Identity

Each of us has a professional identity. What is yours? You may think you are looked upon as a hard working educational technology leader; but your identity, what others think of you, may be very different.
For example, I know a few folks who feel they are going ‘over and above’ to do their jobs and [...]

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Leadership: The Not So Little Things

When I write about leadership I often focus on the big things such as taking a principled stand, holding a bold vision, keeping balance in our lives, or inspiring others to achieve great things.
Recent experience has opened my eyes to the many ‘little things’ that go into leadership that affect our ability to be [...]

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Virtualization, Thin Clients, and Energy Consumption

In previous posts I documented a financial strategy that allows the average district to afford ubiquitous and/or one-to-one computing. This week I want to broaden the strategy to energy savings. It’s amazing what a significant savings replacing traditional ‘fat clients’ with ‘thin clients’ can be.
The University of Pennsylvania produced the energy graph [...]

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New Paradigms Needed

From a teaching and learning perspective 1:1 computing makes complete sense and the positive results of this approach have been well researched and documented.
More widespread access to computers makes it possible for students and teachers in schools to transition from occasional, supplemental use of computers for instruction to more frequent, integral use of technology [...]

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