Features Region: Northeast

Inside Peekskill City School District (PCSD) classrooms, students and teachers are embracing a new way of teaching and learning thanks to their eagerness to try new technology. As a small city school district whose student population is growing, PCSD has had to get creative in order to provide more technology with limited funding. To help […]

For years the emergency department staff at Arnot Health, a New York-based health care system, wanted an emergency department information system (EDIS). For years, Arnot’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) Gregg Martin said “no” to this. It might seem counterintuitive that a CIO would deny users a new technology, but Martin knows that technology is worthless […]

As technology begins to take on a more central role in the classroom, school districts are increasingly turning to experienced technology professionals to help stay up to date with the latest products and systems. In Concord, New Hampshire, Pam McLeod has been leading the school district’s technology efforts as director of technology since 2014, bringing […]

Daniel Morreale uses an apt metaphor to describe the task of implementing new technologies: It’s a little like building an ocean liner when it’s in the midst of crossing the ocean. The key is to make change while in motion, carefully, efficiently—and without sinking the ship. That’s true from both a technical standpoint and a […]

Emerging from the ashes of the dot-com bubble era, Convergence Technology Consulting was founded in 2002 with a simple mission: provide people and businesses the infrastructure virtualization services they need to succeed in a rapidly changing market. Centered on a philosophy of “People, process and technology,” Baltimore-based Convergence made a name for itself by delivering […]

When Jacques Monica left IBM to work in education in 1993, he understood what he was leaving behind. As a systems engineer, he had a stable future developing online catalogs and video content for businesses with the possibility of a six-figure salary. But Monica was looking for more. “I left IBM and a good paying […]

When Adam Gerson graduated from Ithaca College with a background in computer programming, he assumed he’d go to a tech start-up where he’d engineer groundbreaking software, get stock options and play ping-pong on his lunch breaks. It wasn’t an unreasonable expectation. Before he’d finished college, Gerson interned at a booming tech start-up that promised him […]

Connecticut is one of the nation’s richest states based on per-capita income, but that wealth is not distributed evenly across its school districts. While cities such as Hartford and Stamford spent $19,300 and $17,400 respectively per pupil, the comparably-sized Bridgeport Public Schools (BPS) has had to make do with less than $14,000. This modest budget […]

Saint Michael’s College sits on a pristine 440-acre campus just outside of Burlington in Colchester, Vermont. Since 1904 the small liberal arts and sciences school has served students within a close-knit community. Saint Michael’s is currently home to 2,000 undergrads and more than 500 commuter and graduate students. With an 11:1 student-to-faculty ratio, Saint Michael’s […]

Technology has transformed the classroom in innumerable ways in recent years. Attendance, assessments and even classroom learning increasingly take place in the digital sphere, making technology professionals a vital part of any educational organization. In New Jersey, Director Tom Fogu, Assistant Director Dr. Karee McAndrew and Assistant Supervisor Melissa Sisk are working tirelessly to ensure […]