help the Windows brand?That add is really stupid . . . but, if you're totally incapable of building a quality operating system, why not try comedy?Best marketing for...; Tags: Operating systems, Branding, Microsoft Windows, advertisement, Windows Gurus, Windows brand, Microsoft Corp., brand, Seinfeld; Discussion threads 2008-09-05
Comcast sues FCC over net neutrality ruling: Comcast sues FCC over net neutrality rulingIs this Government megalomania?Or is Comcast grasping at straws in a sinking ship on a road to no return!The cable companies poor planningshouldn't hurt the users. There have been many suggestions of how they could improve the way their network runs with out...; Tags: Federal government, Cable, TVs, Broadband Internet, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, Comcast Corp., FCC, Net Neutrality, Mbits/S, cable-tv service; Discussion threads 2008-09-04
Internet traffic up 53% in the last 12 months: According to TeleGeography, international Internet traffic grew 53% between mid-2007 and mid-2008, down from 61% the preceding year. Traffic growth between the US and Latin America was especially fast, surging 112%. Traffic on internet backbones between major cities in the relatively more mature US market rose a modest 47%. For...; Tags: Internet-backbone, Traffic, Internet, AM; Blog posts 2008-09-03
Silicon Valley's Judy Estrin warns we are running out of innovation: I recently met with Judy Estrin, a former CTO at Cisco, and one of Silicon Valley's top serial entrepreneurs. Since the dotcom bubble burst she has been concerned that Silicon Valley has not been investing enough in startups pioneering innovative technologies. She warns that we are living...; Tags: Silicon Valley, Innovation, Leadership, Research & Development, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Strategy, Management, Business Operations, Finance, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-09-03
MobileMe's Rolling 1 Percent Outage: So pretty much every day these days, about 1% of MobileMe Mail users can't access their email. Today, my access was down -- and somehow I don't expect I'm alone. This, even though there's no acknowledgement of a problem -- on Sept. 3 any way -- on Apple's Support Page for...; Tags: Inconvenience, Outage, MobileMe, E-mail, Mortgages, Manufacturing, Online Communications, Finance, Capital Structures, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-09-03
Five reasons Chrome will take over the world: Five reasons Chrome will take over the worldFive reasons Chrome will take over the worldYou know what ZDNet needs? More articles about Chrome! 12 over the last 24 hours just isn't enough so why not add to that number.Chrome isn't taking over anything because its terribly broken. It doesn't render...; Tags: Development tools, Web browsers, chrome, Chrome, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-09-03
Dell repair adventure, day 4, with updates: Here's today's update in the continuing saga of our hero's attempt to get his Dell laptop back up and running after it died an ignominious death while he was on the road last week. For those who haven't been following his adventures, posts Dell adventure begins again, day 1 and...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., E-mail, Online Communications, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-09-03