No doubt you guys will have caught this news....
"Google is developing a tool to help teachers manage classroom tasks, a move that should have education app vendors trembling as if they'd been sent to the principal's office. The software, called Classroom , will become part of Apps for Education, Google's cloud email and collaboration suite for schools and universities, Google said Tuesday"
"Blogging. For many, the term evokes thoughts of cringe-worthy diary-esque posts by angry teenagers, or bland breakfast tweets by bored acquaintances. But in many fields, including the sciences, law and librarianship, blogging has become vital to the advancement of scholarship."
IT has often resisted outsourcing, but significant pressure to reduce costs is forcing them to reconsider and define their core competencies.
desktop virtualization, may be hitting critical speed.
cloud computing can move a solution from requiring a large initial capital outlay, to just an operational expense while also adding the flexibility for the institution to only pay for what is used.
today’s mobile students, there is also demand for applications that can function through smart cell phones with tiny screens, individual computer screens, and shared large screen output devices, depending on the location and needs of the student at the time.
ectures are increasingly being captured, either so that students can use them as reviews, or so that students can miss the live lecture.
Lectures are increasingly being captured, either so that students can use them as reviews, or so that students can miss the live lecture
Changing the focus of Docs. Recently users were allowed to add any file to their Docs space - this project will make that a primary function, bit like MS Skydrive maybe.
Hey all, this could be of interest. A huge bunch of eBooks shared in an MSDN post this week so is legit. A lot of them are product specific rather than technology focused but still a good looking resource