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Strategy: Education's Technology Dilemma

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Today's technology should make it possible to engage students in new and unique ways, but tight budgets and aging infrastructure mean that’s not always possible. Find out how two public school districts are using technology in innovative ways to close the gap between growing expectations and shrinking budgets.

Schools Learn to Do More With Less

Technological advances are opening up access to information and providing new and powerful tools for learning. The challenge for public schools is how to take advantage of the opportunities provided by technology during a time when governments are cutting back on spending and resources are stretched thin.

In this report, we look at how two school districts, Kentucky's Barren County School District and Oak Hills Local School District in Ohio, are using virtualization, wireless and cloud technologies to meet that challenge. (S4051211)

Table of Contents

    3    Author's Bio
    4    Executive Summary
    5    Schools Learn to Do More With Less
    5    Figure 1: Framework for Software Services in a Tech-Empowered Learning Environment
    6    Figure 2: Digital Promise
    7    BYOD—to School
    9    Infrastructure Goals
    10    Equal Opportunity
    11    Technologies That Work for Education
    12    Related Reports

About the Author

Strategy: Education's Technology Dilemma

Debra Donston-Miller has been covering technology and its impact on business (and vice versa) for more than 20 years. She was formerly editor of eWEEK and executive editorial director of eWEEK Labs.

She can be reached at debra.donstonmiller@gmail.com.

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