- tech grants: Common Cent$ in Grant Writing
- Tech>ology: CCCNext Generation For Systemwide Applications
- Web Principles: Google Completes On2 Acquisition
- tech grants: Evaluation=An Integral Part Of Proposals Using A Logic Model
- Tech>ology: Want To Get That Project Done? Burn It Down
- Web Principles: MSNBot Behaving Badly
- tech grants: National Science Foundation
- Tech>ology: A Good Plan Today Is Better Than A Perfect Plan Tomorrow
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tech grants: Common Cent$ in Grant Writing
Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 March 2010 Written by Juri Brilts Tuesday, 09 March 2010
Recently, I read two articles that I found extremely germane to the enterprise of grant seeking and grant writing. The first, by Mary Walters, “You Can Get the Grant,” was published January 11, 2010 in Inside Higher Ed.
Tech>ology: CCCNext Generation For Systemwide Applications
Last Updated on Tuesday, 02 March 2010 Written by Tim Calhoon Friday, 26 February 2010
There are a number of systemwide and intersegmental applications that provide services to our students and colleges in use across the state.
- CaliforniaColleges.edu Explore careers and find colleges that provide education in those areas.
- CCCApply Apply to college.
- eTranscript California Secure delivery of transcripts.
- California Virtual Campus Catalog Search for online courses across the state.
- ASSIST Find out how courses articulate between institutions.
- ePortfolio California Collect, evaluate and showcase your work.
Web Principles: Google Completes On2 Acquisition
Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 March 2010 Written by David Hammond Friday, 26 February 2010
Google recently announced that it has completed the acquisition of On2, a company which produces high-end video encoding formats. This move has led to speculation that Google may be trying to break the current stalemate in the Web video format wars with its own better-positioned contender.
On2 was the company that created what eventually became Ogg Theora, the format that is presently competing with H.264 to be the de facto standard video format on the Web. Unlike H.264, Ogg Theora is notable for being apparently free of patents, but it has been criticized as being somewhat inferior to H.264 in some technical areas.
tech grants: Evaluation=An Integral Part Of Proposals Using A Logic Model
Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 February 2010 Written by Juri Brilts Monday, 08 February 2010
In looking at proposals that have been funded over the years, one interesting element of succesful grantwriting that is becoming more and more important is evaluation.
Tech>ology: Want To Get That Project Done? Burn It Down
Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 March 2010 Written by Tim Calhoon Monday, 25 January 2010
I don't see many folks using burndown reports to manage their projects. Maybe because it is not a standard Microsoft Project (MS Project ) report and it is a pain to generate from raw MS Project data using a spreadsheet. More on this in a moment.
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