Don Kasprzak

Conversations regarding Globalization, Internet2 and Education

May 24, 2010
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Google’s Learning Management System

Google has released their internal learning platform, CloudCourse under an open source license. Built entirely on Google’s own App Engine, CloudCourse is a new entry into a crowded LMS arena.  CloudCourse provides calendaring, waitlist management and approval features. To no … Continue reading

April 13, 2010
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Impressive update to Google Docs

Google’s impressive tool just received a nice upgrade.  For most users the new updates further justify migrating away from Office.  When you consider Google gives this away for free (especially to schools)….well a good thing just got even better. From … Continue reading

April 7, 2010
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HP’s Slate tablet

This device has not been authorized as required by the rules of the Federal Communications Commission. This device is not, and may not be, offered for sale or lease, or sold or leased, until authorization is obtained. Tags: HP, design, … Continue reading

March 28, 2010
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The New “Magazine”

Apple’s iPad is already changing the landscape of print.  This example seems to show how interactive a magazine can should be in the digital age. Tags: iPad, magazine, Tablet, design, media player, innovation, trends

January 21, 2010
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My latest read – Our Choice

Al Gore’s latest book Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis should be considered by anyone interested in learning how the world can conserve resources with next generation technologies to reduce the globe’s carbon footprint. Its easy to … Continue reading

August 19, 2009
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My latest read – The Age of Turbulance

I finished Alan Greenspan‘s book The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World and learned it was more than I expected from the former Chairman of The Federal Reserve.  And with the recession still in high gear it was … Continue reading

August 13, 2009
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My latest read – The Assault on Reason

Must admit the timing at first seemed strange. I was reading Al Gore’s book The Assault on Reason when Michael Jackson died. Gore has written a book about what has gone wrong in our country. Yet I was able to … Continue reading