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Adding Twitter to Your Business Emergency Notification Plan

Proactively alert phone and computer users using this popular communication tool.

September 30, 2013 Volha Kislaya Leave a Comment

Twitter is a flexible micro-blogging site that provide the platform for quick communication. Tweets can be sent as SMS texts to a phone, so you don’t have to be connected to the Internet. Many organizations use more than one Twitter feed to ensure that readers find the information they needs. For example, one Twitter feed can be for emergency communication, while another feed can be for those looking for answers to questions or for non-emergency announcements.

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5 Game-changing Trends in Unified Communications

With the latest technology, you can use your own devices, collaborate over your browser and integrate with social media.

September 19, 2013 Volha Kislaya Leave a Comment

Unified Communications is trickling down from the enterprise and becoming a robust solution for smaller organizations. Its higher-end abilities are luring users away from the sometimes unreliable Skype and Google Hangouts. UC’s growing popularity means new capabilities are quickly being added.

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Using Tablets to Create Personalized Learning Environments

Digital tools, apps and interactive software allow teachers to adapt lessons to meet the needs of all students.

August 23, 2013 TD Staff Leave a Comment

The Guilford County School district in North Carolina has purchased over 21,000 Amplify tablets as part of a personalized learning initiative. The district’s director of Instructional Technology shares his goals for mobile learning and how the district is preparing teachers to rethink insturction.

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Manage Mobility and Smith Micro Software Partner for K-12 Mobile Device Management Solution

Connection Manager allows administrators to prioritize wireless networks, enforce user policies and sends notifications for data limits.

August 7, 2013 Chrissy Winske Leave a Comment

Manage Mobility and Smith Micro Software have partnered on a mobile device management solution called Connection Manager. It allows school administrators to prioritize wireless networks and offer CIPA-compliant filtering. Connection Manger also alerts students when they are approaching their device’s data limits.

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5 Great Flipped Learning Tips

Pioneer Jon Bergmann talks about the advantages and disadvantages of Flipped Learning and offers tips for edtech professionals.

July 10, 2013 Chrissy Winske Leave a Comment

Jon Bergmann, a pioneer of the flipped classroom, sits down with TechDecisions to talk about founding the flipped learning movement in K-12. The advantages, disadvantages and misconceptions of a flipped classroom, tips for making effective videos, how to overcome the digital divide and more.

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Sheridan College Looks to the Future with Its Innovative Flex Classrooms

Running A/V systems over IP and using mobile furniture and equipment helped the college to maximize on space and see a true ROI.

June 27, 2013 Chrissy Winske Leave a Comment

Sheridan College created innovative “flex classrooms” that can be used in a variety of ways and host a number of A/V systems. These rooms include NEC commercial-grade projectors, Dell computers, AverVision SPB350+ document cameras, movable teaching podiums, Extron DMP 44 LC digital matrix processors, Extron power amplifiers and Shure wireless gooseneck microphones. The network switches are Cisco.

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