Comments on: Internet in a box http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/05/internet_in_a_b.html Technology, leadership, and the future of schools Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: A Mercer http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/05/internet_in_a_b.html/comment-page-1#comment-14608 A Mercer Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2007/05/internet_in_a_b.html#comment-14608 Okay, related to this post, Kobus van Wyk has a brilliant post(http://www.khanya.co.za/blogs/index.php?entry=entry070529-192139) on ICT implementation. He has this dead-on illustration with a fable from Aesop on the crab. It's my favorite analysis of why tech implementation can fail. Here is what I'm getting at...1-to-1 laptop policies are being questioned here in the U.S. just as they are being implemented in the developing world. In both places we have to ask, is the implementation being done in a way that is effective, efficient, and likely to succeed, or are we throwing "hardware" at a "software" problem? Okay, related to this post, Kobus van Wyk has a brilliant post(http://www.khanya.co.za/blogs/index.php?entry=entry070529-192139) on ICT implementation. He has this dead-on illustration with a fable from Aesop on the crab. It’s my favorite analysis of why tech implementation can fail.

Here is what I’m getting at…1-to-1 laptop policies are being questioned here in the U.S. just as they are being implemented in the developing world. In both places we have to ask, is the implementation being done in a way that is effective, efficient, and likely to succeed, or are we throwing “hardware” at a “software” problem?

]]> By: University Update http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/05/internet_in_a_b.html/comment-page-1#comment-14609 University Update Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2007/05/internet_in_a_b.html#comment-14609 <strong>Internet in a box</strong> Internet in a box

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