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What happened to HP calculators?

I have to go buy a new calculator for my combinatorics class, as well as for the physics classes I'm teaching next year. While my old HP 48G still works, it lacks the connectivity options I need for in-class demos and it's painfully slow. To HP's credit, it...

Tags: Education Technology

Blog posts 2007-07-12

If calculators=Chuck E. Cheese employee, then computers=?

A recent post of mine Revenge of the calculators seemed to ring true with quite a few readers. I think that most math teachers would agree wholeheartedly that an overreliance on calculators has done an awful lot of damage to students computational skills. Most would also agree that...

Tags: calculator, Education Technology

Blog posts 2007-02-02

Revenge of the calculators

I took my kids to Chuck E. Cheese today. We had a great time eating pizza and playing games and, as always, the kids racked up quite a few tickets. For those of you who have never had the pleasure of going to one of these epicenters of...

Tags: Education Technology, calculator, Chuck E. Cheese

Blog posts 2007-01-27

Students show off online work in state capitol

Michigan students from third grade on up are headed off to the state capital to show legislators how they use high tech in their classrooms, reports The Daily Telegram. Students travelled to show off what cool things theyve been doing with their class blogs, graphing calculators and...

Tags: Blogging, calculator, Jon Musolf

Blog posts 2006-11-14

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Tags: Mobile, Decision Support, Skyscape Inc., Data Mining, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management

Software downloads 2009-06-20

Has the UK gone too far in social media education?

I have to share a cartoon that made its way to me last week (yes, I'm as behind in my blogging as I am in my day job, my spring yard work, and virtually every other aspect of my life) and then give a bit of thought to the story...

Tags: Education, Curriculum, Social Media, U.K., Twitter, Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-03-29

Happy birthday to me: a $20 laptop?

Happy birthday to me: a $20 laptop?Yes! India can do it.I think, India can do it, because of it size and manpower. They have done it for Mobile phone.India has the second largest cell phone users in the world and call charges are cheapest in the world and main thing...

Tags: Notebooks, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-02-02

Obama and Ed Tech

Obama and Ed TechNice one Chris...Handing out an Acer Aspire One connected to Wi-Fi broadband to every child is not going to solve education problems. What about inept teachers? What about poorly designed curriculums? The problem with you Chris is that you think your current fad is the ubiqutious solution...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, INTERNET, obama, Obama, computer

Discussion threads 2009-01-19

Is George Ou right?

Is George Ou right?Individualized drillIf every student must learn extensive details by rote, each student can work with a computer to learn at his own pace.Why the periodic table is considered important for all I'm uncertain. But so long as it must be learned, let the computer do the...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Workforce management, Jargon, Technolgy, computer, Facebook, tool, programming

Discussion threads 2008-11-04

Enough already with the Luddite schools

Enough already with the Luddite schoolsI think middle school is better for tech than primary.I would rather see hand written reports up to and including 4th grade. Technology is great but so far cognitive scientists have not created a device that rivals the human brain. If you don't develop all...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Recruitment & Selection, public school

Discussion threads 2008-11-03

Dumbing down our math tests?

Dumbing down our math tests?Two factors at work.One, the "we mustn't make anyone feel bad" syndrome.And, two, the old adage: Those who can, do; those who can't, teach. You and I both know there's more than a little truth in that saying.Combine the two, mix in a little union, and...

Tags: Dumbing Down, math test, education

Discussion threads 2008-06-05

Has math instruction actually changed in the last 40 years?

Has math instruction actually changed in the last 40 years?It depends....In my kids' school district, math teaching is geared toward taking the district assessments and focuses specifically on learning what will be on the next assessment. Assessments are given quarterly. While this school district didn't exist 40 years...

Tags: math instruction, calculator

Discussion threads 2008-04-30

Has math instruction actually changed in the last 40 years?

I started my last two master's classes last night (!!). Since the classes consist largely of teachers, we usually end up having some pretty interesting discussions about teaching approaches to translating the master's-level content to secondary education. The first professor of the evening (analytic geometry, although...

Tags: Geometry, Professor, Math, Student, Teacher, Productivity, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-04-30

When all the technology in the world won't help

When all the technology in the world won't helpSmall Town BudgetsThe facts are most small town school systems will continue to teach non-technically. I'm a product of one small public high school two-hours from DC that couldn't afford a Calculus teacher. Solution? They gave us a telephone...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer, geometry

Discussion threads 2008-04-10

Hybrid cars becoming ever more political

Hybrid cars becoming ever more politicalThey have printable solar cells nowShould be easy to cover cars with solar cells.RE: Hybrid cars becoming ever more politicalThe power the corps have over the government should be disconcerting to all of you. As for the alternatives, of course Detroit is hemming and hawing....

Tags: Engineering, Insurance, Hybrid-car, ever-more

Discussion threads 2008-04-03

So about that 2009 Federal Budget

So about that 2009 Federal BudgetSigh.First, why is it that if the Federal Government doesn't pay for something that "something" no longer exists. As with Stem Cell Research Technology from schools can be and should be paid for by States and local communities. I'd save the Constitutional...

Tags: Taxes, Catholic School

Discussion threads 2008-02-05

(Photos: Solar power for the masses of gadgets)

(Photos: Solar power for the masses of gadgets)It's a great idea, and I'm all for them, but...being that I, like most users I suspect, charge my phone, PDA, etc., at NIGHT while I'm sleeping, and use my car's charging system when on the road during the day...I don't see how...

Tags: Engineering, Telecom & Utilities, battery, laptop computer, charger, solar energy, photograph

Discussion threads 2008-01-10

Yes, you can use your calculators

Yes, you can use your calculatorsso true...In a couple of years I will begin to teach middle school math, so more than likely it'll be some sort of algebra. I think that it will definitely be crucial for these kids not to become too dependent on calculators. IDK...

Tags: calculator

Discussion threads 2007-11-27

Building a better NCLB?

A report in eSchool News discusses potential updates to the No Child Left Behind legislation, with a focus on "21st Century Skills." While I always look forward to recommendations from fearless bureaucrats whose children attend private schools in suburban Maryland and Virginia, it appears that the chair of the...

Tags: School, Student, Teacher, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2007-08-06

A math lab in your cell phone

As most of us are using cell phones today, Israeli scientists have decided to put a math lab in your pocket. They developed a library of math modules which can be installed on almost cell phones available today. So you'll be able to see graphs or solve equations on your...

Tags: Computers &, Internet, Social Sciences, Wireless &, Telecom

Blog posts 2007-07-12