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 […]
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Six Practical Steps For Validating Volunteer Identification
Budget constraints and other institutional pressures mean many schools increasingly rely on their volunteers to perform essential functions inside and outside the classroom. Incomplete vetting of these volunteers, however, may expose schools to unintended risk.
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) for Higher Education Institutions
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 […]
The Digital Workplace: Current Trends Shaping Enterprise Communications
Never before have enterprise software and technology solutions played such an important role on the employee communications and human resources front.
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 […]
Extending the Life of Your ERP for Smarter Operations
Many school districts across the U.S. are facing increasing enrollment due to rising and shifting populations while much of their budgets and resources remain the same.
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 […]
Legrand Releases LEED Product Guide to Help Reach Certification
Architects, designers and building owners can download the guide to learn what Legrand products will help them reach LEED certification goals.
Legrand North America, the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures, recently released its LEED with Legrand Product Guide. The informative 16-page guide provides architects, specifying engineers, designers and building owners with an overview of Legrand products that contribute toward LEED certification. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a rating system devised […]
ITT Tech Officially Closes After Federal Sanctions
The for-profit higher education institution discontinues all academic operations permanently after sanctions preventing ITT Tech from receiving any federal aid for tuition.
If you’ve ever been home sick from work watching television, odds are at some point you’ve seen a commercial for ITT Technical Institute. It’s often a tale about a student success story, showing how the for-profit college helped a struggling young adult get a degree and begin an exciting new career. You won’t be seeing […]
Truth About Electronic Medical Record Adoption
Your EMR will streamline your practice. It will allow you to see more patients in a day. It will help you track meaningful patient data to improve care.
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 […]
Putting a Whiteboard in the Hands of Every Student Creates a Collaborative Classroom
When we unleash the power of existing computers, 1:1 programs, and BYOD devices to allow whiteboarding anytime and anywhere, every student benefits.
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 […]
Students Build Writing Skills with This Auto-Grading Solution
More than a million words needed to be read each semester in a single class at this university, until they turned to tech for help.
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 […]
