Notes After Visiting a Few New Schools
I thought I’d share some notes and thoughts from recent tours of three new schools opening in my area. * Science labs are cool! In all three of our …
Learning about Wi-Fi – What is Signal-to-Noise Ratio?
I had originally intended to create a blog entry about NetSpot. This week, one of my CIOs (John McMillen – @ujdmc) was using this tool to check out the wireless …
Three Quick Thoughts for the Struggling K-12 CIO
Budgets are as tight as anyone remembers. You’re the fortunate soul asked to occupy the chair of the Chief Information Officer, District Technology Coordinator, Director of Technology Services or whatever …
Classroom Activities and the Anti-Tech
In a recent conversation with a district leader, I discovered that one of their hottest contracts was up for re-bid. So naturally they needed to dig in to figure out …
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 …
School wireless – how much (or how many APs) is enough?
While dusting off the blog, I thought for a minute about Bryan’s last post on “Expectations” (which is worth a read, BTW). Districts have been asked and expected to do …
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 …
My Favorite ScreenCasting Options (on Traditional & iPad)
I’ve promised this to a few folks, so here are my favorite ScreenCasting (ScreenCapture) software and web services. It is becoming extremely important to be able to give some …