CoSN Compendium

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The 2003 CoSN Compendium

Copies of the 2003 Compendium are still available.

Sample Monograph: Cutting the Cord: Wireless Computing Comes of Age

In these days of tight budgets, how do we prepare our students and schools for the future without encumbering tremendous costs? And which high-tech tools are worth adopting even if they do involve new investment? For many districts, the answer to both of these questions is wireless technology.

Strong Medicine: Scientifically Based Research and School Practice

In passing the No Child Left Behind Act, Congress has instructed that funding decisions and practice should adhere to scientifically based research of the sort common in medicine and other sciences. But what does SBR look like in an education setting? And what are the challenges and opportunities such an approach offers our nation's schools?

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No More Flying Blind: Using Data-Driven Decision-Making to Guide Student Learning

Information management systems-especially curriculum management and student information systems-are the navigation tools that can help ensure that no child, teacher, class or school falls off the radar screen. Learn about some of the applications and approaches that are bringing data-driven decision-making to the classroom.

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Making the Grade: Accountability and Assessment Under No Child Left Behind

Accountability has been redefined by No Child Left Behind with its focus on standardized testing as a way to hold schools accountable for student achievement In this era of research-based education, it is only right that we ask the question: What is the evidence that the use of high-stakes testing is improving American education? And what else have the experts learned by shining the light on our nation's schools?

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Safeguarding CyberAge Students: A Progress Report

Two years after passage of the Children's Internet Protection Act, virtually all Internet-connected schools report that they have Acceptable Use Policies in place and a significant number are using technology tools to manage children's access to the Internet. But school leaders who think they can check another potential problem off their long "to-do" lists would be making a big mistake.

Copyright For Schools: Understanding the Rules of the Digital Road

Although copyright mistakes and misdeeds may pass unnoticed in the analog world, the Internet dramatically magnifies and compounds such errors by increasing the likelihood of illegal copying and distribution, and with it, the potential for detection and liability. At the same time, the digital age introduces a variety of new questions and challenges that make it harder to learn how to comply with copyright law. The good news is that there are some great new guidelines and resources to help steer schools in the right direction.

Smart Budgeting: What Every School Should Know about TCO

Schools and businesses are different animals, but when it comes to planning and budgeting for technology, the two groups face many of the same challenges. Districts that have adopted the business sector's Total Cost of Ownership model for analyzing technology investment options understand that there's a lot more to technology planning than budgeting for new hardware. Understanding the hidden costs and the support needs associated with effective technology implementation is more important today than ever before.

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Bridging the Gaps: School, Home and Student Achievement

Evidence continues to mount that parental involvement in a child's education is one of the key factors in determining academic success. But what are we as education leaders doing to build more productive home-school relationships? And how is technology helping? This white paper focuses on successful technology-based approaches and resources for reaching out to family and community.