Top 10 ed-tech stories still resonate in 2008

January 7, 2008:
eSchool News counts down the ten most significant developments in educational technology during the past year

Number 9. on the list:
eMail retention rules cause confusion among schools A year ago last month, eSchool News reported on new federal guidelines stemming from a recent Supreme Court ruling that confirmed eMail messages were matters of public record.

The guidelines--which declare that any entity involved in litigation must be able to produce "electronically stored information" during the discovery process, in which opposing sides of a legal dispute must share evidence before trial--have significant implications for school technology departments, especially in places where technicians routinely copy over backup discs and other information housed on school servers.