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K-12 Schools are Creating the Digital Citizens of the Future

Digital literacy is not just about being able to find information on the web, but to evaluate and repurpose it using certain techniques and critical thinking skills.

September 22, 2016 Debbie DeWitt Leave a Comment

Digital literacy is a term that encompasses the practical skills, knowledge and behaviors people need to effectively use various digital devices, which today includes many networked devices like computers, smartphones and tablets. The OECD and the European Commission prefer the term “digital competence”, which adds in problem-solving skills. Background It’s worth remembering that Tim Berners-Lee […]

Quick Tips for Squashing Meeting Technology Trouble

Technology’s influence on stress levels is affecting the health of meeting attendees at your facility.

September 21, 2016 Lieven Bertier Leave a Comment

Heart rates spike – reaching 179 beats per minute, nearly three times the average resting heart rate – during technically challenging meetings, according to a study commissioned by Barco. Aside from their well-being, bad technology in meetings is affecting their bottom lines. The study indicated productivity loss due to tech issues cost 24 percent of […]

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Check Out the Networking Behind the Largest Video Display in College Football

Daktronics fields a Dante audio network to support Auburn University’s Jordan-Hare Football Stadium display screen.

September 19, 2016 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Auburn University’s Jordan-Hare Stadium—the tenth largest on-campus football stadium in the NCAA—is now home to the largest HD video board in college sports. Designed, built and installed by Daktronics, in Brookings, S.D., this massive 197×57 square foot LED video display is accompanied by equally impactful high-quality sound, delivered over IP by a Dante audio network […]

How Does Internet of Things Work in the Real World?

The Internet of Things is going to make a serious impact on how we interact with the world. You’ve heard that a lot, but what does it mean?

September 16, 2016 Jonathan Blackwood Leave a Comment

“Who here has read Flatland?” asks Andrew Milne, Ph.D., the CEO of Tidebreak. The novella takes place in a two-dimensional world wherein the inhabitants tell each other apart by making contact and discovering the shape of those around them. The main character, a square, one day comes across a circle. That circle then shrinks and […]

Maintaining Collaboration through Multiple Simultaneous Projects

Let’s face it, our employees are rarely working on one thing at a time. As always, employees must juggle multiple projects. How do we ensure that they are effectively collaborating throughout?

September 14, 2016 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Agility has become a virtue in many companies. Rather than asking a department or an employee to work on a single project through completion, then begin working on the next, companies have found value in placing multiple eggs in different baskets. Different departments work together on different projects in order to multiply the amount of […]

EdTech’s Sweetspot: Empowering Teachers Through Technology

Schools adopt technology at different paces depending on a lot of factors. Regardless, technology is the future to empowering our teachers.

September 14, 2016 Fredrik Olofsson Leave a Comment

Technology has long been a part of education, with PCs and interactive whiteboards being a staple during the 90s and early 00s. However, technology has continued to evolve within the education sector as more and more institutions utilized web-based learning and social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Some schools embraced social media, […]

5 Future of Work Collaboration Trends to Look Out For

Collaboration in the office is a growing and shifting trend. As new technology emerges, so do new ways to collaborate.

September 13, 2016 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Collaboration in the workplace depends on a number of factors. Age, for example. Depending on the generation they come from, an employee could be more prone to technological collaboration versus analog collaboration (i.e. on a whiteboard or paper). Even within technology, some employees may prefer face-to-face collaboration, in the same room. Others will prefer conferencing […]

Colossus Video Board Makes Battle at Bristol an Epic Experience for 160,000 Fans

Virginia Tech and Tennessee played before college football’s biggest crowd ever – and under the world’s largest free-standing center-hung display.

September 13, 2016 D. Craig MacCormack Leave a Comment

Every weekend in college football is a big deal, especially in the southern half of the U.S., but this weekend featured the undisputed biggest game in the history of the sport. Not only did the Battle at Bristol pit two of college football’s most successful teams—Virginia Tech and Tennessee—against one another, but it did so […]

Digital Audio Shines Light on Singapore Students’ Talent

Meyer Sound and Spectrum Audio Visual win the 2016 Integration Award in the K-12 education category for the Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic system installation at the Singapore American School.

September 12, 2016 Rachel Quetti Leave a Comment

It’s safe to say that an auditorium or any large venue meant to host performances is pretty much nothing without good acoustics and speech intelligibility stemming from digital audio, but that was precisely the challenge one Singapore school faced with its 19-year-old auditorium. The Singapore American School (SAS) is an independent, non-profit, coeducational college preparatory […]