What a year it has been. Whoops, did I say year? I meant month. But also year. And this past month has felt like a year what with moving the college students in/out within a week. Leah McCann wrote last time about how our alma mater continues to make headlines, and it isn’t even basketball season! (I know we are probably not going to have much of a basketball season.)
But once more, our plight sheds light at the end of the tunnel because where there is a problem, technology offers a solution. I know that most schools and universities aren’t super looking forward to the choice of whether to keep students around or send them home after spending all that money on updating equipment for HyFlex classrooms, but that’s life. Never forget that keeping yourselves, students, faculty and staff is what is important here.
Although there isn’t a perfect solution to the whole “what the heck are we doing and what is going on in schools” question at the moment, we’re figuring it out.
Speaking of figuring it out — the columns I have for you this week are about just that. Jeff Hastings writes about the different temperature-screening solutions out there and the ups and downs of all options. Christopher Jaynes writes about the productivity killer called “double join” in videoconferencing. Finally, Mark Coxon writes about IT vs. experience. All are great and worthy reads.
Also — scroll down and check out Kramer’s new matrix switcher, AmpliVox’s lectern and Sony’s upgraded BRC camera range!
Enjoy!