February 13, 2009
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K12 Teachers and Administrators have questions about some of the finer points regarding CIPA and their school district. It appears there is a misunderstanding: not all CIPA products are created equal and more importantly your District may actually have the … Continue reading
January 18, 2009
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Over the long holiday I finally finished Tom Friedman’s book Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution–and How It Can Renew America. The book is a mixed blessing. Friedman has written one of the best books to … Continue reading
December 29, 2008
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Get a laptop and give one to a child in a developing nation
December 22, 2008
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As you may have learned there was an enormous under sea cable cut in Egypt that severed internet data communications. The ripples of this outage spread across the Middle East, Europe and even affected the network performances of Time Warner … Continue reading
December 22, 2008
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Cannot help but wonder what American school children (Grades K-6) could accomplish with One Laptop per Child XO Laptop. Dare I say the ‘competition’ for XOs in America this holiday season are gaming systems? Actually the Give a Laptop, Get … Continue reading
December 4, 2008
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Finally I am pushing my way through Tom Friedman’s Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution–and How It Can Renew America. If your a fan of his The World Is Flat series you’re in for a fast, … Continue reading
November 17, 2008
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The 2008 holiday Give One Get One program for OLPC is now in full swing. Please consider donating a unit to a child in need. A new print on-demand manual is now available. Looks like the Amazon links are not … Continue reading
November 10, 2008
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I recently posted a tweet about my work with K12 school districts regarding web content filtering issues with YouTube and was very happy to receive a couple of DMs from Angela Maiers and Elizabeth Holmes, two education professionals who I … Continue reading
November 9, 2008
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The Boreas Network in the Midwest connecting Iowa State University, the University of Iowa, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been upgraded to a 200GB network capacity. This Regional Optical Network (RON) will be advancing the … Continue reading
November 1, 2008
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Would you like to access music the same way you access water? David Kusek and Gerd Leonhard have written an amazing book about the music industry, artists, record companies and how massive changes are underway that will benefit everyone who … Continue reading