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QR Codes – Gateway to Ticket System for Classroom Problems

I picked up The Campus today and found a QR Code linking the paper version to the online version.  It got me thinking about how to use that to help solve a problem we are experiencing in the technology classrooms

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Posted in Change and Change Agents, Experiments, IT Communication, New Technology, Practical Uses, User Services, Web Help Desk

A new it framework to enable effective change

Starting at the University, he realize IT was a silo and trusted organization. This came from IT was never viewed as an enterprise enabled by the institution. The institution and IT organization were ripe for some change even though the

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Posted in Change and Change Agents, Conference and Workshop Notes

Guiding Google Adoption

The last week or so, I have been thinking a lot about the new strategies to help manage the adoption of perpetually developed tools such as Google Apps. This morning in the shower, I had a thought that what is

Posted in Change and Change Agents, Concepts, Ideas and Considerations, My Allegheny: Powered by Google

The Start of a G-Drive

A few days/weeks ago Google announced the ability to upload any file format to your Google Docs.  At the time, several folks took notice wondering when we would actually see it in Allegheny’s instance of Google Apps.  This morning I

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Posted in Change and Change Agents, Concepts, Ideas and Considerations, LMS Migration, My Allegheny: Powered by Google, Open Source Products and Communities

Looking Forward –

It is the start of a new year and with that comes a conditioned desire to look forward and attempt to make the coming year better (what ever better means) than the previous year. Most of us do this and

Posted in Change and Change Agents, General Thoughts, Goals and Progress

Generalizations of the Digital Natives

I came across this article while traveling(via Mobile Google Reader) and again when I returned to the office (in my mailbox).  As it has to do with generational generalizations (a topic that I have been reading about professionally and personally

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Posted in Change and Change Agents, Necessary Debates?

Library of Congress Photos on Flickr (Prints and Photographs Reading Room, Library of Congress)

ELI’s 7 Things this month is on flickr in the document I learned that the Library of Congress has partnered with flickr. Library of Congress Photos on Flickr (Prints and Photographs Reading Room, Library of Congress) The project sounds interesting

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Posted in Change and Change Agents, Educational Web 2.0, New Technology

Email is For Grandparents

I enjoyed Julie Evans’s of Project Tomorrow talk last year on what K-12 students are using for technology in their daily lives. This year’s talk hit the mark again. E07 Podcast: Tomorrow’s Students: Are We Ready for the New 21st-Century

Posted in Change and Change Agents, Conference and Workshop Notes

Democratization of Presidential Debate or Social Software meets CNN

Last night along with many other Red and Blue blooded Americans I watch CNN’s YouTube debate and the reactions to it including this bit from NPR –  Democratic Candidates Face Off in YouTube Debate. The involvement of the “common” person

Posted in Change and Change Agents, General Thoughts

Need to Get Back to Blogging or A Forced Post to Return to a Good Habit

In the last month, my role (and the roles of many of my colleagues) has changed.  I am now the Director of User Services, thus there is much to get up to speed on and blogging about educational technology things

Posted in About Me, Change and Change Agents, User Services
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