2009 CoSN Compendium


The seventh
edition of CoSN's Compendium contains monographs which focus on:

  • The Green Computing Imperative: What can your district do to reduce e-waste, improve energy efficiency and save precious resources? Educators and companies share advice
    on “Going Green.”
  • [Executive Summary] (PDF)
  • Working Together: How ESA's Help Small District Meet Their Technology and Service Needs. Small school districts in rural America are well acquainted with hard times. To address them, they have learned to work together, with assistance from regional  cooperatives.
  • [Executive Summary] (PDF)

  • The Future of Textbooks: Evolutionary, Revolutionary or More of the Same? While forward-thinking educators, parents, and chiropractors have long called for an alternative to the textbook-laden backpack, schools have been slow to consider such a radical notion. Is all that about to change?
  • [Executive Summary] (PDF)

  • Educators and the Long Tail: Implications for Teaching and Professional Development In this follow-up to last year’s introduction to “the long tail” in education, we look at
    how these concepts apply to the ways teachers teach, learn and grow professionally.
  • [Executive Summary] (PDF)

  • Web 2.0 in Education: Policy, Practice and Progress Social networking and participatory culture are an integral part of life today. Will schools jump on the bandwagon or be left behind?  [Executive Summary] (PDF)

  • 21st Century Networks for 21st Century Schools: Making the Case for Broadband How much bandwidth does your school district need? Read on for advice on how —and why — to upgrade to broadband cost-effectively.
    [Executive Summary] (PDF)



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