Advertisements Image Credit “What’s revolutionary for adults is normal for kids,” stated Jaime Casap of Google to technology leaders at a meeting of the Illinois Chief Technology Officers today. Casap implored school leaders to build great teachers, appeal to students’ motivations, focus on the… Read More ›
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Notes From the Virtual School Symposium 2011
Advertisements Over 1,900 conferees assembled in Indianapolis for the Virtual School Symposium November 9-11, 2011. My notes from the day follow. A wiki is available for the event. On Wednesday, I participated in a day long workshop for participants starting online… Read More ›
Help me with this picture!
Advertisements Image Credit Help me with this thought. Recently, I listened to other technology leaders talk about virtualizing iPads so the schools could run Windows applications and Flash content on those devices. This seems counterintuitive to the idea of portable… Read More ›
Focusing Forward
Advertisements When funding shrinks in a school district, one of the first items on the list is the purchase or replacement of hardware and software. This action continues to support my hypothesis that when schools consider “technology as a tool” that… Read More ›
Chasing Results
Advertisements The district technology leader must understand the business of education, apply technical knowledge, be aware and ready to implement emerging technologies, and be the district-level leader a district needs. The district technology leader can be and should be a… Read More ›
What do I need to know?
Advertisements In my family when the males are together, the conversation topic quickly turns to football, Big Ten football, er Ohio State football. From the great Buckeye State, that is the focus athletics. Folks support the Reds, Indians, Bengals, Browns… Read More ›