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Report on Emerging Technologies Released

By jts | Published: December 15, 2007
The 2007 Horizon Report has been released by the New Media Consortium . The annual Horizon Report describes the continuing work of the NMC’s Horizon Project, a research-oriented effort that seeks to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, or creative expression within higher education…. The core of the report [...]
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Mr. Lemons goes to church

By jts | Published: October 19, 2006
Since our recent move to the Kansas City area we have been attending Heartland Community Church. Heartland is similar in mind and mission to Woodcrest. We have yet to find any church that makes sense on the level that Woodcrest does, but Heartland is close to that and is definitely a great place [...]
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Innovation Champions

By jts | Published: June 16, 2006
The June 19 issue of Businessweek introduces a great new section called in, Inside Innovation that features leading innovators, trends, stats, and case studies. In this issue, they profile 5 “Champions of Innovation”. One of the innovators profiled is Marissa Mayer, Google’s Vice-President for Search Products and User Experience. From Marissa’s 9 [...]
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IUG Keynote and more ‘buck’s

By jts | Published: May 22, 2006
Nancy Davenport, President of the Council on Library and Information Resources and keynote speaker at IUG 2006, gave a stirring and forward-looking talk.  Librarians as IT workers and IT as the evolving DNA of libraries were her central themes.  She also pointed to some nice examples of how some libraries are innovating their physical spaces [...]
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Understanding Starbuck’s

By jts | Published: May 19, 2006
I’m in downtown Denver for the Spring 2006 Innovative Users Group Conference.  The weather is perfect, Greek omelets are good, and the 16th Street Mall has free wifi.  I’m sitting outside a Starbuck’s and so far have heard 3 kids, ages 8-12, asking they’re parents why they can’t go to Starbuck’s.  There’s a Starbuck’s on [...]
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