What’s Next? 2024 Predictions | Integrator Insights

“Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.” – Peter Drucker For those few of you who noticed, the Integrator Insights column had quite a hiatus during the second half of 2023, but, hey, January is... Read More

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January 19, 2024

Alright Professor DeMille, are you ready for your close-up? | IDI

So last time we began discussing why your instructors might want to use video for their courses, and how we as the AV professionals at the university can help them through our technical expertise, and why these were good ideas. Suggestions ranged from LMS integration to quizzes in a video to analytics. ... Read More

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January 19, 2024

What’s The Point: Don’t crash the plane

What’s the point: Don’t crash the plane due to minutia Bearing no resemblance at all to my day job, I was watching a documentary series the other night breaking down all the causes and steps that resulted in plane crashes. In one particular case they mentioned something I recognized immediately but never... Read More

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January 15, 2024

Martin Luther King Jr: On the Purpose of Higher Education

[Photo credit: https://100.ucla.edu/timeline/martin-luther-king-jr-speaks-at-ucla] Martin Luther King Jr.: On the Purpose of Higher EducationJoe Way, PhD, CTS In 1948 as a student at Morehouse College, Martin Luther King Jr., delivered a speech entitled, “The Purpose of Education,” where he proclaimed that “the function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.... Read More

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January 9, 2024

2024 Predictions | IT in AV

We are now in 2024 and it is time to make our predictions again. Before I jump into this year’s predictions, let’s see how I did with last year’s. I mentioned that we are killing AV as we know it. A quick summary of that is that I meant that we are losing the basic... Read More

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January 8, 2024

Trade Show Season: How to Get the Most Value for You and Your Employer | Business of AV

Trade Show Season: How to Get the Most Value for You and Your EmployerBusiness of AVJoe Way, PhD, CTS For higher ed tech managers, the spring semester is the hotbed for the most important trade shows in our vertical, with ISE in January, HETMA in February, NW/MET and MCUAV in March, NAB in April, and... Read More

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