SKYPE is an application that allows your image to be broadcast to another computer anywhere in the world. It is great for Skyping authors, experts, or even NASA scientists into a classroom. An entire class can “Skype” with another class anywhere a computer has a feed. The potential for lecture, collaboration and learning is unlimited. I thought it might be interesting to share the Skype experience from the point of view of the presenter.

I was fortunate and honored to be asked…

I was a public-school educator for 34 years. While I recognize many of public education’s shortcomings, I am a staunch supporter. More than ever, I believe that this country needs its citizenry to be more than just educated, but also critical thinkers and lifelong learners.

Our country is a representative democracy dependent on leadership, and the direction for our country is placed in the hands of our elected officials who are our politicians. In our government, all leaders…

College Uses Zetta.net Integrated Backup, Disaster Recovery and Archiving to Protect Critical Server Data and Enable Data Access in Minutes vs. Days

VNM90712  – SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Zetta.net, a provider of 3-in-1 online server backup solutions, today announced that Merced College has selected Zetta.net for critical server backup and disaster recovery. The community college has deployed Zetta.net DataProtect to speed data recovery when required while reducing…

What is obvious to anyone who steps into the halls and classrooms on the first day of school?  The floors are very shiny, having several coats of wax, clean, and ready for the start of the new year.   For me, there is another more palpable kind of shininess.

Most notably, it is evidenced on the faces of little kindergartners and 1^st graders.  There is a sense of possibility and hope like no other when you gaze into the eyes of children who appear on the first day…

Learning as Freedom

By MICHAEL S. ROTH

Published: September 5, 2012

NY Times

Tablet Stands Optimize Use of Technology to Enhance Learning Environment

Belkin Enterprise, a trusted leader of complete computing solutions for office, IT infrastructure and mobile environments, today announced two new tablet stand solutions for the education market. Designed as a result of extensive research and insights gathered from users in the education field, the new Belkin Tablet Stand and Belkin Tablet Stand with Storage are ideally suited for…

Paul Tough: The Obama Administration's Big Missed Opportunity

Back to school: Why public education is awesome (Julie Mack column)

Published: Saturday, September 01, 2012, 9:00 AM     Updated: Tuesday, September 04, 2012, 12:01 PM

 By Julie…

What makes a great teacher?

Will Online Courses Put College Professors Out of Business?

From the Marshall Memo #448

In this Chronicle of Higher Education article, Bethany College economics professor David Youngberg describes his experience taking a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) from Udacity, and gives five reasons he believes courses like this one aren’t about to replace bricks-and-mortar colleges –…

Can Online Courses Improve Learning – and Save Money?

From the Marshall Memo #448

In this thoughtful Chronicle of Higher Education article, UCLA philosophy professor Pamela Hieronymi says she is worried about the surge of free online courses offered by universities, including Harvard, MIT, and Berkeley. We’re told that educators need to adapt to the Internet as have journalists and publishing…

It has been 8 years since the Roslyn School scandal was first revealed. After discovering school official theft of millions of tax dollars from district accounts, we learned that similar fraud occurred in other school districts.  These shocking revelations sent some school admistrators to jail and encouraged the resignation or retirement of others. It also launched audits of all NYS school districts and municipalities.  The scrutiny of both local and state auditors demanded tighter and more…