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echnology comprises hardware, software, network infrastructure, cloud platforms, and personnel resources. IT leaders must be prepared to accurately assess each when making technology procurement decisions.  The assessment must integrate both internal and external factors. The internal factors are grounded in the contingencies described in a previous section. Software, for example, has system requirements, and if the existing hardware and operating systems do not meet those requirements, and there are not sufficient funds Read More

This post was motivated by a quote (see it below) from an unpublished piece I wrote a few years ago. Individuals who have developed the skills we once taught as a liberal education seems to be exactly what we need in society right now. We could also use educators, law makers, regulators, philanthropists, and other Read More

Fifteen years ago, I was teaching high school courses. I used to give my students “how to write essay questions” advice when they were preparing for exams. Near the end of one seasons, a senior asked me, “How come no one ever told us this?” As a result, I created this file. I wonder if Read More

203: An #edtech Problem No One Talks About This is an excerpt from a chapter I wrote a few years ago (this is not the version that went into the version). It contains what I believe is a problem preventing much progress in using educational technology effectively. The TL;DR version: School leaders are reluctant to Read More

I have been cleaning out old digital files. Here is an interesting piece I found:

This is another post that I wrote after reading old papers written when I was a graduate student… this one from 1999. Our goal for students is typically understanding; we don’t want our students to simply recall, we hope to see in them knowledge of facts and comprehension on concepts. But maybe we don’t. Actually, Read More