Category Archives: Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!)

Looking for Suggestions on Mapping Software

By Michael Feldstein | August 6, 2008

OK, Dear Reader, I need your help once again. You haven’t let me down yet.
My wife is working on a summer program for high school ESL kids who come from all over the world. She and her colleagues are fairly non-technical. They want to create a map of the world where they can display information [...]

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SIS to Facebook Direct. Introducing Schools on Facebook.

By Michael Staton | July 31, 2008

Hi!  I’m Michael Staton and I’m a guest blogger.  What I say in no way represents Michael Feldstein or his ancestors.  Also, our screenshot here is of our app with Abilene Christian University, a school known for being a thought leader in instructional technology and mobile learning products. (They give their students iPhones.  No, really.  [...]

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Purse String Paradigm Shift

By Michael Staton |

Michael just introduced me two posts below.  I’m Michael Staton, and I’m a guest blogger.
As Michael already mentioned, my fledgling start up, Inigral, has been included in the alpha partnership with Oracle’s new release of their SIS. I wanna take this post to toot Michael’s horn a little, as he wouldn’t do something like [...]

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The Second Anniversary: Blackboard v. Desire2Learn

By Jim Farmer | July 29, 2008

This is a guest post by Jim Farmer
Two years ago while speaking at the Desire2Learn Users Conference, CEO John Baker learned that Blackboard Inc. accused Desire2Learn of infringing a Blackboard patent. Following a jury’s decision and failed attempts to reach a settlement, the dispute is now headed for appeal at the U.S. Court of Appeals [...]

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Please Welcome Guest Blogger Michael Staton

By Michael Feldstein | July 27, 2008

Michael is the CEO of a company called Inigral, the company that produces the Facebook Courses application. You may have seen his earlier guest post for the On the Horizon. I have been talking a fair bit with Michael lately because my team at Oracle has been working with his company on integration through the [...]

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