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"Tubes": A Book for EdTech Infrastructure Geeks
Andrew Blum takes the name of his great book on the physical Internet, the Internet infrastructure, from Senator Ted Stevens' famous quote.
Sleep-Away Camp and Higher Ed: 8 Thoughts
This past weekend we dropped our younger daughter off at sleep-away camp. As we were helping her carry her trunk and meeting her counselors and bunk mates I had the following thoughts:
Why EdTech Conferences Need Some Comic-Con Mojo
What edtech conferences do you attend? My list has included EDUCAUSE, ELI, ELI Learning Technology Leadership, ECAR Symposiums, BbWorld, various NERCOMP events, and a growing number of gatherings contiguous to our edtech ecosystem. So far I have not been to a Sloan-C event or an NMC conference, and I hope to make it out to InstructureCon one of these days.
5 Myths About Blackboard
I'm 100% certain that half of the things that I think and write about Blackboard are wrong, I'm just not sure which half. Blackboard is a hard company to "get" because education is such a diverse business, technology moves so quickly, and Blackboard contains so many people, products and services.
People, Mobile, and the Cloud at BbWorld 2012
What are you taking home as the big story of BbWorld 2012? At this point (Wednesday night) I have 3 main takeaways.
BbWorld 2012: Balancing Tomorrow's Opportunities with Today's Responsibilities
My conclusions from day one of BbWorld, after listening to a range of Blackboard leaders and managers, are as follows:
4 Goals for BbWorld 2012
Are you in New Orleans this week for the big Blackboard conference (or BbWorld as the company brands the conference)? What are your big goals for the conference? What do you hope to learn from Blackboard?
What A Surprise Bout of Video Editing Says About Our Post-PC Future?
We hear all the time that we are entering the "post PC era." Computers are out. Tablets are in. We will no longer be lugging around heavy machines with failure prone hard drives and bloated client applications. We will be carrying around thin and light screens (keyboard optional) that are portals to our cloud based apps and data.