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Cloud Computing

Virtualization, Thin Clients, and Energy Consumption

May 5, 2009

 
In previous posts I documented a financial strategy that allows the average district to afford ubiquitous and/or one-to-one computing. This week I want to broaden the strategy to energy savings. It’s amazing what a significant savings replacing traditional ‘fat clients’ with ‘thin clients’ can be.
The University of Pennsylvania produced the energy graph below which shows [...]

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New Paradigms Needed

April 26, 2009

From a teaching and learning perspective 1:1 computing makes complete sense and the positive results of this approach have been well researched and documented.
More widespread access to computers makes it possible for students and teachers in schools to transition from occasional, supplemental use of computers for instruction to more frequent, integral use of technology across [...]

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Can netbooks and virtualization make 1:1 computing possible?

February 19, 2009

Niagara Wheatfield School District, a rural upstate NY school district wanted to investigate the efficacy of the new and emerging ‘best practices’ that could make 1:1 computing possible for the average school district. The district is now near the end of a their ‘proof of concept’ stage which tested a combination of 1:1 computing, virtualization, sub $500 mini notebooks, [...]

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Cloud Computing, Virtualization, and K-12 Education

January 10, 2009

Thomas Bittman of the Gartner Group has written a thought provoking blog post on Cloud Computing and K-12 education. Bittman begins his piece by letting us know that he is serving as a volunteer on the technology planning committee of his home school district. His first impression?
The web, social software and cloud computing will definitely [...]

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4 Trends That Could Change Everything

November 27, 2008

 From the E-School News article by Gregg Downey
Experts point out there are several well established technology trends that are poised to have a significant impact on the world. Gregg Downey points out that:
“…educators might do well to take heed of four of the more ubiquitous of these trends, which I’ll allude to by means of [...]

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