As many schools and business look to deploy a BYOD solution hoping to answer their end-device management problems, most will come across white-papers and marketing literature that attempts to convince decision makers of the challenges BYOD presents and potential business risks that are created as a result of BYOD programs. Don’t get me wrong, BYOD can create business risk […]
BYOD: It’s not as scary as some make it seem Read More »
For those who work in the education sector, please check out this video. Fortunately, the school where I work has embraced much of the suggestions mentioned in this talk. I feel its important to spread the word in the hope that other schools and school leaders are inspired to make change in their own environments. If your school is not
Schools that work for kids – Eric Sheninger – TEDxBurnsvilleED Read More »
For some reason I hadn’t posted this video. I have had it sitting in my drafts for more than a year; I might have planned to write an editorial and just never got around to it. By any count Sir. Ken has to be ranked in the top 10 educators globally and who has been pushing education reform for many years. He has certainly made his mark in terms of
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Microsoft has just launched a technical preview of a new application that will join the Office family called ‘Sway’. I am interested as this new tool seems to be a re-invented web-friendly Publisher cross between PowerPoint and some Prezi attributes. As you can see from the video above and the sample Sway I have embedded in this post, the
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The bring-your-own-device era has begun and demand is growing within I.T departments globally from requests made by end-users to connect up their devices. For sometime now it has been a common place for enterprises to have a BYOD policy among executives, allowing them to be highly mobile and flexible. BYOD has turned from concept to reality for many organisations as
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In this post I would like to share with you a TED talk that I found inspiring – enough to write this article. I have come to understand from working in the education sector for several years now the challenges that educators and schools alike face in today’s dynamic and ever-changing world. Education is the