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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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FirstClass – a quantum leap
By the early 1990s most of the faculty were using a computer or had access to one somewhere on campus. The computer lab in the Science Center and a smaller one in the library provided access for students during the school day. With a student body of about 700, 100 faculty and 40 or so →
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The Whole Web!
Working at a prep school had its advantages and disadvantages. I started in 1983 at a salary of 11K per year. Less than $1000/mo! Granted that included a rent free house and free food at the dining hall if you wanted. Even being frugal, there wasn’t a lot of extra, especially as a family of →
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ISP to Software Company
Students were often hanging around in the computer lab during study hall at night. They were using the dozen or so Macs there to type class assignments and message people with FirstClass. A student came to me one night and said that she wanted to learn more about using her computer and was hoping to →
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Comment Victory #1
As I start to describe the process of evolution of teacher comments, I need to explain the setting. I was not a prep school kid and I ended up at Loomis Chaffee almost by chance. I could not have had better luck. My teaching colleagues and the administration were some of the most talented, generous, →
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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 →
Tales from the Tech Trail 