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The Past – Wide Eyed KM Beginning in 1999, I was formally mentored in KM while working for a Fortune 500 high technology research and development company. My mentor was the Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO) and an international KM guru. He had previously consulted with and saved an international Global 500 company $700 million dollars […]
The sponsors of the Technology Talent Act today applauded the Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee for unanimously approving legislation yesterday that is focused on increasing the number of math, science, technology and engineering undergraduates in the U.S. The HELP Committee included a version of the Tech Talent proposal – sponsored by Senators […]
U.S. Secretary of Education Rodney Paige says the new law will give states more flexibility on how they spend their education dollars. “In return, it requires them to set standards for student achievement, and hold students, teachers and other educators accountable for results,” he said. While the goals of H.R. 1 promise improvement, the Act […]
SITE 2003 is the 14th annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education. This society represents individual teacher educators and affiliated organizations of teacher educators in all disciplines, who are interested in the creation and dissemination of knowledge about the use of information technology in teacher education and faculty/staff development. Visit the […]
This alternative web browser is finally here; it is called Oxygen™. It has been brought to the market, for free, not by IBM™, not by Oracle™, not by Siebel™, nor by Cisco™, but by NetDIVE™, a small private software company, not beholden to Wall Street, but beholden to the success of the global community and […]
According to a recent Ipsos-NPD report teenagers in Canada spend an average of 2.4 hours per week online conducting research for school, up from 2.3 hours three years ago. Read The Full Article
But now, how about some shows to give viewers the big picture? How about celebrating the birth of television and paying delayed tribute to television’s creator? Read The Full Article
Working with the Internet2 advanced-networking consortium, students and faculty members of the music institute and of Case Western Reserve University, the institute’s campus neighbor in Cleveland, will attempt to use synchronized “surround sound” audio and synchronized video for a multi-site performance in October. Read The Full Article
Imagine being the lone Agriculture Department employee in a remote area of Montana when your computer goes on the blink. There is no technical manual available that can explain how to fix it and no replacement part in the next room. Read The Full Article
Citing the critical need for every child in America to have access to educational resources, Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families, and Representative Chaka Fattah (D- PA 2nd) today introduced legislation to address inadequacies and inequities in educational opportunities available to millions of students. “The quality of a […]