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Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2008
Today, "lifelong learning" encompasses a wide range of student profiles and curricular designs, but a growing subset of the nation's life-long learning programs are non-credit and designed specifically for students over the age of 50. The good news is that "over 50" does not mean "out of the technology loop." In this article, the author discusses…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Lifelong Learning, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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Villano, Matt – T.H.E. Journal, 2008
When Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the company's iPod in October 2001, it was the first portable media player of its kind, and he predicted the technology would change the educational landscape forever. Today, more than six years later, a growing number of educators are using the iPod and a bevy of other tools to supplement lessons with that…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Speech Communication
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Villano, Matt – T.H.E. Journal, 2008
In the old days, professional development didn't extend any further than the workshops teachers would attend to learn new applications. After the workshop, the teachers were on their own once they returned to school and had to figure out how to use their new tools. Today, things are different as technologies are too complex and the need to…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Professional Development, Technology Integration, High Schools
Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2009
In this article, the author discusses how several institutions are turning to popular technologies to streamline and facilitate fundraising efforts. These popular solutions include social networking websites and other Web 2.0 tools, e-mail marketing products, and a new look at enterprise-level solutions. At Monmouth College, web professionals…
Descriptors: Fund Raising, Internet, Social Networks, Web Sites
Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2007
In many ways, unified communications (UC) is the Holy Grail in the world of campus telecommunications; everybody wants it, yet the phrase means something different to everyone. "Campus Technology" (CT) tackled this subject in the recent webinar sponsored by Applied Voice & Speech Technologies (AVST), "Ten Steps for Building an Affordable, Reliable…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Telecommunications, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education
Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2007
Many colleges and universities are doing their part to react to environmental challenges without breaking the bank. For most, intelligent response involves technology. Schools such as Pennsylvania State University, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Adelphi University (New York), Hamilton College (New York), and Fairfield University…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Colleges, Energy Conservation, Conservation (Environment)
Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2009
Protecting one's institution's technology assets and resources is all about maximizing return on those investments--and that means driving users to take full advantage of new technology rollouts, and not sapping or overburdening help desk resources because users are not fully versed in and encouraged to use new tools. That means one will need to…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Information Services, Technical Support, Technology Uses in Education
Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2008
Wikis and blogs may be today's Web 2.0 darlings, but forward-looking institutions are going after the next big thing: collaboration in real time. As mainstream technology has advanced and the cost of web conferencing has dropped, a growing number of institutions are finding creative ways to achieve synchronous collaboration. What's more, the…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Information Technology, Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication
Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2006
True excellence in technology implementation emerges when IT, administrative, and academic leaders link IT to mission-critical institutional objectives, investing in hardware and software to serve an explicit purpose and a distinct population of users. This article illustrates that at public institutions of higher education in New Hampshire as…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Critical Thinking, Appropriate Technology, Influence of Technology
Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2007
A long time ago, revamping a school's telecommunications infrastructure was up there with scaling Mount Everest as one of the toughest challenges around. First up was the task of finding a new PBX. Then came the chore of rewiring the campus. Before long, project costs skyrocketed. Even well-funded IT departments struggled to get the job done.…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Telecommunications, Information Technology, Higher Education
Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2007
Back in the 1990s, when Bill Clinton was president and the internet was still a novelty, college recruitment was remarkably low-tech. Most prospective students visited high school guidance offices, wrote away for information about schools, attended college fairs, and visited campuses they were considering. Most admissions and recruiting activities…
Descriptors: Internet, Recruitment, Marketing, Computer Uses in Education
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Villano, Matt – T.H.E. Journal, 2007
Some of the worst collateral damage from a tragedy does not occur till after the smoke clears; namely, the usurping of the name of the location where the event took place, which over time gets repurposed into metaphor and served as a caveat. Vietnam has resonated for decades as a reference to protracted war. Kent State is likewise laden with…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, School Security, Safety, Educational Administration
Villano, Matt – Technology & Learning, 2006
Computers on wheels, or COWs, combine the wireless technology of today with the audio/visual carts of yesteryear for an entirely new spin on mobility. Increasingly used by districts with laptop computing initiatives, COWs are among the hottest high-tech sellers in schools today, according to market research firm Quality Education Data. In this…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Access to Computers, Technology Integration, Virtual Classrooms
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Villano, Matt – T.H.E. Journal, 2007
In many classrooms, movies are a special occasion--a tool that creative teachers intersperse with regular lessons to supplement the everyday curriculum and make learning fun. At the nine school districts served by the Monroe 2-Orleans Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) in Spencerport, New York, movies are becoming part of the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Technology, Instructional Materials, Multimedia Instruction
Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2007
MySpace and Facebook may have been pioneers in the world of social software, but nowadays, colleges and universities across the country are embracing better and more targeted forms of technology, to enable their campus users to interact. Today, the world of social software includes traditional venues and formats: (1) blogs; (2) wikis; and (3)…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Computer Software, Educational Technology
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