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Snow days, carpool conflicts, broken bones, learning disabilities, the flu, excessive heat, hurricanes, weapon threats, cyber-bullying, failed levies, family vacation… Any of these factors, and many others, could mean unintended missed school days
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Have you followed the trend of Microsoft’s innovation in Education? It’s been an interesting path, for sure – especially if you trace the roots far enough back. You could almost put it into a 3-phased approach… Phase 1 – Software Surely you
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We’re entering an exciting launch year – not the least of which is Windows 7 – a smooth, snappy operating system I’ve been enjoying on several business and personal computers for several months. Quick sidebar: I made the mistake of loading Win7 on only
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Whether your school has made an investment in the Live Meeting service hosted by Microsoft, or if you utilize the Web Conferencing capabilities of Live Meeting on premise, you are probably realizing great cost-savings and efficiency benefits from the
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Microsoft’s vision of cloud computing is called, and being marketed as Software + Services . The original, more broadly accepted term, as you are likely aware, is Software as a Service . What’s the difference, if any? Should you
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My favorite educationally relevant and intellectual article of this calendar year (and arguably for the past 12 months or more) is one that appeared in Educause Magazine in their Jan/Feb 2008 issue entitled Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail,
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I've finally caught up with the trend and am today officially posting my first weblog. All I can say is "It's about time..." which sounds faintly reminiscent of what my mother-in-law said when I proposed to her daughter. There
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