Comments on: Toward a New Paradigm http://preilly.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/toward-a-new-paradigm/ Learning is a journey of the mind, the body, and the heart. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:03:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Heidi http://preilly.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/toward-a-new-paradigm/#comment-10140 Heidi Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:57:45 +0000 http://preilly.wordpress.com/?p=334#comment-10140 Sorry - don't mean to keep jumping ahead. I'm just having these discussions with my design team right now, so have my head immersed in these issues. I thought you were looking for the issues that are coming up... The ones I mentioned in my previous comment are the ones I haven't got solutions for yet. I look forward to seeing what other issues you've run into and how you've seen these handled! Thanks for the discussion! Heidi Sorry - don’t mean to keep jumping ahead.

I’m just having these discussions with my design team right now, so have my head immersed in these issues.

I thought you were looking for the issues that are coming up…

The ones I mentioned in my previous comment are the ones I haven’t got solutions for yet. I look forward to seeing what other issues you’ve run into and how you’ve seen these handled!

Thanks for the discussion!
Heidi

]]> By: Pete Reilly http://preilly.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/toward-a-new-paradigm/#comment-10135 Pete Reilly Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:06:02 +0000 http://preilly.wordpress.com/?p=334#comment-10135 kdobbs, I don't want to oversell the concept...it certainly isn't the answer to all our problems; but it is a paradigm that needs to be considered in order to get to a cost effective, one to one, environment. pete kdobbs,
I don’t want to oversell the concept…it certainly isn’t the answer to all our problems; but it is a paradigm that needs to be considered in order to get to a cost effective, one to one, environment.
pete

]]> By: Pete Reilly http://preilly.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/toward-a-new-paradigm/#comment-10134 Pete Reilly Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:02:45 +0000 http://preilly.wordpress.com/?p=334#comment-10134 Heidi, Exactly where I intend to go in my next post. Pete Heidi,
Exactly where I intend to go in my next post.
Pete

]]> By: Heidi http://preilly.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/toward-a-new-paradigm/#comment-10133 Heidi Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:56:13 +0000 http://preilly.wordpress.com/?p=334#comment-10133 Hi Pete, Here are some concerns I've thought of or heard from others - what about the applications that really need to run locally? How do you handle the large, multi-media files that are so much a part of transformative uses of technology? Digital storytelling, movie making/editing - they produce very large files and, for the most part, schools are doing this work on a local account on their computer hard drives. Or other applications like AutoCAD, Lightwave, animation software, many of the higher end Adobe apps? What kind of network and internet connection do you need in order to support virtualization? Those are potentially really big files that you're moving across the network (movie clips from a video camera, etc...). How reliable are our internet connections (wide area network - WAN connections)? Right now, I know of lots of problems with WAN connections - slowness, unreliability, etc... In a virtualized world, you rely heavily on your WAN connection. Now, if your internet is slow or even down, you can't do anything with the computers! If your apps are running locally, at least you could work on the local machine until the internet circuit gets fixed! I could write in Word, do mind-maps in Inspiration, etc... Lemon Grove actually included internet access from home for all of their families - right in the District base budget. What if you can't get that included? In order to justify the expense of providing one device per child, you've probably included things like e-text books, class websites, on-line courses, etc... Yet a significant number of homes might not have internet connections to use - and now that student can't do their homework. Politically, including home internet access makes it that much bigger and therefore that much harder to sell to budget decision makers! Some thoughts to ponder... Heidi Hi Pete,

Here are some concerns I’ve thought of or heard from others - what about the applications that really need to run locally?

How do you handle the large, multi-media files that are so much a part of transformative uses of technology? Digital storytelling, movie making/editing - they produce very large files and, for the most part, schools are doing this work on a local account on their computer hard drives. Or other applications like AutoCAD, Lightwave, animation software, many of the higher end Adobe apps?

What kind of network and internet connection do you need in order to support virtualization? Those are potentially really big files that you’re moving across the network (movie clips from a video camera, etc…).

How reliable are our internet connections (wide area network - WAN connections)? Right now, I know of lots of problems with WAN connections - slowness, unreliability, etc…

In a virtualized world, you rely heavily on your WAN connection. Now, if your internet is slow or even down, you can’t do anything with the computers! If your apps are running locally, at least you could work on the local machine until the internet circuit gets fixed! I could write in Word, do mind-maps in Inspiration, etc…

Lemon Grove actually included internet access from home for all of their families - right in the District base budget. What if you can’t get that included? In order to justify the expense of providing one device per child, you’ve probably included things like e-text books, class websites, on-line courses, etc… Yet a significant number of homes might not have internet connections to use - and now that student can’t do their homework. Politically, including home internet access makes it that much bigger and therefore that much harder to sell to budget decision makers!

Some thoughts to ponder…
Heidi

]]> By: Kdobbs http://preilly.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/toward-a-new-paradigm/#comment-10132 Kdobbs Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:28:34 +0000 http://preilly.wordpress.com/?p=334#comment-10132 I completely agree that sometimes it seems that technology is being thrown into the education world. Technical support is becoming overwhelmed with the large amount of computers and technology in schools these days, especially with all the problems that older computers have. I think that you're way of thinking for a new paradigm sounds excellent...we just need to take that step. If we are able to find something that won't shut down on you, cost less money, last longer, it should be the answer to all our problems. Once technology for computers takes this step I believe and agree with you that there will be less dependence on the technical support and more on the computer (server) itself. I completely agree that sometimes it seems that technology is being thrown into the education world. Technical support is becoming overwhelmed with the large amount of computers and technology in schools these days, especially with all the problems that older computers have. I think that you’re way of thinking for a new paradigm sounds excellent…we just need to take that step.
If we are able to find something that won’t shut down on you, cost less money, last longer, it should be the answer to all our problems.
Once technology for computers takes this step I believe and agree with you that there will be less dependence on the technical support and more on the computer (server) itself.

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