The First Era of IT was centralized, the Second Era of IT was individualized, but what will the Third Era look like? Look around. It may already be happening.
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Learning from LAUSD’s Failed iPad Program
A federal report examines what went wrong for the L.A. district and the results make a clear case for the importance of planning.
See where LAUSD iPads’s program went wrong and how you can avoid the same mistakes.
Video Surveillance, Access Control Keep Security Concerns at Bay for Rural District
Penns Vally Schools install custom security system to provide a sense safety for students and staff, despite being 30 minutes from local police.
See the technology that keeps Penns Valley Schools safe and secure. The district installed video surveillance, access control, a visitor management system and more.
Napa School Is a Model for Tech Integration In K-12
Students learn in a BYOD environment and have access to Promethean boards, Google Apps for Education, a cyber cafe and more.
New Technology High School in Napa, California has always been ahead of it’s time when it comes to technology integration. We take a look at what makes this innovative public school tick.
Millennials, Collaboration, and Competition: A Case for Videoconferencing in Huddle Rooms
We explain just why you need videoconferencing capabilities in your huddle rooms.
With the corporate environment changing the way they operate, the way they use technology, and the age of their employees, videoconferencing is becoming a must for huddle rooms.
5 Tips to Keeping Your College’s BYOD Control in Check
Struggles to keep BYOD usage under control are common in colleges. Here are 5 ways your college can stay on track.
BYOD is a common expectation of today’s college students. But what happens when students abuse it, or when a professor or administrator loses control of what students do on the network? Xirrus’s Bruce Miller says that this is a common struggle in today’s higher education institutions, and that colleges should consider keeping network access under control. Five major ways colleges can keep their BYOD access in check is by covering use cases, deciding how much control a class needs, bringing in a third party, getting granular with control and upping the in-class engagement.
World’s Tallest Mosaic Video Wall Installed in Miami Hotel
Planar and BrightSign collaborated to create the four-story display.
When CMA was commissioned to install a towering four-story video wall in a Miami-area hotel, they chose Planar displays and BrightSign media players to augment the wow factor.
UMass Lowell Making Learning Leaps with Lecture Capture Initiative
Lecture capture at UMass Lowell makes class time more accessible, and cuts back students' and professors' stress.
When students started struggling in an enhanced calculus class back in 2005, Randy Tyndall and his team wanted to install a solution to help. Their solution of choice was a lecture capture system by Echo360, which enabled professors to capture lectures and computer demonstrations on a single screen for students to view after class. Lecture capture has also upped active learning among students, encouraged flipping the classroom, deepened distance learning, increased student retention rates and made it easier for professors to archive their lectures.
Sound System Enhances Game Day Experience for HS Sports Fans
Ohio district replaces problematic AV system with tech that produces quality audio and allows for remote operation.
See the new sound system installed at Ottawa Hills High school gymnasium and learn how the district overcame issues with intelligibility and equipment security.
Security Experts Share Top 5 Predictions for 2015
Six electronic security industry experts share their 2015 predictions for the marketplace.
Six electronic security industry experts share their 2015 predictions for the marketplace.