Don Kasprzak

Conversations regarding Globalization, Internet2 and Education

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

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

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

November 23, 2006
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Smart technology…that’s just plain dumb

While leading a college IT team in Wisconsin our Provost was interested to explore funding smartboards in eight classrooms.  I was able to secure a full two week “kick-the-tires” evaluation from Smart Technologies’ regional reseller — a full, no-holes barred … Continue reading