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Passing the Emerging Tech baton

Passing the Emerging Tech batonWelcome and Good LuckI've been following the Emerging Tech Blog in its various guises for quite some time now and was deeply saddened to learn of Roland's passing.Best of luck to you, Chris, in keeping up the high caliber of research and writing. RE: Passing the...

Tags: Emerging Tech baton, Emerging Tech, baton

Discussion threads 2009-02-06

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

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

OLPC founder finally faces a 'grim reality'

OLPC to run Windows? Say it ain’t so! was the headline and so far reader reaction is mixed. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes reports $175 OLPC deals blow to open source, guarantees Microsoft’s continued dominance. From the beginning, the One Laptop per Child foundation, the brainchild of MITs Nicholas Negroponte, has...

Tags: Education Technology, Emerging Tech, Funding, Hardware, K-12, Microsoft, Open Source

Blog posts 2007-04-30

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

Linden sees academic potential for Second Life with 3D voice

Second Life is about to get even more real by incorporating proximity-based 3D voice capabilities into the popular virtual reality site, reports Campus Technology "3-D Voice" would allow "Second Life residents to speak to one another using spacial awareness algorithms that take distance and direction into account, modifying sounds...

Tags: Emerging Tech, VR, Education Technology

Blog posts 2007-03-02

Linden sees academic potential for Second Life with 3D voice

Second Life is about to get even more real by incorporating proximity-based 3D voice capabilities into the popular virtual reality site, reports Campus Technology "3-D Voice" would allow "Second Life residents to speak to one another using spacial awareness algorithms that take distance and direction into account, modifying sounds...

Tags: VR, Emerging Tech, Education Technology

Blog posts 2007-03-01

Report: Despite risks, school must embrace online communities

Public schools in the U.S., traditionally under-funded and slow to embrace innovative ideas, will be facing particular challenges as emerging technologies play a larger role in students lives, reports eSchool News. The "Horizon Report" recently issued by the New Media Consortium and the nonprofit group Educause, predicts that...

Tags: Education Technology, Emerging Tech

Blog posts 2007-02-13

One Laptop per Child ... a new perspective

In my most recent post, Its not what their losing, its what they stand to gain, I came across a response from Antonio M. Battro, the Chief Education Officer of the One Laptop per Child association. I want to publicly thank Mr. Battro for his response and to share...

Tags: Notebooks, Antonio M. Battro, laptop computer, textbook, One Laptop per Child

Blog posts 2007-01-30

Firestone offers teens a safety podcast but needs a marketing lesson itself

What is the quickest way to a students brain? Through an iPod, of course. Students, no matter if iPods are allowed in school, are furtively listening whenever they can. Now a tire company that produces safe driving tips for teens is taking the opportunity to teach students safe driving tips...

Tags: podcast, Emerging Tech, Education Technology

Blog posts 2006-11-27

Young bloggers leading teachers into the future

USA Today looks at school blogging projects in middle schools, profiling a school in Liberty, Mo., where students are blogging about a book with its author, and San Rafael, Calif., where a class has joined in. About 300 eighth-graders at South Valley Junior High in Liberty, Mo., are blogging...

Tags: blogging, Cathy Greenwald

Blog posts 2006-11-15

Additional Resources

News to know: Apple; Alex; Microhoo; Droid; FCC

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Another strong quarter for Apple; credit strong iPhone, Mac sales Jason D. O'Grady: Apple announces most profitable...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, E-books, Federal Government, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Government, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Future ERP

Brian Sommer's provocative post that juxtaposes SAP's technology thinking around the 'old' and 'new' worlds provides insights into something SAP was talking about last year - the two speed world of ERP. At the back end there is still plenty to do, hardening applications, winkling out recurring bugs...

Tags: Innovation, Salesforce.com Inc., Financial, SAP AG, ERP, Brian Sommer, Brian, S-curve, Cloud Infrastructure, BRP, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Wither Silicon Valley? IT will be driven by emerging markets

Gartner is projecting that the "worse year ever" for IT spending---down 6.9 percent in 2009---will be followed up with dead-cat spending bounce in 2010 of a meager 3.3 percent. Does this dead-cat IT spending bounce mean traditional tech power centers---notably Silicon Valley---are no longer in the driver's seat? ...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Information Technology, Gartner Inc., Emerging Market, IT-spending, Application Roster, Marketing Research, Financial Services, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-19

GM to sell small electric car for less than $6,000

it would be nice......if GM would sell these cars in North America...just my two centsRE: GM to sell small electric car for less than $6,000It aggravates me. Why is the US the last one to get this type of innovation that is affordable. I WANT ONEOh yeah people in a...

Tags: car, General Motors Corp., electric car, small electric car

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

News to know: T-Mobile; Cloud computing; Oracle; HP; Apple

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: HP revamps TouchSmart PCs with Windows 7; starts $899; will you ditch your desktop PC, HDTV? HP...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., PC, T-Mobile, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Palm Pre, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-13

Getting your teachers started with 1:1

Yesterday I wrote about the potential of 1:1 for improving literacy in our schools. However, as we integrate laptops more and more into classroom time, teachers frequently ask for simple ways to get started. How do they use these new resources for something more than glorified word processors...

Tags: Teacher, Notebooks, Training And Certification, Corporate Communications, Channel Management, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-10-08

News to know: FTC, Psystar, Vonage, Apple-Palm, Oracle

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: FTC targets bloggers for disclosure about perks, freebies Richard Koman: FTC publishes final rules on blogger...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Vonage Holdings Corp., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Psystar, FTC, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Desktops, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-06

Cellulosic ethanol, corn, etc.

Not related to ZDNet. So why are you blogging here?ZDNET says of itself:"ZDNet: Tech News, Blogs and White Papers for IT Professionals." and "Where Technology Means Business: ZDNet delivers the best tech news, and resources for IT hardware, software, networking and services."Given the above, why are you here,...

Tags: Blogging, blog

Discussion threads 2009-10-04

News to know: XP Mode; Cisco; Comcast; 'Ardi'

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft releases XP Mode virtualization to manufacturing [video=346621] Larry Dignan: Cisco doubles down...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Microsoft Windows XP, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Channel Management, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-10-02