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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

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

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

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

Jobs missed the point

It seems that while I was on vacation, Steve Jobs stirred up a little trouble when he voiced his opinion of teachers unions (see Jobs: Teacher unions prevents schools from excellence). I tend to agree that unions have lost sight of their original purpose -- to protect workers from...

Tags: K-12, Education Technology, Funding

Blog posts 2007-02-21

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

MN senator proposes model schools to get tech grants

In order to correct the technological inequities in Minnesota classroom, state Sen. Terri Bonoff, hopes to use model school districts to gain matching grants from businesses for technology programs, reports reports the Star Tribune. At a recent meeting of the Senate Education Committee, Sen. Bonoff and business leaders discussed...

Tags: Education Technology, Funding, K-12, Terri Bonoff

Blog posts 2007-01-26

And the battle rages goes on

I just finished reading Chris Dawsons article "Will your students be using Linux in 2007?" and, as usual, I agree with him 100% -- until he says "Businesses who have successfully made the switch to Linux often have a culture that caters to said enthusiasts and/or have dumped enough effort...

Tags: Linux, Apple, Hardware, K-12, Higher Ed, Funding, Open Source, Education Technology, Microsoft Windows

Blog posts 2006-12-15

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

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

News to know: Apple and anti-virus; Vista SP2; Kumo; Palm; Linux

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Christopher Dawson: Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 2)? Ryan Naraine: Apple: Mac users should run multiple anti-virus Breaking...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Nokia Corp., Antivirus, Service Pack 2, Palm Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Security, Viruses And Worms, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, 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

Apple, Mozilla gain ground on Microsoft for Web traffic

When it comes to surfing the Web, a growing number of people used Macs, instead of a Windows computer, as well as browsers other than Microsoft's Internet Explorer in the month of November. According to a survey by NetApplications reported on Fortune's Apple 2.0 blog, the number...

Tags: Web, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., NetApplications, Web Browsers, Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Top Web sites in October 2008

Brand Audience, 000 Time Per Person 1. Google 122,325 1:23:07 2. Yahoo! 116,078 3:23:29 3. MSN/Windows Live 102,494 2:23:27 4. Microsoft 92,348 0:45:54 5. AOL Media Network 88,028 3:34:41 6. YouTube 77,480 0:53:25 7. Fox Interactive...

Tags: Web, Web Site, Wiki, Web Site Development, Branding, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Internet, Marketing, NB

Blog posts 2008-12-01

The App Store hits a milestone: 10,000 apps

The App Store, the aisle of Apple's iTunes Store devoted to selling software, reached a big milestone some time over the Thanksgiving weekend (here is the U.S.) adding its 10,000th application. That's a far cry from the 552 apps that were available when the App Store launched...

Tags: App, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-30

Traffic from Google and other search engines to specific Web categories in October 2008

Category Share of traffic from search engines Growth in share of traffic from search engines October 2007 - October 2008 Share of traffic from Google October 2008 Growth in share of traffic from Google October 2007 - October 2008 Health and Medical 44.92% 0% 31.88% 10% Travel...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Search Engine, Traffic, Search, NB

Blog posts 2008-11-29

Top shopping categories ranked by market share

DATE 10/27/2007 10/25/2008 % Change Music 0.24% 0.19% -21% Computers 0.39% 0.32% -18% Ticketing 0.11% 0.10% -12% Toys and Hobbies 0.32% 0.29% -10% Video and Games 0.41% 0.37% -10% Source: Hitwise by NB

Tags: Hitwise, Corporate Communications, Games, Marketing, Personal Technology, NB

Blog posts 2008-11-28