schools
RSS schoolsShadow Surfing - Preventing Proxy Abuse in Schools
White Paper Proxy abuse is an increasingly pervasive problem in schools - and one that can only be prevented with intelligent filtering solutions such as Guardian. SmoothWall's pioneering Dynamic Content Analysis technology was... [13 Nov 2009]
Westminster computing put on size-zero diet
News After swapping to NightWatchman in 2006, the Department for Children, Schools and Families cut its CO2 emissions by 35,290kg in two years. With the government hoping to offset or reduce all the CO2 emissions produced by... [13 Nov 2009]
Lessons in Wireless for K-12 Schools
White Paper With advances in the security, management and investment protection of wireless network equipment, schools can roll out a pervasive wireless network today and gain economic and technological benefits that will pay back... [12 Nov 2009]
Enabling the Wireless School Challenges & Benefits of Wireless LANs in K-12
White Paper Many K-12 schools are seeking new technological solutions that help optimize learning and collaboration among their students, faculty and administrative staff. Following on the success of Wireless LANs (WLANs or Wi-Fi)... [12 Nov 2009]
Connect Every K-12 Laptop... Wirelessly, Effortlessly, Securely
White Paper The increased use of laptop computers in K-12 schools has created a unique opportunity to dramatically improve the quality of teaching and learning. The integration of audio, video and graphics animation, coupled with... [12 Nov 2009]
Interactive Learning 2.0: How Wi-Fi Enhances Learning and Improves Student/Teacher Interaction
White Paper However, as the adoption of Wi-Fi enabled laptops proliferates and schools rollout ubiquitous Wi-Fi coverage, the virtual smart classroom is fast becoming a reality. While quite effective, smart classrooms have had... [12 Nov 2009]
The All-Wireless Workplace Is Now Open for Business: Using 802.11n as Your Primary Network LAN Deployments
White Paper Wi-Fi infrastructure for manufacturing and retail organizations, hotels, universities and schools is already a $1 billion market, with annual growth in double digits. Wi-Fi technology has been steadily improving for some... [12 Nov 2009]
Anonymizers - The Latest Threat to Your Web Security
White Paper In schools and libraries, anonymizers are the most popular tool students use to access top social Web destinations such as YouTube, MySpace and Facebook, typically blocked by school IT staffs. Certainly uncontrolled Web... [11 Nov 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: United breaks guitars?
Comment I suspect it will be widely reported on, studied and included in the curriculum of all the major business schools very shortly. Compiled at JFK Airport whilst waiting for BA 178 to fly me home via London Heathrow. [14 Oct 2009]
Systems Management in Education: A Best Practice Guide
White Paper This white paper outlines best practices for IT professionals in K-12 schools and higher education environments. Based on real-life experiences at school districts and colleges, it outlines a series of best practices for... [13 Oct 2009]
Acorn co-founder on the BBC Micro and the early days of personal computing
Comment Introduced in 1981, the machine was a runaway success for Cambridge-based Acorn Computers, which anticipated it would shift 12,000 but went on to sell 1.5 million, with a BBC being the machine of choice for UK schools. [07 Oct 2009]
What's NEXT in Secure K-12 Learning Environments
White Paper As K-12 networks grow and more schools and districts move toward one-to-one computing programs, the need has never been greater for secure learning environments. Security in schools and administrative... [02 Oct 2009]
Safe Campus Solutions: Going Beyond Emergency Notification - Alcatel-Lucent Dynamic Communications Solutions for Education
White Paper Educators are faced with increasing pressures to secure their schools and campuses. Alcatel-Lucent has worked with many schools and universities to implement unified communications systems that support... [02 Oct 2009]
Are dinosaur managers and poor teaching holding back Digital Britain?
News I think that kids by and large make up their mind what career they're going to take up when they're 12 or 13 and IT is not taught well in schools at that age. A recent report by the CBI blamed poor teaching in... [23 Sep 2009]
SAS9 at the Warsaw School of Economics: Educating Poland's Future Business Elite
White Paper Founded in 1906, the Warsaw School of Economics is the oldest economics university in Poland and one of Europe's leading management schools, with some 16,000 students, 3,000 of whom are doing postgraduate research. [19 Sep 2009]
