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CA digital textbooks initiative falls flat

And does this make any sense?I heard a report on Bloomberg radio that teachers in CA were PRINTING the entire digital books out to give to students!So let's see. The teachers are using extra paper, printer ink/toner, staples or paper clips, not to mention the time needed to wait for...

Tags: Computer Associates International Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

Curriki a 'dangerous and exciting proposition'

Curriki a 'dangerous and exciting proposition'Road of Life: Cancer Prevention for KidsRoad of Life is honored to be a part of the Curriki community, where we are a featured partner. On the Curriki website there are nine sample lessons of the thirty-one lesson curriculum integrated with core academic subject areas,...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, HEALTHCARE, Curriki, ROL

Discussion threads 2008-01-10

Curriki a 'dangerous and exciting proposition'

Flying in the face of proprietary educational software, a new online educational community allows educators to share curricula with the goal of expanding educational resources for everyone, reports eSchool News. Called Curriki, the software melds social networking with open-source technologies to create an ever-evolving online resource for teachers...

Tags: Education Technology, Teaching, Bobbi Kurshan, Curriki

Blog posts 2007-01-08

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CA digital textbooks initiative falls flat

Here is California's review of digital high school textbooks. As AP reports, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been promoting the idea that schools would use these free texts as a way to save money and bring education into the 21st century. First, it's interesting to...

Tags: School District, California, Computer Associates International Inc., Hardware, Standards, Textbook, CK-12, Quality, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-18

Challenging Silicon Valley to put poverty into a museum . . .

I'm not washing my right hand for a while because I used it to shake the hand of Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and a person that I've held in the highest regard for many years. Mr Yunus gave the keynote speech at the Tech Museum's Tech...

Tags: Bangladesh, Entrepreneurship, Grameen Bank, Grameen Loan, Leadership, Management, Muhammad Yunus, Poverty, Silicon Valley, Strategy, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-11-13

Expanding the open source business model

Expanding the open source business modelopen source business model - one of deceitMySQL charing 4995 for a single system per year licence fee when a similar Oracle or Microsoft DB costs 4995 or less for a perpetual licence.Werent you the one who was saying MONOPOLY RENTS that Oracle...

Tags: Databases, Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., O'Reilly, MySQL, open source business model, Dana, open source

Discussion threads 2007-01-03