Don Kasprzak

Conversations regarding Globalization, Internet2 and Education

June 10, 2009
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Adobe’s PowerPoint killer ?

Billed as a collaborative slideware application Adobe Labs just launched Presentations. With Adobe’s strong reputation with visual tools I was expecting a lot more. Desktop competitors PowerPoint and Keynote along with SlideRocket by comparison are much more robust presentation tools. Continue reading

April 17, 2009
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Grandma’s iPhone

Did my 95 year old Grandmother think about this when I showed her my iPhone? Could she have imagined such a device as a child? Wonder what my little son will write about the future… Tags: smartphone, IPv6, network, advanced … Continue reading

February 13, 2009
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K12 Technology Plan: CIPA

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

November 10, 2008
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YouTube, K12 web filtering & CIPA

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

October 26, 2008
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My latest read – Planet India

India is the second fastest growing economy in the world, second only to their Asian neighbor China.  Both have embraced globalization yet are racing to secure resources as their economies, populations, markets and environments grow out of control.  India has … Continue reading

October 19, 2008
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The internet is dead. Long live the internet!

The 2008 Fall Internet2 member meeting last week in New Orleans proved that Big Science is here and I’m not sure the world is prepared to handle LHC’s generated data.  The session included an HD video conference to the Large … Continue reading

October 8, 2008
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My latest read – The Elephant and the Dragon

Tectonic Economics?  Robyn Meredith has shared a must read bookThe Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us.  Take a look at Wall Street lately?  Then think about oil, the … Continue reading

September 28, 2008
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My latest read – Bangalore Tiger

Y2K.  Remember the rush to fix computer software that was programmed to stop working on January 1 2000?  Many Americans probably did not realize their software fix was coming from Indian companies including WiPro located in Bangalore India.  Today American … Continue reading

September 26, 2008
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My favorite OS for kids

Sugar is a great little OS for little learners around the world.  Its the way an OS and laptop should be introduced to children.  Engineered for Children…what a concept. Tags: OLPC, Sugar Labs, Amazon, XO, open source, globalization, trends