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About Marc Wagner
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Marc Wagner works as a Services Development Specialist for University IT Services at Indiana University, Bloomington. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Indiana University. During his 27+ years in Education IT, Marc has variously been an information center programmer, a technical support specialist, a systems planner, an Intel/DOS specialist, a Windows specialist, and a UNIX systems administrator. Today, Marc has a variety of responsibilities and works on a team which provides and maintains instructional student computing resources on over 3,500 workstations on the Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses of Indiana University.
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JuicyCampus, free speech, and personal responsibility
Well the latest fad is upon us, and after a bit of a hiatus, I just had to write ... It is called JuicyCampus (see http://juicycampus.com/, if you must) and it certainly brings out the worst in...
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No 'enterprise confusion' in higher education
This morning, Michael Krigsman wrote and short piece regarding the proposed merger of Microsoft and Yahoo! (See Microsoft-Yahoo: Enterprise confusion.) Michael suggests that the proposed merger...
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Post script to an Ed Tech laptop rant
Rant away Chris! There is one, and only one, reason why Nicholas Negroponte has somewhat suddenly embraced Windows (and Microsoft). It is really quite simple. He is being asked by foreign...
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Once again, competition breeds innovation
No sooner had the electronic "ink" dried on Chris Dawson's piece (OLPC and Intel part ways) that Intel confirmed that the Classmate lives on with a next generation already in the works! Well...
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Virtualization, terminal services, or what?
In our first-ever guest blog, Erik Josowitz does a nice job of describing some of the strengths of virtualization. But, as he also points out, virtualization is far from being a panacea. ...
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Summer 2008 is just around the corner
Well, your students are off-campus now (or soon will be) and any mid-year upgrades you're planning during the break have been scheduled. Chances are, you're not thinking about the next...
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Advocacy in Education IT
Lots of the comments Chris and I receive from readers speak from the position of acceptance of deplorable funding levels and a sense of resignation that things will never get better. Well, I...
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Is it bling or innovation?
I read a great piece by my colleague, Chris Dawson, this morning entitled I love Linux, but it’s not going to save the world and after reading a few of his readers comments, I felt compelled to...
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Proactive IT support in higher education
By now, on most college campuses students are finishing finals and leaving campus for the holidays. In K-12, educators and staff -- even in Ed Tech -- are also on their way home for a few short...
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Give a man a computer ...
At the end of his piece OLPC backlash continues, Chris Dawson asks his readers to "... explain how we can rationalize the opportunity costs of XO rollouts in OLPC’s target markets?" It's a very...
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Will Windows 'XO' bear fruit for OLPC?
Just this morning, I read MSFT working on XP for XO and I wondered: Why? If the OLPC project has accomplished nothing else, it has made Microsoft (and Intel) stand up and take notice that...
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The importance of multimedia training
In yesterday's piece, Chris Dawson asks Why don’t kids use email? It's a good question but not because it is all that profound. High School kids (the one's to whom Chris refers) use whatever...
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Is your district ready for a New Tech High School?
The New Technology High School sounds like a great idea -- but can it succeed and enhance the success of all of our students?
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Technical support in the trenches
Unlike the typical K-12 environment, where technical support often begins at 8:45am and ends at 3:15pm, comprehensive technical support in a university setting is a critically important service....
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Bridging the digital divide
Last evening my colleague from K-12, Chris Dawson, wrote a piece about a new product called Twitter (see Anyone out there using Twitter in the classroom?) and frankly I am all for introducing...
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Higher-ed must not accept "good enough"
While K-12 Ed Tech often has to settle for barely adequate solutions in order to serve the greatest number of students and educators, this short-sighted approach is completely unacceptable for...
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Strike another blow to Education IT
Why doesn't the White House understand that our future rests in the hands of our youth. Without the tools (and the knowledge to use them) and without training in twenty-first century skills, our...
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What does fair-use really mean?
Since the passage of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the confusion over "fair-use" of copyrighted materials in schools has hindered some educators, driven others underground in their...
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If the truth about Linux hurts ... shoot the messenger
I have a great deal of respect for Linux but, until Linux vendors decide to do something about it, Linux will never break out of the machine room.
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Giving students (and faculty) the tools they will use
Last Spring, I wrote Giving educators the tools that they want (and need) and now I think it is time for a bit of a refresher. That original article was about engaging faculty and students in...
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