THE Journal — Integration/Networking
Calcasieu Parish Receives 2007 Sylvia Charp Award
The Calcasieu Parish School System (CPSS) in Lake Charles, LA has been named the recipient of the 2007 Sylvia Charp District Award. The award is presented annually by T.H.E. Journal and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) in honor of T.H.E. Journal's late founding editor-in-chief, Sylvia Charp.
(5/8/2007)
Kansas District Deploys 75-Square-Mile WLAN
Soon to be Kansas' second largest school district, Olathe District Schools (ODS) has deployed a wireless LAN to 50 schools and eight support sites spread over 75 square miles.
(4/23/2007)
KanREN To Manage State Educational Network with Entuity
KanREN, a consortium of Kansas colleges, universities, school districts, and other non-profit organizations that operates a statewide backbone network, will use New York/London-headquartered Entuity Inc.'s Eye of the Storm to manage its network.
(4/19/2007)
Trillion Unwires 31 Minnesota Districts
Trillion has completed construction of a high-speed wireless network serving 31 school districts in Southwestern Minnesota for the Southwest/West Central Service Cooperatives (SW/WC). The deployment impacts more than 17,000 students, educators and administrators in Minnesota.
(4/2/2007)
Windsor USD Deploys Wyse Thin Clients
Following a pilot project that began in 2006, Windsor Unified School District (WUSD) in California will convert to Wyse thin clients across its enterprise over the next two to three years.
(3/20/2007)
Telkonet Acquires Smart Systems
Network systems provider Telkonet has completed its acquisition of Smart Systems International, a manufacturer of of energy systems management technologies.
(3/19/2007)
Blue Lane Debuts VirtualShield for VMware
Blue Lane Technologies has released a new security utility for VMware called VirtualShield. The tool, developed in cooperation with VMware, is designed to provide protection for the VMware Infrastructure 3 platform.
(3/15/2007)
Seattle Public School System Flexing Fiber Muscle
The Seattle Public School System is in the middle of deploying an advanced fiber optic broadband network to support the district's advanced application requirements, as well as to reduce the costs it incurs by leasing network facilities.
(3/15/2007)
Nebraska Inks $15 Million Deal to Connect Rural Students
The state of Nebraska signed a five-year, $15 million deal with Denver, CO-based data and voice carrier Qwest Communications International Inc. to provide Internet protocol (IP) connectivity to thousands of rural students in northwest Nebraska. The services will give students access to distance learning and online classrooms.
(3/12/2007)
Kaplan Finalizes Purchase of EduNeering
New York-based education services provider Kaplan Inc has acquired Princeton, NJ-based EduNeering Holidngs, a developer of technology-enabled knowledge and education solutions.
(3/12/2007)
Orange County Public Schools Inks Network Deal with ENA
Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) in Florida has signed a contract with Education Networks of America (ENA) to provide broadband access to the district's school. The three-year deal, which includes two one-year renewal options, calls for ENA to provide a managed high-speed network throughout the district and to build in scalability for future expansion.
(3/8/2007)
Sendio Launches E-Mail Security Program for Education
E-mail security solutions provider Sendio this week launched a new program for higher ed and public and private K-12 schools. The company is making its I.C.E. Box e-mail security appliance available for half price to qualifying institutions.
(3/6/2007)
Angel Learning Previews Angel LMS 7.2
Education software developer Angel Learning has announced a new version of its learning management system, Angel LMS 7.2.
(3/2/2007)
Pennsylvania DOE Adopts Real-Time Collaboration Tools
The Pennsylvania Department of Education will implement new real-time collaboration capabilities using LiveAccess from Vemics Inc., a developer of collaboration and learning tools. Live Access combines multipoint video, voice, and data technologies with content, consulting, and customer support.
(2/21/2007)
Blackboard Connects Faculty and Students with Scholar
Blackboard has launched a new, free service for users of its CMS technologies: Scholar, a "social bookmarking" service designed to connect faculty and students across institutions. Scholar is the first product released from the Blackboard Beyond Initiative, which focuses on centrally hosted Web services.
(2/15/2007)
TEA To Deploy Texas Records Exchange System
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has awarded a three-year contract to the National Transcript Center (NTC), a division of ESP Solutions Group, to develop and deploy "TREx," also known as the Texas Records Exchange System. Edvance Research Inc. (ERI) has been subcontracted to direct statewide training and customer support for the system.
(2/14/2007)
Enter the Tech Director
(2/1/2006)
E-mail Lockdown
(1/1/2006)
A World Without Wires
Whether helping to resurrect the Katrina-devastated South or upgrading educational access in districts far and wide, more affordable wireless mesh and voice networks are changing the learning environment across the nation.
(1/1/2006)
Keeping Tech Support In Step With Technology
(12/1/2005)
VoIP to the Rescue
Faced with the challenges hampering school communications nationwide, three districts move bravely into the future with Web-based telephony.
(12/1/2005)
District-Vendor Partnerships
(11/1/2005)
The Enrichments of Rich Media
(11/1/2005)
Indiana Science Teacher Wins Computer System from T.H.E.
(9/1/2005)
T+L2 Conference
(9/1/2005)
