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- Mika's Touch Type Trainer (zip)
- Mika's Touch Type Trainer is the most popular Touch Type Tutor in Japan. First it was developed in 1991, and publicized as free software. Since then many schools had adopted this Mika's Touch Type Trainer to teach computer literacy. Originally this Mika' Touch Type Trainer was made in Japanese Language....
- Tags: School, Japan, Jiro Imamura, Mika, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Software downloads 2008-07-23
- Edvision (exe)
- Welcome to Edvision the Education Center Management System. Edvision is a software application designed to address all aspects of non-traditional and traditional education. Edvision is used by training center, tuition center, language center, institutes, colleges, associations, Montessori, private school, pre-school, martial arts school, dancing school, music school, acting school, art...
- Tags: School, Infobina, Edvision, Tools & Techniques, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Management, Human Resources
- Software downloads 2008-07-01
- Year-round school
- I just posted a quick link to an AP article with a late stab at the AP. However, I suggested that the article would make a great opening day tie-in for a lot of subjects. Here in the States, opening day is a a solid summer-of-fun away. ...
- Tags: School, Teacher, Strategy, Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- Mac and PC are at it again
- The decision-making about how to roll out new technology in our district's elementary schools continues. While the decisions have been fairly straightforward at the middle and high schools, such is not the case at our elementaries, where religious wars are breaking out. It actually feels a little bit...
- Tags: School, Apple Macintosh, PC, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-06-17
- MyDirectoryMaker (exe)
- Managing the family directory shouldn't be a full time job, but we also know that it is an important community building tool at your school. Designed specifically for schools and the PTO or PTA, MyDirectoryMaker is a complete software system for managing your family directory. Our easy and affordable solution...
- Tags: School, Directory Solutions, Tools & Techniques, E-mail, Productivity, Recruitment & Selection, Management, Online Communications, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Software downloads 2008-06-03
- 44% of teens spend time in person with friends outside of school
- Spend time in person with friends outside of school 44% 31% Send text messages 48 19 Talk on a cell phone 60 32 Talk on a landline or home phone 44 23 Send instant messages 39 20 ...
- Tags: School, Phone, Internet, Telecom & Utilities, E-mail, Instant Messaging, Online Communications, NB
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- 50% of teens are writing something just about every day
- 50% of all teens say that their school work involves writing something just about every day, and 35% do school writing several times a week, according to Pew Internet Project. The remaining 15% write for school several times a month (7%) or less frequently (8%). The frequency with which teens...
- Tags: Teen, School, NB
- Blog posts 2008-05-25
- 57% of black teens write in a journal for school
- Nearly 57% of black teens write in a journal for school, and 17% write music or lyrics. 41% write in a journal and 6% write music or lyrics for school, according to Pew Internet Project. White teens are significantly more likely than English-speaking Hispanic teens but not blacks to create...
- Tags: Teen, School, NB
- Blog posts 2008-05-23
- School Improves Communication, Saves Time and Money With New E-Mail System
- An independent day school in Norfolk, England, Norwich School has 800 students and 120 staff. It wanted to offer e-mail accounts to both students and parents, but the existing system couldn't handle such a large user base. With help from Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Onsite IT, the school implemented Microsoft...
- Tags: School, Microsoft Exchange Server, Student, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2008-04-04
- Linux in schools - what's worked and what hasn't
- ITWire published a summary of several successful Linux deployments in schools, as well as one that ended in a switch back to Windows. All of the success stories had several elements in common: A genuine financial need to avoid software licensing costs and reduce hardware acquisition costs ...
- Tags: School, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-03-09
- College Prep Learns How to Save and Solves Remote Access Issues With Virtualization
- Trinity Valley School is a K - 12 college preparatory school consisting of 940 students and 140 employees. The faculty, students, and staff needed to access their applications and critical information to effectively work off campus. They were also in search of an easier method of deploying software and re-imaging...
- Tags: Remote Access, School, Microsoft Corp., Trinity Valley School, Virtualization, Linux, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Microsoft Windows
- Case studies 2008-03-06
- SchoolSoft (exe)
- SchoolSoft is a JAVA based Integrated School Information System. Large database system which can be used for managing your school's day to day business. SchoolSoft allows users to store almost all of their school's information electronically, including information on students, employees, properties, teaching meteorites etc. Most importantly, this information can...
- Tags: School, Information, SoftLabs, SchoolSoft, Databases, Programming Languages, Java, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2008-02-14
- BlueSmart School Management (exe)
- BlueSmart School Management is a school and studio management software specifically designed for small schools and studios. BlueSmart School Management allows school staff to easily and securely track student attendance, schedule classes, share schedules, organize events, generate financial reports, create form letters, manage inventory, and back up files. BlueSmart School...
- Tags: School, Financial, BlueSparx, BlueSmart School Management, Financial Accounting, Finance
- Software downloads 2008-02-14
- Feature-Rich Telephony System Enables Leading High School to Communicate More Efficiently
- Parents must be confident that they can get in touch with the right people at the school at all times and that messages they leave will be communicated quickly and correctly was certainly a requirement for leading grammar school Rugby High School, their incoming calls are generally unpredictable throughout the...
- Tags: School, Nortel Networks Corp., Feature-Rich Telephony System, Workforce Management, Human Resources
- Case studies 2008-02-12
- 23,000 Linux PCs and counting in the Phillipines
- Computerworld is featuring a story on initiatives in the Philippines to ensure that every public school has at least one computer. While the program has now expanded to provide most schools with a small lab, a server, and Internet access, the most notable feature of the program is the...
- Tags: School, PC, Linux PC, Computerworld, Linux, Government, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-01-28
- College Survival Illustrated Quick Study Guides (zip)
- Boost your grades with College Survival Illustrated Quick Study Guides. You will use them from an undergraduate school all the way to graduate school and beyond. The bundle includes 25 e-books. Intended for everyone interested in math, science, and humanities, particularly undergraduate and graduate college and university students. This version...
- Tags: School, E-books, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-01-25
- UK School Supports Innovation With Flexible Infrastructure to Simplify IT
- Greenford High School is a secondary school situated in Ealing, west London. Their existing IT infrastructure needed to be simplified. The school wanted to invest in a flexible solution that would scale to meet its future requirements. The school deployed Dell for its solution and implemented Dell EMC CX3- 20...
- Tags: Innovation, School, Dell Computer Corp., Information Technology, Greenford High School, Storage, Strategy, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Servers, Hardware, Management
- Case studies 2007-12-17
- Indian doctors seek American standards
- Are you upset when your doctor sounds like Apu from The Simpsons? Get used to it. India has taken the first step toward putting its medical education on a par with that of the U.S., enabling more Indian physicians to join the American profession....
- Tags: Education, India, School, Standards, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-12-13
- 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
- Charter School Deploys Cost-Effective Foundation for Learning
- Horizon is a fully WASC accredited tuition-free public school that is chartered under California's Western Placer Unified School District. Until recently, the school maintained an old network and servers that had reached the end of their lives. Administrative employees were using peer-to-peer LANs that delivered poor application performance and incorporated...
- Tags: Security, School, Cisco Systems Inc.
- Case studies 2007-11-05
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