Don Kasprzak

Conversations regarding Globalization, Internet2 and Education

August 6, 2010
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My latest read – Cognitive Surplus

Remember the last time you read a great story that you caught yourself peaking at the remaining unread pages because you didn’t want the story to end?  That’s how I can best describe Clay Shirky‘s book Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and … Continue reading

July 3, 2010
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A small school’s BIG cost

Small schools (K12 and Colleges with less than 1,000 students) are accustomed like all of us to accessing email around the clock.  We know email is habit forming at best and compulsive at worst.  The new economy proves funding 24/7 … Continue reading

June 24, 2010
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Google offer ending soon for K12

Last year Google announced it would provide industrial strength email anti-spam & anti virus (Postini) to K12 schools for FREE.  Act Now – Deploy later. Google’s offer ends July 2010 As budgets have been cut across the country for education, … Continue reading

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

October 24, 2009
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Google’s AWESOME offer to K12 Schools

Act Now – Deploy later. Google’s offer ends July 2010 Google has been helping K12 Schools and Colleges save money by giving free access to their powerful tools in an enterprise setting.  Google began offering Gmail and have continued to … Continue reading

May 30, 2008
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My latest read – Competing on Analytics

How can you compete today in a globalized, highly competitive world regardless of market? One very smart solution: Analytics. From Google and Amazon to the Red Sox and the Patriots, organizations (yes sports teams included) are succeeding by competing on … Continue reading