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- Evaluating thin clients from a position of strength
- All too often our schools (and even our colleges and universities) turn to thin-clients as a 'last resort' to address severe budgetary constraints without regard for other alternatives which can also reduce costs without sacrificing needed computing resources. Many view thin-clients as a one-stop solution which fixes easy-to-identify problems within an existing infrastructure. Often...
- Tags: K-12, Higher Ed, Funding, Emerging Tech, Education Technology, Classroom Tech
- Blog posts 2007-07-27
- Never mind...just tell their students if they're naughty
- As the Senate continued adding, revising, and removing amendments from the Higher Education Act on Wednesday, outcry from universities, lobbyists, and private citizens caused Harry Reid to withdraw his amendment on college file sharing. The original amendment, was sweeping, vague, and fairly clueless about it's implications. While work...
- Tags: Piracy, Legal Issues, Higher Ed, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-07-25
- Don't be fooled, Linux is not free
- I just finished reading Chris Dawson's most recent piece Linux definitely has a place in education and I couldn't agree more, until he said ..."If the choice is arbitrary, then would you rather pay hundreds of dollars or many thousands or millions at the enterprise level or would you rather...
- Tags: Open Source, K-12, Higher Ed, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-07-08
- You brought them along, kicking and screaming ... now what?
- If you've been supporting faculty in a university IT setting for any time at all, you've found it necessary to drag some of them, kicking and screaming, into the information age while others have been on the leading edge (some would say 'bleeding edge') from the start, always challenging you and...
- Tags: Education Technology, Emerging Tech, Funding, Hardware, Higher Ed, Information Systems
- Blog posts 2007-06-18
- Is your university IT department leading or following?
- While K-12 decision makers are often not the ones who have to implement those decisions, many in K-12 settings still have the advantage of one or two experienced IT people who somehow figure out how to do more with less. The importance of thinking like a CIO not a consumer should be clear...
- Tags: Education Technology, Higher Ed
- Blog posts 2007-05-24
- No more essay-writing ads on Google
- The BBC reported yesterday that Google will shortly be banning paid essay-writing services from their list of advertisers. In addition to their existing ban on "weapons, prostitution, drugs, tobacco, fake documents and "miracle cures". While advertisers have been quick to criticize the ban for punishing legitimate business, educators...
- Tags: Education Technology, Google, Higher Ed
- Blog posts 2007-05-23
- Why do so many seem to hate Microsoft?
- Chris Dawson's Why do I only get flamed when I support Microsoft? asks a really good question. There are no simple answers to this question, which is truly multi-faceted but one thing is certain: a lot of the animosity directed toward Microsoft has nothing to do with Microsoft or their business practices. I think the lack...
- Tags: Education Technology, Higher Ed
- Blog posts 2007-05-18
- When faculty say 'NO' to UNIX/Linux
- Well, sooner or later, it was bound to happen. We are in the process of retiring our last two instructional UNIX/Linux labs. And guess what? Nobody seems to care! In fact, the faculty who have been using those labs for instruction have asked us to give...
- Tags: Open Source, K-12, Higher Ed, Education Technology, Classroom Tech
- Blog posts 2007-05-08
- UF keeps students up to date through text messages
- Its as close to mental telepathy as a university could get. The University of Florida has a new text messaging service that can almost instantly communicate with students via their cell phone, reports Campus Technology. Students who subscribe to Mobile Campus receive messages that run the gamut from hurricane...
- Tags: Higher Ed, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-12
- Schools fights IT outsourcing fears
- How much does outsourcing jobs overseas affect enrollment in IT courses in colleges? Computer degrees have seen a sharp decline since the dot-com bust and thats putting pressure on colleges to recruit students, reports the Tampa Tribune. Some teachers such as Kaushal Chari, the head of an information technology...
- Tags: Higher Ed, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-12
- UC medical school reports data breach
- In the latest of a series of data breaches at universities, the University of California at San Francisco says there was a breach at its medical campus, reports CNET News. The breach may have compromised personal information of 46,000 campus and medical center faculty, staff and students. Names,...
- Tags: Security, Higher Ed, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-09
- Leaving Education IT to clueless politicians
- Well, theyre at it again! The proposed new law is called "The Curb Illegal Downloading on College Campuses Act of 2007 (H.R. 1689)" and it would provide Department of Education funding for anti-piracy software. (See Bill would free colleges to buy anti-piracy software.) Sound good? Well,...
- Tags: Texts &, Materials, Research, Networks, Libraries, IT Management, Higher Ed, Funding, Education Technology, Digital Media
- Blog posts 2007-04-06
- SC university uses Wi-Fi to broadcast live from sports fields
- In an effort to gain a wider audience for college sporting events, a South Carolina university is launching wireless live video and audio streaming of soccer and softball games, reports Campus Technology. Charleston Southern University in South Carolina - one of the first universities to create a wireless...
- Tags: Wireless, Higher Ed, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-04
- MIT OpenCourseWare: 6 years later, bigger than ever
- By just about any measure, MITs OpenCourseWare Project is a success, reports the New York Times. Celebrating its sixth anniversary, the OpenCourseWare Projects goal is to put MITs course materials online, for free. The coursework is provided under a Creative Commons license which limits usage to noncommercial purposes...
- Tags: Web, Higher Ed, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-02
- Bill would free colleges to buy anti-piracy software
- Attacking the issue of illegal downloading on all fronts, one Congressman is proposing legislation to give grants to schools to install anti-piracy programs, reports Internet News. Rep. Ric Keller of Florida introduced legislation recently which would allow schools to apply for federal grants to help purchase anti-piracy systems. The...
- Tags: Legal Issues, Higher Ed, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-03-30
- U of Illinois plans to take online education global
- The decision by the University of Illinois board of trustees to create a for-profit, digital campus has raised concerns that the change could threaten UI Springfields existing digital programs, reports the Journal-Register. Targeting students who are looking to return to college or earn an advanced degree while working a...
- Tags: Education Technology, Higher Ed, Online Education
- Blog posts 2007-03-14
- Law school deans bash site as racist, 'descpicable'
- After the fallout from a the Washington Post story on AutoAdmit - a no-holds-barred message board for law students that hopefully is not indicative of the quality of Americans future lawyers - two top law school deans have condemned some of its practices as being racist and homophobic, reports the...
- Tags: SECURITY, AutoAdmit, Yale University, attack
- Blog posts 2007-03-13
- Why Linux will not displace Windows
- I firmly believe that, all else being equal, the differences between the Windows desktop, the Macintosh desktop, and the Linux desktop are negligible. With the proper applications, all three platforms will be capable of providing a satisfactory experience for any user. All three platforms have both free and...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Linux, Microsoft Windows, desktop
- Blog posts 2007-03-12
- There's no room for bias in academia
- Whenever I sit down to review the comments posted about an article written by one of my fellow bloggers, I am struck by the level of bias that abounds among our readers. To be sure, there are zealots on almost every subject under the sun but sometimes our readers...
- Tags: Classroom Tech, Education Technology, Funding, Hardware, Higher Ed, K-12, Policy
- Blog posts 2007-03-07
- RIAA infringement letters: University says return to sender
- The Recording Industry Association of Americas RIAA campaign to stop college students from illegally downloading music hit a snag recently, as one university doesnt have the student computer records on hand, reports the Associated Press. The recording industry group has sent out hundreds of letters to colleges and universities...
- Tags: Education Technology, Higher Ed, Piracy
- Blog posts 2007-03-05
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