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Student information systems meet Web 2.0

Although I have had few kind words for web-based student information systems in the past, recent previews of latest generation Web 2.0-style SIS apps have certainly given me reason to reconsider. I currently administer an implementation of Chancery SMS that was dumped in my lap a few years ago....

Tags: Education Technology, Information Systems, K-12, Student information services

Blog posts 2007-02-19

Are advertisers using Web to skirt children's TV regulations?

As new devices allow more children to have access to the Internet, the race is on for the attention and loyalty of its youngest consumers. That has ushered in new regulations by the Federal Communications Commission to curb advertising for Web sites that link to commercial content aimed at children...

Tags: Education Technology, K-12, FCC, regulation, advertisement

Blog posts 2007-01-26

With Web conferencing, homebound students are keeping up

Somewhere between video-conferencing and online schooling lies an emerging technology that is helping house-bound students interact with teachers, reports the Baltimore Sun. Web conferencing is allowing teachers to give students who cannot leave their homes an educational experience similar to what they might have in a classroom. Web-conferencing uses...

Tags: Education Technology, Distance Learning, K-12, Web conferencing

Blog posts 2007-01-22

Australian kids run wild web of humiliation and abuse

Schoolyard teasing and gossip, was once restricted to the playground, has reached new heights in the digital world, reports Adelaide Advertiser, an Australian paper. Parents and police officials in Adelaide have uncovered a hornets nest of school children being "victimised, teased and mocked" on an Internet "spider...

Tags: Web, Social networking, K-12, Cybersecurity, Education Technology

Blog posts 2006-12-04

Web pages to plan for high school

Theres no time like the present to start planning for the future. Thats just what Kentucky students can do now that they have access to a new web-based career site aimed at middle and high schoolers, reports eSchool news The new system called Individual Learning Plans lets...

Tags: Web, Ive, high school

Blog posts 2006-11-15

Additional Resources

Windows Vista Woes or helping my Grandson with homework

Considering my background, it's not at all hard to understand how I've become the tech support helpdesk for family, friends and the neighborhood as a whole. I've done my best to accept my lot in life with grace and courage. This time, my Grandson, Steven, was trying to complete a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft PowerPoint, Laptop Computer, Steven, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Microsoft Office, Software, Office Suites, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Whisky, Whiskey, and the Semantic Web ?

Huge ontologies and taxonomies that attempt to boil the ocean and describe 'the sum of human knowledge' tend to make me deeply uncomfortable. At the other end of the scale, though, there is clearly a place for reaching some shared understanding on how we describe things. Where does the line...

Tags: Tim O'Reilly, Ontology, Semantic Web, Strategy, Internet, Management, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-07

News to know: AMD; iPhone security; Linux; SAP

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: AMD to spin off manufacturing. Techmeme Heather Clancy: The color that shall not be named. AMD's Vertal downplays green credentials, plays up efficiency arguments ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Information Technology, SAP AG, RIM BlackBerry, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Web Servers, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Strategy, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Internet, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-07

A question about web server volume failures

It's a shocking confession - I mean, I know how to use google - but I haven't found anything that really describes the nature and order of failures when a web server collapses under heavy load. by Paul Murphy

Tags: Web Server, Web, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, Test, Web Servers, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-10-07

MozyPro for Mac goes public beta

Online backup storage provider Mozy on Tuesday will roll out a public beta for MozyPro for the Mac, a new service for businesses using Apple's Mac platform. MozyPro for the Mac resembles Mozy's business lineup for Windows. It allows online backup for the Mac like its MozyHome...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Public Beta, Backup, MozyPro, Mozy, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-06

ZDNet blogger: working from home

More and more people work from home every day. Not only that, more and more people don't work from their offices, or "where they're meant to work". With the Internet, intranet's and extranet's, email and unified communications with VoIP and Blackberry devices, it makes life much easier...

Tags: Phone, Tea, Blogger, E-mail, Online Communications, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Student Technology Day: Steve Ballmer Q&A

There was quite a lot to transcribe out, and many questions asked. Some questions put to Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, include: Will we always need programmers? What's Microsoft's input in Facebook and social networking? Does Microsoft have any changes in mind for their...

Tags: India, Pyramid, Laughter, Network, Microsoft Office, Steve Ballmer, Product, Microsoft Corp., Programmer, Question, Microsoft Windows, Social Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-06

iPhone hits another security speedbump

Apple's ongoing struggles with poor security-related design choices have extended to the iPhone.  According to security researcher Aviv Raff, everyone's favorite mobile device is vulnerable to two separate security weaknesses that expose millions of users to phishing and spamming attacks. [...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Image, Spamming, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Startups listen up: you've got a pricing problem

Just about every new product coming to market is being offered as a service rather than packaged software. But pricing remains something of a mystery. A while back, I started a spreadsheet that plots price points for different saas accounting offerings. At the time I concluded that no-one has figured...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Small And Medium Enterprise, Web Application, Pricing Strategy, Phil Wainewright, Pricing, Smb/Sme, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-10-06

The Secrets of CEOs

I just finished reading an advance US manuscript of 'The Secrets of CEOs - 150 Global Chief Executives lift the lid on business, life and leadership' by Steve Tappin, who is a managing partner in the global CEO & board practice of Heidrick & Struggles, and Andrew Cave, a leading...

Tags: CEO, Collaboration, Groupware, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-10-06

SAP: Business drop was 'sudden and unexpected'; Credit crunch hurt IT financing

SAP said Monday its business fell off in September as the company warned that its third quarter wouldn't meet its previous targets as a broad swath of customers delayed information technology projects. In contrast to SAP's upbeat outlook in July, the company in a statement said it...

Tags: Software, Revenue, Information Technology, Financing, SAP AG, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Strategy, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Eight ways to track your portfolio on the iPhone

In case you haven't been paying attention, U.S. financial markets are in a tailspin (Dow and AAPL both down 4 6+% today). Securities continue on their relentless roller coaster ride that could make veteran stock brokers lose their lunch. If you'd like to stay more in touch...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Stock, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Analysis, Google Finance, Investment, Digital Music, Digital Media, Finance, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Blackberry Storm, 'Application Center' info leaked

Wow, a whole lot of Blackberry-related news surfaced this weekend. First, the user's guide to the highly-anticipated Blackberry Storm was leaked by the ever-intrepid BoyGeniusReport, who posted exclusive images on their website. Second, and more importantly, news of the Blackberry Application Center has emerged....

Tags: Application, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Carrier, App Center, Handhelds, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Google launches new Spreadsheets interface

Google has just rolled out a new version of Google Spreadsheets -- the last one of all three products in the Google Docs suite. I have to say, this new version works great for me -- it has the familiar menus at the top, a bunch of new toys,...

Tags: Google Inc., Spreadsheet, Productivity, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Welcome to the Data Cloud ?

'The Cloud' is increasingly prevalent in tech conversation these days. Stalwarts of the space such as Amazon and Salesforce go from strength to strength, whilst titans of an earlier model such as Larry Ellison and even Steve Ballmer now seek to appropriate the meme. New blogs like CloudAve play a...

Tags: Web, Data, UKOLN, Channel Management, Internet, Semantic Web, Cloud Computing, Marketing, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-06