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CCNA Boot Camp v2.0

View Available Dates and LocationsOur unique CCNA training course combines five days of intensive hands-on classroom activity with pre- and post-course activities to ensure your success on the 640-802 CCNA certification exam and prepare you to obtain Cisco's new CCNA Concentrations. This exclusive CCNA training course includes a CCNA exam...

Tags: Schaumburg, Washington, Network, Toronto, CCNA, Cisco Systems Inc., Chicago, Classroom Instruction

Training 2008-01-01

CUCMBC - Cisco Unified Communications Manager Boot Camp v6.x/7.x

View Available Dates and LocationsOur unique CUCM v6.x/7.x training course combines five days of intensive hands-on classroom activity with pre- and post-course activities to ensure your success on the 642-446 CIPT1 v6.0 and 642-456 CIPT2 v6.0 certification exams, bringing you one step closer to obtaining your Cisco...

Tags: Schaumburg, Unified Communications, Cisco Unified Communications System, Cisco Systems Inc., CIPT2, Exam Voucher, Classroom Instruction, Boot Camp Hours Class, Training And Certification, Networking, Telecommunications

Training 2008-01-01

Additional Resources

Can simulations fill the gap in 21st century ed?

Sweet OnionsSorry, but Vidalia, GA has Walla Walla beat in the sweet onion category.Other than that, keep up the good work on the blog!No they don't!!;-PLove them Walla Walla Onions!YEA!!!! An onion flame war!!But seriously, I have not tried a Vidalia, GA onion.RTLabSimAgreed! LabSim is a great tool to...

Tags: onion, LabSim, Vidalia, Walla Walla

Discussion threads 2009-10-18

Edubuntu followup

Sharing knowledgeWell done and thank you! Knowledge sharing at it's best.In the first Edubuntu blog post you asked us readers a technical question, and now, in the second Edubuntu post, you provide us with a summary of the most useful solutions.This is how knowledge sharing within the ZDnet community should...

Tags: Thin clients, OPEN SOURCE, thin client, Edubuntu, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

A success story out of Florida

Before I left on vacation (I'm back, by the way and officially jacked in...Go WiFi!), I asked what all of you were doing this summer. I heard from and got a few ideas from a tech coordinator out in Oregon. A couple days ago, I heard from a...

Tags: Certification, Professional Development, Student, Academy, Quality, Training And Certification, Business Operations, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-07-18

IBM gives Mobile County Public Schools power to be proactive

When IBM PR folks sent me their press release on their recent efforts with the Mobile County Public Schools in Alabama, I was moderately impressed. They were harnessing a lot of data for educators but it hardly seemed revolutionary in this era of data-driven instruction. Then...

Tags: Performance, Mobile, Student, Teacher, IBM Corp., Performance Management, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Advertising & Promotion, Databases, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-07-12

ThoughtManager for Education 2.78 (Mobile)

ThoughtManager for Education is powerful outliner tool and educational database that allows teachers, professors, & students to create and organize the many ideas, lessons, tasks, problems, solutions, and assessment data found in education. Use ThoughtManager to: Manage classroom tasks, homework records, behavior logs, parent phone calls, etc. Create and organize...

Tags: Education, Mobile, Outline, Template Feature, Time Management, Quality, Collaboration, Groupware, Productivity, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2009-07-08

Anyone care to publish some textbooks on Scribd?

The recent headlines about Simon and Schuster's publication of 5000 ebooks on Scribd grabbed my attention, since I had previously and unfairly put a look at the new service on the back burner. I'm glad I took the time to check it out since, assuming their business model is...

Tags: Textbook, Scribd, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-06-12

ARRA grants will have a focus on collaboration, meaningful PD

I went to a seminar today on the technology-related No Child Left Behind and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ARRA grants that were being administered by Massachusetts over the next two years. Although much of the seminar focused on details and procedures specific to the Commonwealth, a few themes...

