And while district administrators worried initially that poorer students would not own devices, they discovered something of "an inverse relationship" between family income and the sophistication of their devices, particularly smartphones, said Don Boulware, the district's director of technology services.
"What we've seen is that there isn't one piece of curriculum that fits the needs of every teacher," said Keith Bockwoldt, director of technology services.
"We're dealing with really bright students here," says Michael Nieckoski, Landmark's director of educational technology services.
The next must-have technology for colleges that want to be at the forefront of information dispersal is wireless Internet access on campus, according to John Meerts, director of information technology services at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.
William G. Smojver, director of technology and information services for the school district of Waukesha, Wis., near Milwaukee, said he called the company recently to ask about the pending delivery of machines and was told that a letter would be going out soon describing the company's new policy.
Until he lost his job in April 2001 as director of technology for the interactive-services group at Viacom, Mr. Feinstein had a career trajectory that seemed to go one way: up.
His father is the director of information and technology services at Stephens College in Columbia, Mo.
Microsoft is working on kiosks too, said Tim Gruver, director of technology and strategy for Microsoft worldwide distribution and services.
"Copper Mountain understands the technology needed to develop business-focused DSL services, and we have rolled out our network on a national scale with their help," says Mike Borsetti, director of technology strategy at NorthPoint.
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