Chromebooks are scaring me!
I remember the good old days… Way back in August of 2011, or–as I like to call it–the start of last school year, the breakdown of district-owned operating systems in …
Expectations
I am writing this blog post on a Saturday morning in the auditorium of a public K-12 Kentucky high school. Not MY district’s high school. I’m in a nearby high …
Advice is Where You Find It
I’ve been CIO of my school district for more than eight years. That’s long enough for me to have gotten onto a lot of companies’ mailing lists and email lists …
Microsoft Surface is the Answer to My Prayers!
Don’t take the title of this blog entry the wrong way. I’m not suggesting that the recently announced Microsoft Surface tablet is something that I’m going to be purchasing for …
Get Ready or Get Out of the Way
My message for today’s teachers is pretty simple: Get on board with embedding technology with your students in your classroom or find another job. That may sound a little harsh, but it’s the …
Create Your Own EdTech Magazine with Flipboard
I’ll freely admit that I’m late to the game on this one. Flipboard is a mobile device (iOS and Android) app that’s been out for a couple of years now, …
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times
Earlier today I listened to KDE’s Monthly Webcast for Technology Leaders for the month of May. I was listening mostly because I wanted to know how much of a cut to …
The Future of KySTE
Monday and Tuesday of last week I was at Barren River Lake Resort Park in Lucas, Kentucky, attending the Kentucky Society for Technology in Education spring retreat. This was my last …