RMUG 2017 Presentation Materials
I am honored to be entrusted with not just one, but two presentations at the RMUG 2017 conference. I wish my colleague, Chad Marley, CIO at Laramie County Community College…
AACC 2017 Review: I found people who would fight for the hope of me"
I found people who would fight for the hope of me. -Wes Moore, AACC 2017 Opening Keynote I personally had a really great AACC meeting for the following reasons: Wes…
RCCA Keynote 2016: Never Rest on Your Technology Laurels: Community College Trends for the Future
Never Rest on Your Technology Laurels: Community College Trends for the Future is a look at issues which will impact the deployment of technology at the rural community college. Thanks…
The Mouse is Watching You
I always feel like somebody’s watching me -Rockwell Keeping up with all of the new technology coming at us is a difficult if not impossible task. If you watch this…
The High Cost of the High Cost of Higher Education
Future discussion of President Obama’s proposal for free community college will be ugly whether you support the idea or not. It’s how our political system seems to operate. Personally, I…
Why Higher Ed must change and how IT can help
There are truly monster sized challenges in effectively delivering quality technology services in higher education. The size of the monsters small schools are facing are smaller than the larger institutions,…
Why IT Departments need a 12 year old on staff
In the later part of the summer in 2012 Google replaced Gmail video chat with Google+ Hangouts. "Unlike the old video chat, which was based on peer-to-peer technology, Hangouts utilize…
Are You Ready for the Digital Dark Age?
Data Storage and the Digital Dark Age "Back when information was hard to copy people valued the copies and took care of them. Now, copies are so common as to…
Are you Ready for the Zettabyte?
NOTE: I have really enjoyed discussing techy stuff with our new Casper College librarian Brad Matthies since he arrived at Casper College and asked him to add his 2 cents…
What makes an Effective Technology Committee in Education
NOTE: I adapted this work from a Tech Planning Model from a Law Firm for use in an education setting. The link broke where I referenced this and I haven’t…