Posts Tagged ‘mobile device management’

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Rationale for One-to-One iPads in Public K-12

August 6, 2012

By Enoch Kwok

Enoch Kwok, Director of Technology, La Canada Unified School District

Enoch Kwok

The “holy grail” of public education is to provide individualized, customized instruction for each student that is tailored to each students’ unique learning needs. Those learning needs encompass the curriculum standards that are yet to be mastered by that student, the student’s optimum learning modality, and the mechanisms that will best engage and motivate the student to extend Read the rest of this entry ?

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Gatekeepers or Gurus

July 9, 2012

By David Feliciano

David Feliciano

David Feliciano

The consumerization of technology is a controversial issue as it relates to the business of Information Technology (IT) management. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the K-12 sector of IT. One need only skim through the numerous trade journals and listservs to see that there are impassioned opinions on all sides. Although the term “consumerization of technology” is relatively new (think iPhone, iPad, Chrome Books, etc.) the fundamental IT management issues are the same: How to balance restrictive control, user Read the rest of this entry ?