Archive for the ‘School Management’ Category
Friday, May 4th, 2007
If there's a distinguishing characteristic of educational reform, and reform efforts in general, it's the lack of patience in sustaining difficult effort over time. We criticize students who can't seem to exercise delayed gratification, but don't seem to notice that educators, government officials, and the general public aren't any better.
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Posted in ITIL, School Management | 1 Comment »
Friday, March 30th, 2007
It was only a matter of time. According to a story in the Washington Post, two McLean High School students are suing Turnitin.com for infringing their copyright. The crux of the matter seems to be that students are required to license their work to Turnitin so the service can store ...
Posted in Classroom Life, School Management | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, September 28th, 2005
Here's Part II of my recent conversation with Professor Scott McLeod from the University of Minnesota. I had quite a bit of feedback on Part I of our conversation on data-drive decision making so I hope you will enjoy this talk about legal and ethical issues facing educational technology leaders. ...
Posted in Safety & Security, Savvy Technologist Podcast, School Management | 1 Comment »
Friday, September 16th, 2005
The No Child Left Behind Act has forced school districts across the U.S. to take a hard look at data about their students' achievement. Lots of data. But some districts have gone beyond the requirements of NCLB and have embraced data and used the information to identify best practices and ...
Posted in Federal Funding & NCLB, Savvy Technologist Podcast, School Management | 7 Comments »
Tuesday, September 13th, 2005
I got an interesting letter from the Minnesota Department of Education last week. Here's a snippet:During the next legislative session, representatives from the Minnesota Department of Education will present a plan and cost estimates for improving the technology infrastructure in Minnesota schools. This plan will be based on the requirements ...
Posted in Federal Funding & NCLB, IT Infrastructure, School Management | 10 Comments »
Thursday, September 8th, 2005
I'll be recording a podcast with Dr. Scott McLeod soon on the topics of data-driven decision making (DDDM) and legal issues confronting school technology leaders. Dr. McLeod is Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Policy and Administration at the U. of Minnesota and Director of the School Technology Leadership ...
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Friday, August 26th, 2005
Dr. Larry Anderson is founder and director of the National Center for Technology Planning, an organization dedicated to providing resources for schools and school districts who want to develop dynamic and effective technology plans. From their Web site:
The National Center for Technology Planning (NCTP) is a clearinghouse for the exchange ...
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Wednesday, February 16th, 2005
I got back from Rochester tonight following a couple days of work with about 50 educators from southeast Minnesota. I had a great time and I'm looking forward to continued discussions with the groups as they pursue their technology integration and school improvement goals. My colleague Corey Lunn and I ...
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Sunday, February 13th, 2005
MSNBC is running an article that describes how wired phones are increasingly irrelevant to today's college students. Some colleges are considering getting rid of land lines in campus housing all together with some surprisingly financial implications. At American University:
Five years ago, the school made hundreds of thousands of dollars a ...
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Monday, January 24th, 2005
The International Open Source Network (IOSN) has just released a primer on Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) in education. The document highlights uses of open source software in the infrastructure, administration, and classroom work of schools, focusing on a number of high-profile projects such as the Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP), ...
Posted in IT Infrastructure, Open source, School Management | 3 Comments »
