Wireless educational networks. Wireless vs. Hard-Wired Network Use in Education - Sylvia Charp. Wireless local area networks (WLANs) are increasingly being used in education, with nearly two-thirds of institutions currently using WLANs in school districts. Its market share was about $500 million in the 2001-2002 school year and will be about $800 million for the 2002-2003 school year. [Educational Technology] [Handheld Instructional Technology]  10:26:09 AM    

O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, 2003. I'm thrilled that we've finally announced the 2003 O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, to be held April 22-23, 2003 in Santa Clara, CA.

Last year was incredible, both in terms of building and being at the conference. I had a program committee without equal. The framing of the conference as a place to discover and share emerging technologies and trends worked beautifully. The presentations and tutorials were top notch. The attendees' diversity of interests and excitement at all being in one place at one time to share those interests created quite a buzz. Those who didn't make it were kicking themselves sideways, both on and offline.

This year looks to be as or more exciting. I'll once again be chairing the program and have a round table of fabulous committee members. We're gathering proposals for talks and totirials in the following areas: Rich Internet Applications, Social Software, Untethered, Biological Models of Computing, Digital Rights, Hardware, and Business Models.

To those of you considering putting in a proposal, I look forward to hearing what you have in mind. To those who look forward to attending, I can't wait myself! [raelity bytes]  10:15:16 AM