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ZDNet Author Biography: Marc Wagner works as a Services Development Specialist for University IT Services at Indiana University, Bloomington. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a master of Science degree in Computer Science from Indiana University. During his 25 years in Education IT,...; more about Marc Wagner »

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JuicyCampus, free speech, and personal responsibility: Well the latest fad is upon us, and after a bit of a hiatus, I just had to write ... It is called JuicyCampus (see http://juicycampus.com/, if you must) and it certainly brings out the worst in us. Let's face it, people love to...; Tags: Web, Action, JuicyCampus, Predator, Channel Management, Blogging, Marketing, Internet, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2008-03-20
No 'enterprise confusion' in higher education: This morning, Michael Krigsman wrote and short piece regarding the proposed merger of Microsoft and Yahoo! (See Microsoft-Yahoo: Enterprise confusion.) Michael suggests that the proposed merger (or takeover - depending upon your prospective), may somehow confuse Microsoft's enterprise customers. Two thoughts immediately came to...; Tags: Education, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Enterprise, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2008-02-01
Post script to an Ed Tech laptop rant: Rant away Chris! There is one, and only one, reason why Nicholas Negroponte has somewhat suddenly embraced Windows and Microsoft. It is really quite simple. He is being asked by foreign governments -- to whom he is trying to sell the XO -- "Does the XO run Windows?" ...; Tags: Fact, Vision, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Schoolchildren, One Laptop Per Child Project, XO, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2008-01-10
Once again, competition breeds innovation: No sooner had the electronic "ink" dried on Chris Dawson's piece OLPC and Intel part ways that Intel confirmed that the Classmate lives on with a next generation already in the works! Well surprise, surprise! Ever since the Intel Classmate was announced see A quick update on the Classmate it was clearly superior...; Tags: Innovation, Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Intel Classmate, XO, OLPC Foundation, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2008-01-04
Virtualization, terminal services, or what?: In our first-ever guest blog, Erik Josowitz does a nice job of describing some of the strengths of virtualization. But, as he also points out, virtualization is far from being a panacea. Server-centric solutions such as virtualization and terminal services bring with them their own baggage which needs to be factored into...; Tags: Workstation, Terminal Services, Thin Client, Server, Erik, Workstations, Thin Clients, Virtualization, Hardware, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2007-12-21

Summer 2008 is just around the corner: Well, your students are off-campus now or soon will be and any mid-year upgrades you're planning during the break have been scheduled. Chances are, you're not thinking about the next academic year just yet but by mid-January you should be -- especially if you work in University IT, where budget planning needs to...; Tags: Lifecycle, Need, Data, Financial Accounting, Finance, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2007-12-19
Advocacy in Education IT: Lots of the comments Chris and I receive from readers speak from the position of acceptance of deplorable funding levels and a sense of resignation that things will never get better. Well, I don't buy it! Few of us are happy with the state of educational funding in America today...; Tags: Education, Educator, Administrator, Information Technology, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2007-12-17
Is it bling or innovation?: I read a great piece by my colleague, Chris Dawson, this morning entitled I love Linux, but it's not going to save the world and after reading a few of his readers comments, I felt compelled to get in my two cents. His point (at least what I took away from...; Tags: Innovation, Linux, Hardware, Tax Law, Moore, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2007-12-14
Proactive IT support in higher education: By now, on most college campuses students are finishing finals and leaving campus for the holidays. In K-12, educators and staff -- even in Ed Tech -- are also on their way home for a few short weeks but what about Education IT on the typical college campus? ...; Tags: Education, Information Technology, Student, College Campu, Strategy, Management, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2007-12-12
Give a man a computer ...: At the end of his piece OLPC backlash continues, Chris Dawson asks his readers to "... explain how we can rationalize the opportunity costs of XO rollouts in OLPC's target markets?" It's a very good question with lots of complex answers, as evidenced by some interesting replies from those...; Tags: Food, Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2007-12-10
Will Windows 'XO' bear fruit for OLPC?: Just this morning, I read MSFT working on XP for XO and I wondered: Why? If the OLPC project has accomplished nothing else, it has made Microsoft and Intel stand up and take notice that third-world schoolchildren represent a huge potential market. But still ......; Tags: Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, XO, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2007-12-06
The importance of multimedia training: In yesterday's piece, Chris Dawson asks Why don't kids use email? It's a good question but not because it is all that profound. High School kids (the one's to whom Chris refers) use whatever tools are available to them which are beyond the scrutiny of their parents and their teachers. ...; Tags: Multimedia, Student, Training, Tool, Productivity, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2007-12-04
Is your district ready for a New Tech High School?: In my home town, a pretty typical Midwestern college town I suppose, our school district is in the process of establishing a New Tech High School. The concept has been around since 1999. Here is what the New Technology Foundation has to say: New Technology Foundation NTF™ was established in 1999 as...; Tags: Concept, High School, New Technology Foundation, Productivity, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Networking, Internet, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2007-11-30
Technical support in the trenches: Unlike the typical K-12 environment, where technical support often begins at 8:45am and ends at 3:15pm, comprehensive technical support in a university setting is a critically important service. I am sure that my colleague, Chris Dawson, gets his share of after-hours calls from his principal, from teachers, and maybe even from...; Tags: Student, Outsourcing, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2007-11-28
Bridging the digital divide: Last evening my colleague from K-12, Chris Dawson, wrote a piece about a new product called Twitter (see Anyone out there using Twitter in the classroom?) and frankly I am all for introducing tools into the classroom which engage students. After all, whether in K-12 or in higher education,...; Tags: Twitter, Tool, Productivity, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2007-11-27
Higher-ed must not accept "good enough": In recent years Education IT (especially K-12 Ed Tech) has faced flat or shrinking budgets while schools have struggled with NCLB, unfunded mandates, and uninformed administrators unwilling to challenge citizen school boards with even less knowledge about the needs of educators in the twenty-first century. At the root of this...; Tags: Faculty, Tool, Productivity, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2007-11-25
Strike another blow to Education IT: On Monday, 19 November, eSchool News reported Bush vetoes education spending bill. This bill would have provided $271 million dollars for Education Technology and another $1.2 billion for career and technical education. The excuse for vetoing this bill was that the Administration wanted no funding for Ed Tech and only...; Tags: Education, Information Technology, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2007-11-19
What does fair-use really mean?: Prior to passage of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (or just DMCA, for short), the fair-use rules were pretty clear. Quoting from the U.S. Code (TITLE 17, CHAPTER 1, SECTION 107, "Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair Use"): Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of...; Tags: Educator, Use, Copyright Law, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2007-11-16
If the truth about Linux hurts ... shoot the messenger: Apparently, a fair number of my readers think I am either clueless about Linux or worse, that I am just plain anti-Linux. Actually, both assumptions couldn't be further from the truth! Linux is a great operating system. In fact, it is as good a UNIX clone as there ever was. Lots...; Tags: IT Community, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2007-11-14
Giving students (and faculty) the tools they will use: Last Spring, I wrote Giving educators the tools that they want and need and now I think it is time for a bit of a refresher. That original article was about engaging faculty and students in the deliberations of Education IT. But as I look back on that piece I see...; Tags: Information Technology, Student, Faculty, Tool, Productivity, Strategy, Management, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2007-11-12