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Christopher Dawson

Christopher Dawson
Christopher Dawson grew up in Seattle, back in the days of pre-antitrust Microsoft, coffeeshops owned by something other than Starbucks, and really loud, inarticulate music. He escaped to the right coast in the early 90's and received a degree in Information Systems from Johns Hopkins University. While there, he began a career in health and educational information systems, with a focus on clinical trials and related statistical programming and database modeling. This focus led him to several positions at Johns Hopkins, a couple-year stint in private industry, teaching high school math and technology, and 2 years as the technology director for his local school district. Most recently, he started his own consulting business and is now the Vice President of Marketing for WizIQ, Inc., a virtual classroom and learning network provider. He lives with his wife, five kids (yes, 5), 2 dogs, and a hateful cat in a small town in north-central Massachusetts. Although he is no longer teaching, his roles with WizIQ and ZDNet allow him to continue helping students and teachers add value to education with technology rather than merely adding to the bottom line.

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News and analysis on IT and computing in the education sector.

  • What does iBooks mean for the eBook/eTextbook industry?

    By Christopher Dawson | January 23, 2012, 1:17am PST

    The eTextbook industry got a big publicity and market education boost last week with Apple’s announcements. What it didn’t get was the market revolution it could have.

  • In search of the perfect CMS

    By Christopher Dawson | January 11, 2012, 1:10pm PST

    One of my New Year’s resolutions was to use Moodle for everything. It’s very possible to build entire sites with a huge community interaction component without much coding. Forums,...

  • What do you do with a BA in English?

    By Christopher Dawson | January 9, 2012, 11:58pm PST

    Why does this make me think of my oldest son? He’s an English major, of course!

  • My New Year's ed tech resolutions

    By Christopher Dawson | January 5, 2012, 12:44pm PST

    No, really, I’ll be actually keeping these resolutions.

  • Top 5 Ed Tech predictions for 2012

    By Christopher Dawson | December 22, 2011, 8:11pm PST

    Here’s hoping I’m more accurate than I was last year.

  • The top 5 ed tech developments of 2011 that weren't

    By Christopher Dawson | December 20, 2011, 1:58pm PST

    If you had asked me in 2010, these technologies would have been a much bigger deal than they were.

  • Who should pay for 1:1 devices?

    By Christopher Dawson | December 16, 2011, 12:18am PST

    Should schools be providing necessary tech tools to students or do students need a greater sense of ownership?

  • Is the day of the standalone SIS over?

    By Christopher Dawson | December 12, 2011, 11:52am PST

    Or, for that matter, the standalone LMS? Or LIMS? Or any other MS?

  • Adobe gets creative: Touch Apps and the Creative Cloud

    By Christopher Dawson | December 7, 2011, 8:41am PST

    Adobe does it again, this time with a cool set of tools that begs for students to be creative (and learn a thing or two about pro design on the way).

  • Interview with Andrew Rosen, Kaplan CEO

    By Christopher Dawson | November 30, 2011, 11:59am PST

    An email interview with Andrew Rosen, following up on my review of his book, Change.edu.

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