For better accountability, some school systems are avidly embracing biometrics as means of identification and authentication to address this concern and to use for many other applications within a school environment.
It should be clear by now that there is absolutely nothing new about MOOCs. So why the concern now that MOOCs may pose a special risk of encouraging patent infringement litigation? The answer, of course, lies in the numbers. The MOOC phenomenon has resulted in hundreds of thousands of individuals signing on to take part in this "new" education sensation. It is not at all far-fetched to expect that a single MOOC may register well over a million persons at a time. And in patent litigation, these numbers can mean money, big money.
No one knows what tomorrow may bring, but the experts
consulted by College Planning & Management offer up a few educated guesses. We asked experts to spot trends and get a jumpstart
on the issues higher education will face in 2013.
Paul Elementary is the first public school in Idaho to have one-to-one technology, providing each of the school's 455 students and every teacher with his/her own iPad. "The iSchool partnership offers our students much more than just access to iPads," stat
What happens when school roofing challenges are caused by an act of Mother Nature? Well, because her fickle mood ranges anywhere from slightly irritated to downright angry, the best way to protect a roof is to maintain the upper hand.
How do you build your team within a culture that the existing senior administrative staff has embraced and protected, and significantly, that may well have defined the senior team more than the team has defined the culture? What happens in those first months when you are the outsider on your own team?
Carrying on our beginning-of-the-year tradition, here is what we can look forward to during 2013, from the viewpoint of several people who dedicate their time and talents for the purpose of improving our education system in a variety of ways -- energy and
College Planning & Management asked four schools in New Jersey to describe their preparations and their experiences battling Hurricane Sandy at the end of October.
If you're paying a premium for electricity, ask a lighting manufacturer to help you determine the initial cost and payback period for these kinds of LED retrofits. You might discover that it is worth bringing in LEDs this year.
My hope for 2013 is that we truly deal with some of these issues and not stick our head in the sand -- hoping that a tragedy won't happen on our campus. Our pledge for 2013 should be that we will make a difference -- this year.
Tremendous changes have happened in the world of digital displays and signage over the past five years. And these changes, along with other innovations in software and our digital culture (like the ubiquity of touch screens) have made digital signage a vi
K-12 schools can begin recycling in a couple different ways. For instance, one school district might implement a formal program organized along the lines advised by a recycling services provider. Then again, an individual school might mount a guerilla mov
The EF2 tornados that left a swath of extensive damage just one-and-one-half miles from my home were a major disaster we will long remember. I can attest that, "Learning to dance the night of the prom is too late." It is important to plan ahead for emerge
Flexibility involves planning and designing small, medium, large and extra-large spaces with useful connections and appropriate separations, robust infrastructure and movable furnishings that will support both current and future generations of learners.
Lighting can account for up to 40 percent of a building's energy use, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In Pre-K-12 schools that percentage is going down as schools implement day lighting strategies, retrofit with more efficient light
Security is often on the minds of school administrators. There are many tools from which they can choose to protect their most valued assets -- people -- from security challenges, even on a limited budget. Here are some approaches worth evaluating, along
It's December 2012, the last weeks of the 112th Congress, one of the most unproductive in history, and the end of President Obama's first term. But as everyone is very well aware, several significant issues need to be addressed and resolved, if possible.
A "one size fits all" methodology or pedagogical approach, featuring factory-based classrooms settings with rows and rows of desks, falls short of comprehensively preparing today's students to become tomorrow's industry and social leaders. A student's phy
Ten years after the introduction of LEED, a similar transformation is occurring in the roofing industry. At the beginning of 2011, the Center for Environmental Innovation in Roofing (CEIR) launched a sustainable guideline for roofing systems that seeks to
The New Tech Network, headquartered in Napa, Calif., is a rapidly growing association of New Tech Schools now totaling almost 100 nationwide. Their curriculum model, centered mainly on project-based learning in a technology-rich environment, requires an u
It's a wonderful environment for children to enter a 21st century classroom outfitted with every possible cutting edge learning tool available to ensure that education is fun, convenient and exciting. But not every student has the benefit of stepping into