The Birth of Your Next Initiative
The ‘smart’ classroom, connectivity, and administrative
IT will lead your challenges for 2007. Grab some instant
knowledge and start planning!
Since we introduced this special
101 Best Practices issue back
in December 2005, we’ve
come to see that the spark of a good
idea is indeed a very powerful thing.
All year long, we here at Campus
Technology delve into the nitty-gritty
of what makes a technology initiative
work and return real benefits to its
user community and its institution. We
know that this kind of in-depth coverage
is just what you need when
you’ve got rudimentary plans on the
table, or are considering implementing
new technology or processes.
But for every tech plan you may
have set before you, there are at least
10 other initiatives waiting in the
wings—projects that in the coming
year will enable deeper levels of learning
or engagement, streamline connectivity,
or facilitate administrative
processes campuswide. Trouble is,
you may not be thinking about those
things yet. But you should: It will be
your ability to keep fanning the flames
of new ideas while your current ones
come off the production line, that will
keep your institution competitive with
peer schools, and keep your student,
faculty, and staff communities most
productive.
That’s why, in this year-end issue,
we depart from “drill-down,” and offer
you instead 101 great ideas for your
next technology initiatives. For 2007,
that means 101 Best Practices in
Smart Classroom, Connectivity, and
Administrative IT—all to get you thinking,
planning, and headed toward
your next campus technology success.
(Maybe next year, your new
tech project will be our Best Practice
number 102!)
So, glance at our table of contents
to find each of the three areas we
highlight for 2007; read from 1 to
101, or head to our “Where to Find…”
index and resource guide on pages 6
and 8 in our print edition, to locate the precise area of
focus you’re looking for. The “best
practice” numeral will take you right to
your most-needed information, but
you can also scan this valuable
resource guide to pinpoint institutions
whose initiatives you may want to reference;
technology vendors whose
products you may wish to research; or
tech vendors that are advertisers in
this issue, and for whose products
you may want additional information.
Finally, don’t miss our special CT
Solutions selection this month (pages
54 to 56 in our print edition)—targeted at our three section
focuses. And use our 2007 Shows
to Know section (page 58 in our print edition) to get you
to the industry and campus tech community
conferences dedicated to our
Big Three. All year long this special
101 guide, chock-full of “how they did
it” references, will keep you thinking
and planning ahead. Find us also on
the web.
—Katherine Grayson, Editor-In-Chief
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