Tags: Collaboration, Professional Development, Grant, Teacher, PD, Details, Training And Certification, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-06-09

Day 1 without my Mac

I spent the day in training, learning about standards-based instruction, assessments, and all sorts of educational goodness. It sounds torturous for most IT folks, but in fact I managed to get quite a bit out of it, especially as it will increasingly fall to me to bring assessments online...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Classmate, Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-05-27

NCTE recognizes the evolution of writing

Earlier this year I helped my oldest son edit a paper he had written for his English class. Although it was fairly well-developed, I suggested that he break up his paragraphs into more manageable chunks. Don't be afraid to address an idea and then move onto the next...

Tags: Journalist, Student, NCTE, Web 2.0, Blogging, Wiki, Internet, Online Communications, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-03-10

To Linux or not to Linux?

One request that actually made it past the budget gods for FY10 was 60 convertible Classmate PCs (30 for each of two schools). These will replace aging stationary labs in the schools, freeing up needed space and allowing for redeployment of the older computers for individual classroom and student...

Tags: Edubuntu, Teacher, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Firewalls, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Networking, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-02-18

Ballmer's memo to employees: 'Most challenging economic climate we have ever faced'

Ballmer's memo to employees: 'Most challenging economic climate we have ever faced'Second Quarter?When does Microsoft's fiscal year start? July 01?Worrying indeedIf even Microsoft has to lay off then it is worrying.This said it is quite irritating and even disgusting to see profitable and quite healthy companies lay off because...

Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Yes Linux, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, economic climate, shareholder

Discussion threads 2009-01-22

Obama and Ed Tech

Obama and Ed TechNice one Chris...Handing out an Acer Aspire One connected to Wi-Fi broadband to every child is not going to solve education problems. What about inept teachers? What about poorly designed curriculums? The problem with you Chris is that you think your current fad is the ubiqutious solution...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, INTERNET, obama, Obama, computer

Discussion threads 2009-01-19

Obama and Ed Tech

Today, we inaugurate the first president to ever own a BlackBerry, to ever have a Twitter account, and to ever use the Internet to build and win a grassroots campaign. Obviously, hopes are high among those of us in Ed Tech for a very different sort of presidency when...

Tags: Education, School, Computer, Productivity, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-01-19

More details on the Classmate PC "ecosystem"

As details continue to emerge on the software stack and vendor ecosystem surrounding the Intel Classmates, I get more and more excited about the test unit that is apparently not terribly far from shipping to me (if the PR folks at Intel are reading this, don't hesitate to use FedEx)....

Tags: Touch Screen, Intel Classmate PC, PC, Intel Corp., Kidspiration, Keyboards, Tools & Techniques, Monitors & Displays, Public Relations, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Peripherals, Management, Components, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-01-15

Making the case for 1:1

This has been a nasty winter here in New England and across the country. As of right now, we're going to be in school until June 29th and, given that we have a couple more months of winter (OK, this is Massachusetts, so a few more months of winter),...

Tags: Network, Teacher, Tool, Kid, Social Networking, Productivity, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-01-08

10 reasons IT certification will be important in 2009

Guest post: In the midst of staggering business and economic turmoil, you need all the tools at your disposal to help shore up your career prospects. See why TechRepublic's Erik Eckel believes IT certification will become increasingly important for IT pros and the organizations that rely on them. You can...

Tags: Certification, Information Technology, Organization, IT Certification, IT Certification Program, Quality, Training And Certification, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-02

Doctor shortage could derail reform

Doctor shortage could derail reformAre you nuts?Chiropractors may be fine for a sore back but they also think allergies can be treated by spinal manipulation. Nurses do not have the training to prescribe the correct antibiotic for the patient's condition, the correct dose of insulin, the best antihypertensive. ...

Tags: Financial Planning, Medical Schools, insurance, physician, Doctor shortage, patient

Discussion threads 2008-12-23

What do we do with those classroom computers?

BusinessWeek ran a great article recently focusing on one school in San Francisco that was rethinking exactly what computers in schools meant. As the article quite aptly pointed out, Schools are enthusiastic about the technology's promise, but short of the money and trained faculty to...

Tags: Computer, Kid, Productivity, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-12-21