These can range anywhere from those departments that do no have enough money to buy the basics or those who want to keep up with the latest or the sophisticated demands of their students and cannot because of budget constraints. We are also blessed with the want-nots. This groups does not want to have anything to do with technology. Many do now own, nor do they wish to own a computer and are extremely skeptical of its value. They are perfectly happy to continue with chalk in hand, to do things the way in which they have always been done and will defend this way of life with their dying breath.
Tensions abound . . .
So much to win . . . I am greeted by bleary-eyed technicians pouring out of the room jubilant and relieved that the demo scheduled for that day will finally work. Two months of harried preparation is finally culminating in a six-way, live conference delivered through a broadband multimedia communications link called Canarie. We're treated to an hour of online discussion about this new way to communicate. Don't try this without the aid of an expert, we're warned.