Data, Information, Knowledge, & Wisdom
There is probably no segment of activity in the world attracting as much attention at present as that of knowledge management. Yet as I entered this arena of activity I quickly found there didn't seem to be a wealth of sources that seemed to make sense in terms of defining what knowledge actually was, and how was it differentiated from data, information, and wisdom. What follows is the current level of understanding I have been able to piece together regarding data, information, knowledge, and wisdom. I figured to understand one of them I had to understand all of them.
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Tableau Desktop | Visual Analytics | Tableau Software
If you use business intelligence products, pivot tables or queries, you'll find Tableau a breakthrough for quickly answering deep questions. Customers are working 5 to 20 times faster using Tableau.
Use Tableau Desktop as a stand-alone application. Or if you can't keep the secret to yourself, use it with Tableau Server for a complete web-based analytics and dashboard solution for your company.
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NDETC: Data Warehouse Initiative
What is a Data Warehouse?
A data warehouse is a storage and analysis application that allows schools to collect and store student and school data from a number of sources and from multiple years. A data warehouse application allows data to be viewed in a multidimensional manner through numerous filters, slices and attributes. A data warehouse is intended to be an analytical system to view and compare current data with longitudinal data, to identify trends and to help develop educational improvements.
A data warehouse does not replace a student information system or finance/HR application. Rather, a data warehouse brings together key data elements from numerous systems, including assessment results and demographic data, to allow for in-depth analysis and data-driven decision making.
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TetraData - Follett Software Company
As your partner in your quest for sustainable high performance, TetraData offers specific solutions to fit the needs of any school system. We do our homework -- striving to know how far your district has come and where it wants to go. With that knowledge we create a package of products and services -- your roadmap that will take your school system to the next level and beyond.
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Just5Clicks
Just5Clicks works with K-12 school districts to capture, manage and communicate information.We specialize in all aspects of district operations with emphasis on student achievement. Our goal is to provide simple and easy to use applications that contain timely and relevant information for teachers, principals and district staff.
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Mac Enterprise backup options are looking up (Macworld opinion)
Before looking ahead to what’s coming, it’s important first to look back. And that means a quick refresher course on Retrospect, a mainstay of the Apple community since Mac OS 7 was hosting e-mail, files and FileMaker databases. The venerable app had solid features and drivers for a fairly large subset of tape libraries. Unfortunately, it peaked in the late 1990s around Version 4.3, long before the introduction of Mac OS X in 2001. Since then, it’s been in a steady decline.
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District13 Computing (OS X server backup options - 2008) by Michael Dhaliwal
It's the number one question on everyone's mind...
"I have a great new Xserve and Xserve RAID or Promise RAID, but how am I going to get all of this important data off-site, so I can rest easier at night?"
"What am I going to do if a disaster hits?"
"The word that comes to mind, when I try to describe my disaster recovery plan is simply disaster!"
Have no fear! We have a round up of the best backup solutions for Mac OS X that you may have never heard of! Best of all, they're all cross platform, so everyone's invited to play.
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Atempo Time Navigator (OS X server backup)
The natural complement to Apple's enterprise server and storage solutions
It provides high performance, scalable and reliable data protection. IT managers can administer and monitor their data protection environment from one single location using Time Navigator's native MAC GUI and dedicated dashboard widget.
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Fathom Dynamic Data: Fathom Resource Center - Key Curriculum Press
Fathom Resource Center including curriculum support, classroom activities and demonstrations, links to data, presentations, and more!
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LiveGraph: The real-time data graph plotter
Plot and explore your data in real-time!
LiveGraph is a framework for real-time data visualisation, analysis and logging.
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The LoTi Connection
Many schools are already inundated with curriculum initiatives, state mandates, and technology infusion programs designed to improve instruction and promote student academic success. The last thing they need is another new initiative to add to a litany of reform efforts. What makes LoTi different?
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VITAL Data Retreats
Gathering data. You do it all the time. With it, you've gained an expert understanding of how your school operates. But have you also capitalized on it to improve your students' learning? Data Retreats, two-day leadership institutes, help you focus on the important data you've gathered and create the strategies you want to help improve your school.
A Data Retreat guides you through the discovery and analysis of four types of school data:
Student achievement
Demographic
Program
Perception
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Data Retreat Participants Guide
An important step in the school improvement process is to examine local data in order to determine future goals. The Cooperative Educational Service Agencies (CESAs) have developed a format for conducting data retreats. Contact your local CESA for more information. The following 8 steps are exerpted from the CESA 7 Data Retreat Participant's Guide.
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How to Determine a Backup Strategy and Find the Proper Tools to Avoid Disaster News Rotator
How to Determine a Backup Strategy and Find the Proper Tools to Avoid Disaster
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