Network server upgrade or laptops for every student? A new learning management system or eTextbooks?
Amidst the current chaos, it’s still budget season. Contrary to what many believe, creating an effective and useful IT budget for a school district doesn’t start with numbers. It starts with a clear vision and understanding of the school ...
For the IT department, district budget time often means getting pulled in many different directions by teachers, administrators, school boards, and community members.
At the start of the 21st century, when the calendar flipped from ’99 to ’00, just over half of all American adults used the internet. Today, that number has risen to over 90 percent, and over 96 percent own a cellphone (not to mention ...
Providing a device for every student in your district can be daunting, but it’s worth the effort. Fifteen years’ worth of research shows that giving every student a laptop improves their test scores in English/language arts, math, and ...
With cloud services, 1:1 programs, BYOD and ever-increasing bandwidth & storage, the technology landscape is dynamically changing for education. As school technology administrators, we're asking questions we've never asked before, ...