Link to: 21st Century Computing As we start working on a strategic plan and speculating on what the threats and opportunites for the future will be, it’s fun to look back and see what has come of past speculations. Here is what some of the great futurists of 1989 predicted for computers by 2001. The…
Month: January 2006
Making the Read/Write Web Accessible to Students
Link to: nonscholae.org at incorporated subversion James Farmer has launched a site to help persuade school administrators of the importance of encouraging responsible use of blogs, instant messaging and other social software in schools. I hadn’t realized what a huge problem it is for teachers who want to try new technologies with their classes until…
Twelve Habits of Successful IT Professionals
Link to: EDUCAUSE REVIEW | January/February 2006, Volume 41, Number 1 Educause President Brian Hawkins has an article in the latest Review in which he outlines 12 skills that he sees as essential to becoming successful and effective IT professionals in higher education. In the introduction, he makes the key point that there are two…
Enhancing the Value of Student Jobs.
Link to: Earn more, learn more | csmonitor.com One of the initiatives we’re exploring at William and Mary is a student fellowship program where students will work closely with faculty on technology related projects. Our goal is to create opportunities for students to work closely with faculty in ways that are directly tied to teaching…
Reflections: Education as a “Wicked Problem”
I’m glad that I only teach one class a year. When that one class is finished and the grades are turned in my mind is always churning with unanswered questions, suggestions for books and articles that have emerged from our reading and gaping holes in my knowledge that have been exposed by 15 weeks discussion…