From the monthly archives:

December 2007

Second Life Pow Wow…

by Antonio on December 13, 2007

We go on our winter break next week and yet, I must admit that I am looking forward to small brainstorming session that a few of us have planned for Monday afternoon. The “pow wow” was brought on by a discussion at lunch the other day regarding the educational value of Second Life. For those [...]

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Monday Morning Meditation - Making Choices

by Antonio on December 10, 2007

Master Zide Hui said:
In general, when people are sincere and headed in the right direction, they can still be employed even if they are dull. If they are flatterers with ulterior motives, they are ultimately harmful even if they are smart.
On the whole, if their psychological orientation is not correct, people are unworthy of [...]

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iPod Touch..a Treo Killer!

by Antonio on December 9, 2007

We have recently begun beta testing the possibility of moving away from the Palm Treo and possibly implementing a system that would take advantage of the new PIM technology found in the iPod Touch. ComputerWorld ran an article in October that provides an interesting checklist. As a school that is running in a 95% OS [...]

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A Good Problem to Have..

by Antonio on December 3, 2007

When I was hired as the CIO at Worcester Academy in 2002 the school had just purchased its first SmartBoard. When asked about how much use and demand the board had, I was surprised to find out that in fact, there was very little interest in the technology. Mind you, that at this time, Apple’s [...]

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