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The Fourth Question
Early in my consulting in the early 1990s I came up with four basic questions that schools had to struggle with as they integrated technology. I think they are still the ones to ask today, even though the answers and issues now vary. The four questions Like a lot of the early tech people in… →
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Early Consulting Concepts – The 4 Questions
As news of the Loomis technology progress spread, more and more schools in New England started contacting me to “consult”. By 1993, I was soon advising emerging tech committees at Noble and Greenough, Concord Academy, Deerfield Academy, Tabor Academy, The Winsor School, Miss Porter’s School, Hamden Hall, Milton Academy, Ethel Walker and several others. Given… →
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Called to the Principal’s Office
After working with the architects, we built the computer center and classes started bringing their students there and lots of students came in during free periods to write papers or do email. We tried hard to keep games off the computers. The school required every student to have a “work job” to contribute to the… →
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REAL MEN
March 19, 2024 They say that “Real men don’t eat quiche”. There was a real cultural war going on in the early days of personal computers. Apple had become a symbol for fun, revolution, innovation, and fighting the establishment. IBM, PCs, and Microsoft were for REAL MEN. Apple computer was considered a fad, a kid’s… →
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Early Wizardry
One of the most common reactions I would get in the early days was that Macs were just toys and that REAL people used PCs. We got all kinds of feedback from trustees, vendors and parents. First it was Mac vs IBM, then Mac vs Microsoft, and finally Mac vs Google. It was amusing to… →
Tales from the Tech Trail 