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Advertiser Index 3LCD www.3LCD.com, www.colorlightoutput.com........................8, 9 Acer America Corporation www.us.acer.om/iconiaww500.................................................48-49 Aetna, Inc. www.AetnaPublicSector.com..........................................................25 ALAS www.alasedu.net................................................................................84 Appleton Learning www.LearnDifferently.net.................................................................47 Blackboard - Edline www.blackboard.com/engage/da...................................................23 www.bit.ly/ws051812...................................................................40-41 Blendedschools.net www.blendedschools.net...............................................................79 Capstone Digital www.TheFutureinReading.com................................................ .......13 CDI Computers www.CDIComputers.com...........................................................CV2-1 Comcast Business Class www.business.comcast.com/K12guide..........................................19 Distinguished Lecture Series www.DistrictAdministration.com/webseminars...........................80 District Administration Leadership Institute www.daleadershipinstitute.com......................................................82 Edupoint Educational Systems, LLC www.Edupoint.com...............................................................................5 eInstruction www.einstruction.com/insight360..................................................43 Follett Library Resources www.K12digitaldecisions.com......................................................CV3 Follett Software Company www.FollettSoftware.com/DA......................................................CV4 Franklin Electronic Publishers www.franklin.com...............................................................................61 Google www.goo.gl/AVq74.............................................................................35 Hatch Early Childhood www.hatchearlychildhood.com.......................................................58 Hitachi America Ltd. www.hitachi-america.us/projectors...............................................39 Hitachi Solutions America, Ltd. www.us.hitachi-solutions.com/starboard......................................17 Kronos www.bit.ly/DA0524...........................................................................2-3 Learning.com www.learning.com/explore...............................................................37 MIND Research Institute www.mindresearch.net.......................................................20, 27-30 NetSupport, Inc. www.netsupportschool.com............................................................33 Nova Southeastern University www.FischlerSchool.nova.edu........................................................71 NSTA www.exploravision@nsta.org..........................................................63 Renaissance Learning www.renlearn.com/lp/20525.............................................................72 School Improvement Network www.schoolimprovement.com/tes....................................................7 Seton Hall University www.shu.edu/go/execedd.................................................................69 Solution Showcase www.districtadministration.com/showcase..................................67 Staples Advantage www.StaplesAdvantage.com/K-12..................................................55 Super Duper Publications www.superduperlearning.com.........................................................12 Texas Instruments www.TIMathForward.com.................................................................11 The National Alliance for Insurance Education www.TheNationalAlliance.com.......................................................51 Top 100 Products www.districtadministration.com/Top100.......................................86 TransACT Communications, Inc. www.actpoint.com...............................................................................6 Vertex Standard www.vertexstandardrebate.com......................................................15 Voyager Expanded Learning www.voyagerlearning.com...............................................................57 Ward’s Natural Science www.wardsci.com/APScience.........................................................21 Web Seminar www.DistrictAdministration.com/webseminars...........................77 Worth Avenue Group, LLC www.worthavegroup.com.................................................................64 From the Editor Going From the Schools We Have to the Schools We Need In the near future, we will see fewer traditional school buildings. Taking their place will be affinity schools, organized around students’ interests, and more STEM labs strategically located to offer easy access. Blended learning will be the norm, with individual students needing their own device. Networks will deliver higher levels of broadband performance to accommodate the growth in online learning. Technology combined with global learning will change the ways schools look today. In November 2011, the National Center for Education Statistics reported that 55 percent of more than 2,000 school districts had students participating in distance education programs. While at one time only large states and nonprofits offered such programs, school districts now are providing access to curriculum through vendor partnerships, Every district in the and many are offering classes of country has students their own that include various who need the categories of online learning, such as flipped classrooms and differentiation that blended learning. There is even online learning can offer. a proliferation of online high schools that offer a full four-year education. In the District CIO section this month, contributing writer Ron Schachter focuses on how to avoid the pitfalls of virtual schooling. I think we all know that every district in the country has students who need the differentiation that online learning can offer. Along with the growth of online learning, the use of games in the classroom is increasing exponentially. Computing power and sophisticated graphics have made games more engaging. According to a recent study by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, out of a group of 500 teachers, 32 percent used video games every week, and 70 percent felt games help personalize education. In “Gaming Gains Respect,” online learning expert Will Richardson tells us how to “play in the sandbox” among other things. Editor in Chief How will things look different in your schools this fall? Let me know at jhartnett@districtadministration.com or @judyfhartnett. 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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of District Administration - July/August 2012

District Administration - July/August 2012
Contents
From the Editor
Letters
News Update
District Profile
Administrator Profile
Research Center
Professional Opinion
Supervisor's Opinion
Crisis Response
Going Mobile
Gaming Gains Respect
A Running Start for ELLs
Paul Vallas for Sale
Unsung Heroes
CIO News
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Virtual Schooling
Noteworthy Books
New Products
Product Focus
Problem Solution

District Administration - July/August 2012