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- What will a classroom look like in 10 years?
- I went to a strategic planning action committee meeting tonight. Sounds like fun, doesn't it? Although not sexy, it is important as we look at concrete ways to implement the strategic plan our district put together. I'm on the facilities committee since technology falls under the facilities...
- Tags: Classroom, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- ePals provides safe student collaboration tools
- Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak with Ed Fish, CEO of ePals Corporation. I first heard about ePals through Intel, who recently announced that they would provide hooks to ePals' services on their Classmate PCs. While it's easy to describe ePals as "the world's largest social network...
- Tags: Collaboration, Mr., Collaboration Tool, Classroom, Teacher, Tool, ePals, Productivity, Social Networking, E-mail, Instant Messaging, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- So when can I get a Classmate PC?
- As part of Intel's press package released yesterday when they unveiled the 2nd-generation Classmate PC at IDF, they reminded us that OEMs in mature markets read North America and Europe could now begin selling the netbooks: The second-generation Intel-powered classmate PC is a type of "netbook" -...
- Tags: PC, Classroom, Intel Corp., Internet, Desktops, Manufacturing, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-04-03
- Do 1:1 solutions really need to be portable?
- News.com is carrying a story on efforts in one Brazilian city to forgo emerging trends towards OLPC-style laptops for kids and bring computing directly to kids' desks. While the Brazilian government is being courted by both OLPC and Intel to place their respective low-cost laptops into classrooms around the...
- Tags: Desk, Classroom, Tablets, Productivity, Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-03-13
- How I'd use Classmate PCs in the States (and why I really want a UMPC now)
- While the United States and other established markets are not the target for Intel's Classmate PC, I sincerely hope they bring something like this to the States. I'm still not sold on 1:1 computing in the sense of giving every middle schooler a laptop. I certainly couldn't ask...
- Tags: Ultramobile PC, Classroom, Laptop Computer, Computer, Productivity, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2007-10-28
- High Tech School in NYC: Integrating Technology Into New York classrooms
- This webcast explores how NYC elementary, middle and high schools are integrating technology into the classroom.
- Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Classroom
- Webcasts 2007-06-18
- Collaborative Learning Via Email Discussion: Strategies for ESL Writing classroom
- The technical encroachments of information technology conveys impact on the English language learning as it seems to boost students' motivation, which leads increased usage and proficiency. Thus, Malaysia has embarked on the use of Internet and information technology in the educational system in order to produce a workforce that is...
- Tags: Classroom, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, E-mail, Internet, Strategy, Online Communications, Management
- White papers 2007-03-01
- Student Self-Reported Usage of Wireless Tablet PCs in classrooms
- Wireless computing devices with novel input capabilities are becoming commonplace in college classrooms. To measure how one type of such devices, namely wireless Tablet PCs, is used in classrooms and whether they help improve teaching and learning, this paper conducted a pilot study involving four classes at various levels taught...
- Tags: PC, Tablet PC, Classroom, Tablets, Notebooks, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- White papers 2006-10-31
- Dinosaur Sightings: Computers from the 1970s
- During the disco days of the 1970s, personal computers moved out of the electronic hobbyist's garage or basement and into the office, classroom, and family den. This gallery showcases several 1970-era machines from Steven Stengel's vintage computer collection. Steven has graciously allowed us to republish his photos and descriptions. You...
- Tags: Steven Stengel, basement, garage, den, photograph, hobbyist, classroom, PC, Web site, Web
- Image galleries 2006-05-18
- Photos: Reading, blogging and 'rithmetic
- Hundreds of schools are bringing blogs and other interactive technology into the classroom.
- Tags: classroom, blogging, blog
- Image galleries 2005-10-17
- Photos: Reading, blogging and 'rithmetic
- Hundreds of schools are bringing blogs and other interactive technology into the classroom.
- Tags: classroom, blogging, blog
- Image galleries 2005-10-17
- Clickers in the classroom
- Students returning to school this fall may have a new item on their list of supplies--a handheld clicker.
- Tags: classroom, handheld
- Image galleries 2005-08-05
- Clickers in the classroom
- Students returning to school this fall may have a new item on their list of supplies--a handheld clicker.
- Tags: classroom, handheld
- Image galleries 2005-08-05
- Photos: Clickers in the classroom
- Gadgets called "clickers" are giving teachers and students alike instant feedback on how well lectures are sinking in.
- Tags: lecture, classroom, teacher
- Image galleries 2005-08-05
- Photos: Clickers in the classroom
- Gadgets called "clickers" are giving teachers and students alike instant feedback on how well lectures are sinking in.
- Tags: lecture, classroom, teacher
- Image galleries 2005-08-05
- Back-to-school PCs
- Students can head back to the classroom with PCs that balance their homework needs with entertainment features.
- Tags: classroom, PC, entertainment
- Image galleries 2005-07-07
- Back-to-school PCs
- Students can head back to the classroom with PCs that balance their homework needs with entertainment features.
- Tags: classroom, PC, entertainment
- Image galleries 2005-07-07
- An Activity Monitoring System to Support classroom Research
- More effort has focused on integrating instructional technologies into classrooms than has focused on assessing the impact of these technologies on teaching and learning performance. To evaluate whether computer technology is beneficial to the teaching and learning process requires that one first develops a system to understand what students in...
- Tags: Monitoring System, Classroom, Computer, Productivity
- White papers 2005-06-29
- Integrating technology in the classroom
- Despite the investment of millions of dollars by school districts, a recent survey found that many students and teachers use their computers mainly for such basic tasks as e-mail and word processing. In this ZDNet audiocast, we discuss the challenge facing schools across the country as they grapple with how...
- Tags: Classroom, Productivity, E-mail, Online Communications
- Webcasts 2005-06-01
- How to Design for the Live Online classroom: Creating Great Interactive and Collaborative Training Using Web
- The growing prevalence of Web conferencing has led many trainers to look closer at the ideas behind live online learning. Also referred to as virtual classrooms, synchronous learning, or Webinars, all of these terms mean basically the same thing: content delivered live over the Internet to geographically dispersed participants. This...
- Tags: Web, Training, Classroom, E-learning, Web Conferencing, Channel Management, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
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