Blackboard

I have been following this debate for a little while and know that Blackboard isn’t really look upon as innovative, but it is still what our college uses for distance education.  They sued another company and won 3 million dollars because of the patent that blackboard had.  I was wondering, what you all thought about boycotting Blackboard as requested by MGuhlin in his blog.  Do you think that colleges will go with the free alternatives?  It would save the college money and with the budget cuts, it might not be such a bad idea.  Maybe we don’t have to pay more for online classes then. Let me know what you think.

Adoption Graph you must look at.

You must look at this blog.  It is just one little paragraph and the graph of when some of the technology was invented and how long it took to get into each household.  I was surprised to find out that the internet was even around till about  1990.    Make sure you click on the graph to make it bigger so it is easier to read.  Also, look at how long it took for the telephone to be adopted compared to the cell phone.  Why do you think that is?  Are we more understanding of change now than we used to be?  Are we in need of a cell phone than we were of a telephone?  I don’t know, but I bet it has something to do with Americans being in the fast paced world that we need everything at our fingertips.  Look at the new Ziphone.  (I think that is what it is called)  I even looked at the invention of a washer back in the 1925 where a dryer wasn’t invented till 1950’s.  I guess they didn’t need to dry their clothes in the winter till the 50’s??   I just found it interesting.  Be sure to check it out.