We live in a world where everyone is always connected to their internet, thanks to their mobile phones and laptops. It’s hard to think of a time when you won’t be connected to the net at all. It’s not surprising, then, that more and more employees prefer web based training over other benefits in their […]
While laws and policies regarding criminal background checks for school volunteers differ for every state and school district, screening is fast becoming a prerequisite to volunteering at schools throughout the country. Some schools screen each and every volunteer who walks through their doors. Others still screen just a portion of their volunteers – usually those […]
Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) is an international standard XML format that allows emergency messages to be distributed across multiple warning systems simultaneously, developed by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS). In the United States, CAP is being used as the base technology for the comprehensive Integrated Public Alert and Warning System […]
Enterprise communications is undergoing a fundamental shift. These solutions are connecting employees, keeping them engaged, supporting social collaboration, enabling a wider variety of workspaces as well as devices, and ultimately, keeping employees productive and talent retained. Looking beyond 2016, there are several trends to take notice of that are creating a new way to work […]
While there are major advancements in nearly every type of technology for the K-12 market, school administrators and IT departments have to make selective choices about which technologies will have the most impact in a school or across an entire district. Often that means that learning and other classroom technologies will take budget precedence over […]
You’ve heard it all before, the exhausting mantras of EMR sales reps. The truth is, that in most cases none of those things are true. More likely, your EMR has upended your practice and thrown everything into chaos. As a physician, you’re either seeing fewer patients a day or you’re at the office charting into […]
As central classroom displays have evolved from chalkboards to dry erase boards to interactive whiteboards (IWBs), whiteboarding has grown more interactive and technologically sophisticated over time. More than a decade after their first appearance in classrooms, it’s clear that IWBs and panels can engage students—but cost, the need for training, and concurrent use by many […]
More than a million. That’s the total number of words that instructors at Yavapai College in Prescott, Arizona, needed to pore through each semester for College Composition I. Approximately 250 full- and part-time students take the course each year at the Arizona community college, which requires students to submit written essays totaling approximately 4,500 words […]
Last month Dallas, Texas hosted a tradeshow dedicated to the audio visual industry. CEDIA is all about the residential segment of AV, but that doesn’t mean it has no impact on the commercial AV channel. One of the more significant bits of news to come out of the show last week was the integration of […]
As an IT admin, you spent a good portion of your summer prepping your Google Apps domain with the latest student and teacher information, organizational units, workflows and more, so teachers and students can take the new school year by storm. Everyone’s up and running so far, so you’re all set, right? Not so fast. […]
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