You Might Just Learn Something with Greg and Blaine

You Might Just Learn Something
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Take a narrative tour along the Education IT path featuring ideas, innovative approaches to trends, and overcoming challenges with Greg Kovich, Global Sales Director for Education at Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, Blaine Albios, Global Education Marketing Manager and their industry-leading guests. This conversation includes strategic takeaways to enhance your future education journey.

Episodes

  1. NaaS – Your cloud-based superhero

    12/06/2023

    NaaS – Your cloud-based superhero

    Is your enterprise network infrastructure in need of a make-over?  A refresh?  Could your IT department use a cost-effective solution to save the day? How do you keep up with all the technology, hardware and software when it changes faster than Superman in a phone booth, without breaking the bank?  Join Greg and Blaine for an enlightening conversation about Network as a Service (NaaS) and how you can keep today’s dynamic hardware and software at your fingertips, while being easy on your wallet.  This cloud-based, budget friendly and IT approved solution can be your superhero!  Learn more about the benefits of Network as a Service in this informative white paper at:   https://www.al-enterprise.com/en/gated-assets/naas-wp

    35 min
  2. Safe Campus: Saving minutes means saving lives

    10/18/2023

    Safe Campus: Saving minutes means saving lives

    Is your campus protected in an emergency?  Is your school ready to proactively communicate before, during and after any safety breaches, natural disasters, or weather events?   Join Greg and Blaine for a thorough analysis of the safety issues schools and college campuses are experiencing and the ways digital transformation can give you the upper hand in handling these issues quickly and effectively.  We all play a part in keeping our students, faculty, and campuses safe.  The clock is ticking… are you ready?  Learn more about how digital transformation can play a significant role in safe campus at: https://www.al-enterprise.com/en/industries/education/intelligent-campus/safe-and-secure-campus

    42 min
  3. Cybersecurity: Everything, everywhere, zero trust

    08/17/2023

    Cybersecurity: Everything, everywhere, zero trust

    One password could save the day...or bring it all crashing down!!! In today's IT environment, constant attacks (malware, ransomware, etc.) insidiously try to compromise your campus network. Cybersecurity experts John Matthews and Tom Rumland of VMware join Greg and Blaine for a lively (and scary) discussion on how campus networks become compromised and the basic steps to keep your network and data safe and secure. Learn more by reading our cybersecurity blog at https://www.al-enterprise.com/en/blog/cybersecurity-on-campus

    45 min
  4. Mental Health on Campus: It takes a community

    07/19/2023

    Mental Health on Campus: It takes a community

    How can you make a difference on campus? The recent global health crisis affected a generation of students and demonstrated that mental stressors not only lead to poor performance in school, but also in life.  Greg and Blaine discuss the serious topic of mental health on campus and approaches to help students obtain a degree, get social support, financial assistance and participate in special interest groups using campus communities.  As mental health concerns grow on campuses across the globe, these communities make a difference helping students and faculty thrive, while giving them a reason to belong.  Campus communities make a difference.  Learn more about mental health by reading our white paper https://www.al-enterprise.com/-/media/assets/internet/documents/mental-health-on-campus-white-paper-en.pdf

    47 min

  5. 04/08/2022

    Learning is Social: Engage, collaborate and educate to empower student success

    Greg and Blaine chat about social learning in education and how participation in active learning - rather than a lecture-based curriculum – helps build communities and mastery of subjects.

    40 min

  6. 04/08/2022

    Cybersecurity in Education: IT’s everyone’s job to safeguard learning environments

    Felipe Soriano, Network Solutions Architect with Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, joins Greg to discuss the challenges of protecting education networks and the solutions that prevent cyber attacks and more.

    47 min
  7. Classroom Control: IT was the best of times AND the worst of times

    01/22/2022

    Classroom Control: IT was the best of times AND the worst of times

    Brenda Kovich, 2-time award winner of National Board of Professional Teaching Standards Certification, converses with Greg and Blaine about the success and pain of different learning platforms, classroom scheduling and maintaining control during 100% online and hybrid learning and how technology can help engage learners online safely and securely. Learn more about classroom control https://www.al-enterprise.com/en/industries/education/intelligent-campus/student-centric-services

    1h 4m

  8. 01/21/2022

    Remote Learning: Seems like IT’s built on duct tape and wiring sometimes…

    Paula Miller and Sheri McDonald from Albuquerque Public Schools join Greg and Blaine to chat about the scramble to reinvent learning during a pandemic and important lessons learned about the practical strategy and implementation of remote learning and its effectiveness for students and teachers. Learn more about empowering student success https://www.al-enterprise.com/en/solutions/business-continuity/continuity-of-learning

    53 min

  9. 01/21/2022

    Empowering Student Success: Should IT feel like my locker is glued shut?

    Greg and Blaine address the challenges facing students today and how digital transformation can help unlock your faculty and students’ potential. Hear how to navigate the education journey and place your students at the center of learning and provide safe, nurturing and customized learning. Learn more about empowering student success https://www.al-enterprise.com/en/industries/education

    38 min
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Take a narrative tour along the Education IT path featuring ideas, innovative approaches to trends, and overcoming challenges with Greg Kovich, Global Sales Director for Education at Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, Blaine Albios, Global Education Marketing Manager and their industry-leading guests. This conversation includes strategic takeaways to enhance your future education journey.

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