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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
- Want to help out your school? Do it now!
- This morning, I ran across a piece in eSchool News that should be of interest to anyone involved with K-12". It is called Samsung's Hope for Education and the description reads:Through a partnership with Microsoft Corporation, Hope for Education will provide more than $2 million in technology and software to K-12...
- Tags: Classroom Tech, Education Technology, Funding, K-12
- Blog posts 2007-07-12
- 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
- Bringing tech to the most rural schools
- Whats this? An actual use for iPods in the classroom? I cant say that Ive ever bought into the idea that iPods can be of any use for educational purposes. However, ars technica is reporting on an initiative in Arkansas to outfit schoolbuses with wireless Internet access,...
- Tags: K-12, Classroom Tech, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-18
- Schools roll out remediation software for standardized tests
- Schools across the country are looking for the best ways to bring children up to speed on standardized testing materials. All too often, there simply isnt enough time in class to address remediation needs for students who perform poorly. Given that the stakes on these tests are so...
- Tags: K-12, Education Technology, Classroom Tech
- Blog posts 2007-04-17
- Penny-wise and pound foolish -- or just plain nuts?
- This morning, I read Fed cutbacks strips schools of tech funding and a shudder went through me. Recently, Ive been speaking at length of the importance of enabling our educators to better leverage IT in their classrooms. Not by going out and buying the cheapest solution available (as...
- Tags: NLCB, K-12, Funding, Classroom Tech, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-16
- But my printer is out of ink...
- Pink may be the new black if you believe my trendier students, but this is the new "My dog ate my homework." Since most of us require assignments to be typed, students often show up the morning a paper is due lamenting their lack of ink or their broken...
- Tags: K-12, Classroom Tech, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-15
- Don't expect Education IT to "fix" your school
- Is educational software worth anything? What a ridiculous title! If youve read my posts for any period of time, you remember my admonition: They’re tools, they’re just tools!, and heres the perfect example of a meaningless Department of Education Study which draws conclusions based upon unfounded assumptions. ...
- Tags: Standards, K-12, Funding, Classroom Tech, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-09
- What did we ever do before laptops?
- Laptops are quickly joining mobile phones in the ranks of technology we cant live without. David Berlind refers to this sort of thing as "Dead Finger Tech," the pieces of technology that you could only pry from our cold dead fingers. I probably spend a fair amount more...
- Tags: Mobile, K-12, Funding, Education Technology, Classroom Tech
- Blog posts 2007-04-07
- 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
- Should I have bought those Macs?
- Five little Mac minis came in yesterday. The packages were so small and nondescript with ACI on the return address and mixed in amongst some book orders that I didnt even know theyd been delivered. I ordered them at the request of our journalism/yearbook teacher, who was a...
- Tags: Education Technology, K-12, Apple, Classroom Tech
- Blog posts 2007-02-22
- Penny-wise or pound-foolish?
- While perusing "Between the Lines", I just came across "Do consumables notably ink matter to IT departments?" I was shocked that this question would even come up in an IT setting. The answer is... Of course IT departments need to pay attention to printing consumables! To ignore...
- Tags: Education Technology, IT Management, Funding, Higher Ed, K-12, Classroom Tech, printer, printing
- Blog posts 2007-02-07
- What are students really losing without technology?
- Negroponte wants a laptop on every kids lap, especially if theyre in a developing country. But do kids really lose anything without technology in their schools? Our accreditors think they do - they think our kids wont be competitive nationally or internationally without technological immersion. Yet comparisons...
- Tags: Education Technology, K-12, Classroom Tech
- Blog posts 2007-01-17
- UK teachers struggle to find right place for classroom tech
- From line drawings in textbooks to interactive white boards, educators have been trying innovative ways to get students attention for years. But some teachers say all this technology introduced into classrooms just distracts from the real job of teaching, reports the BBC. If their districts can afford it, teachers...
- Tags: Education Technology, K-12, Classroom Tech, white board, board
- Blog posts 2007-01-15
Additional Resources
- Mervyns – The cautionary tale of selling one's business
- Too Many Cooks Spoil the Livelihoods of Thousands BusinessWeek (12/6/2008) did a great job of dissecting of what went wrong in the collapse of U. S. retailer, Mervyns (see "What Have You Done to My Company"). The subtitle of the story pretty much sums up the...
- Tags: Private Equity, Private Equity Company, Firm, Mervyns, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Gallery: Top 10 holiday gifts for the tech team
- Silicon.com has come up with a list of 10 new products that are guaranteed to bring out that touch of geek in you. by Andy Smith
- Tags: Team, Team Management, Management, gifts, tech, consumer electronics, Andy Smith
- Image galleries 2008-12-02
- Google analyst sees falling revenue and board conflict
- Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry predicts Google's revenue will fall in the next two years and the company is about to hit its adolescent stage with board conflicts and layoffs. In a research note, Chowdhry lays out the case. The gist: The economy is putting pressure...
- Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Board, Trip Chowdhry, Contacts, VC, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Tech CEOs: Will they step up in a downturn?
- Technology CEOs worth their paychecks are going to use this economic downturn to revamp business models and position for the so-called post recession era. It sounds rather obvious, but why don't all CEOs follow this playbook? We've heard the mantra repeatedly: Reload in a downturn. And a...
- Tags: Technology Company, Information Technology, CEO, Forrester Research Inc., Strategy, Social Networking, Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Talking is a good thing
- I had a great meeting with one of the elementary schools in my district today. The principal turned over most of a staff meeting to me today in part for some training and professional development, but largely for a discussion of technology in the district. I...
- Tags: District, Budgeting, Principal, Teacher, Financial Services, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 2)?
- At well over 300 talkbacks and counting, plenty of folks took my challenge (and my reader's challenge) to sort out just what it would take to switch from Windows to desktop Linux. Obviously, there was plenty of the standard Windows vs. Linux bickering, but there were also a lot...
- Tags: Desktop, Americans With Disabilities Act, Desktop Linux, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Remote Access, Software, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
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