Member Spotlight
CoSN Announces New Board of Directors Ahead of Annual Conference
Member/Partner Spotlight: Stephen Mirante of Filewave
Stephen Mirante is the VP of Sales and Strategic Relations for FileWave, one of CoSN’s Platinum Sponsors, where he oversees the national sales and sales engineering teams. FileWave develops multi-platform endpoint management software that provides IT Administrators with an all-inclusive suite designed to secure and manage devices, applications, and content from one easy-to-use console.
Emerging Technologies: The Houston ISD IMS Interoperability Processes
Beatriz Arnillas is the Director of IT - Education Technology at Houston ISD, a CoSN member district, and a member of CoSN's Emerging Technologies Committee. Lately we've been talking a lot about interoperability standards -- what are they? How do we shore them up in our school districts? Beatriz shared her top tips for optimizing interoperability. How do your district's processes compare?
‘North by Northwest’ – Oregon and Washington Form 21st State Chapter
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Reaching 20 – CoSN State Chapter Network Hits Milestone
Washington, DC (November 7, 2014) – CoSN (Consortium for School Networking) today welcomed New Hampshire and Minnesota as the 19th and 20th state chapter members, respectively.
Member Spotlight: Letting Teachers Create a 1:1 District
Township High School District 214, a CoSN member in Arlington Heights, IL, shares the steps they took to implement and fine-tune their award-winning 1-to-1 program:
Have you ever wondered how to build an ideal one-to-one program? There’s no overnight solution, but we found a good one for us.
Great Profile of CoSN Member Klein ISD
K-12 Blueprint recently published a great profile of Klein ISD, a CoSN member in Harris County, Texas. Klein is one of our biggest member districts – it currently features nearly 50,000 students spread among 45 schools, and is still growing. Each of those students is benefiting from Klein’s pursuit of 1:1 learning; its high school students all use HP or Fujitso convertible tablets and learn in classrooms equipped with additional devices.
SIHS Spotlight (Part 3 of 3): Some Must-Dos for a Successful Internship Program
Milena Streen (VP & CIO – Librarian) and Robert Barr (Director of Technology) from Saint Ignatius High School, one of our member schools, are joining us for a 3-part series on how they set up a student internship program and what they’ve learned from it. View Part 1 and Part 2 of the series for more information.
SIHS Spotlight (Part 2 of 3): Getting our Official Internship Papers and Conducting Evaluations
Milena Streen (VP & CIO – Librarian) and Robert Barr (Director of Technology) from Saint Ignatius High School, one of our member schools, are joining us for a 3-part series on how they set up a student internship program and what they’ve learned from it. View Part 1 of the series here and stay tuned for Part 3 ("must-dos") next week!