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Virtualization Concerns

April 10, 2008

In two recent posts (Sustaining the Unsustainable, Towards a New Paradigm) I laid out the case for a new networking paradigm based on ‘virtualizing’ as much of our technology infrastructure as possible.
As I pointed out previously, a simplistic explanation of ‘virtualization’ is that we remove the software applications that now reside on individual hard drives [...]

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Towards A New Paradigm

April 2, 2008

In our last post, “Sustaining the Unsustainable” we examined the status of a small district completely overwhelmed by the trials and tribulations of maintaining a 500 + workstation network. National statistics show that this district’s technical support struggles are like many other districts throughout the country. There is no doubt that schools are struggling [...]

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Sustaining the Unsustainable: Part 1

March 20, 2008

We recently completed a tech audit/assessment for a small district that pulled back the covers on the challenges many K-12 school districts face as they address the educational technology needs of their schools.
The school has three buildings, 1,200 students, and 500 plus networked computers.

When we interviewed teams of educators from each building, we encountered [...]

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Ominous Numbers

February 7, 2008

There are some sobering educational technology statistics emerging from a recent E-School News survey:

Nearly three out of four school leaders say they don’t have enough IT staff to support their needs effectively, according to the survey. Fifty-five percent of respondents said they can’t maintain their network adequately, 63 percent said they can’t plan for new [...]

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