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Will the new Kindle DX complicate plagiarism prevention?

Will the new Kindle DX complicate plagiarism prevention?Swimming upstreamAs with any misconduct, the solution is going to be a matter of hearts and minds rather than control and enforcement.Is technology such as Kindle the real threat / problem, or is it rather our society, our educational structure, which produces students...

Tags: college kid, plagiarism prevention, new Kindle DX, Kindle DX

Discussion threads 2009-05-08

Saints and non-smokers also get lung cancer

Saints and non-smokers also get lung cancer.....One more reason I am glad I live in California! It's hard for smokers around where I live. And amen to that! No smoking indoors, or within 25 feet of air intakes, windows or doors. And I love telling smokers they have to back...

Tags: smoker, college kid, risk

Discussion threads 2008-09-09

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Flu shot controversy illustrates compliance problem

I refuse the flu shot every year...and definately will be refusing the H1N1. As a young adult with a healthy immune system I see no point. Sure I may get the sniffles - but diet, exercise, and such take care of most of it. Who knows what is ACTUALLY in...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, SECURITY, compliance, flu shot, flu

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Teens are generation Apple as iPod, iPhone dominance reigns

Look at fall 2007Two years ago, 13% said they planned to buy a Zune. And, almost none of them did.Apple owns this market in the USA and will until the category of MP3 player is no longer relevant.I wonder how many teens plan to buy a Windows Mobile 6.5 phone?Big...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Microsoft Windows 7, Operating systems, Apple Inc., MP3, MP3 player, iPod iPhone dominance reign, dominance reign, Microsoft Windows, Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

The Open College Textbook Act of 2009

ProfsWhat will the profs who force everyone to buy the latest edition of their own $125 textbook do now?Probably still the same thing.RE: The Open College Textbook Act of 2009You do know that this act will severely curtail the research that could lead to new curricula and textbooks?Why? It's because...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, textbook, Open College Textbook Act

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Those darned kids and their multitasking

Multitasking is good for some things...but not for others. I'm also a natural multitasker, in that I get bored if I'm not. I can watch TV, listen to the radio, write a paper, surf the web, respond to text messages, and cook. But none of those things...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Advertising & Promotion, that-I, TV

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

What if my kid went to Dawson's School of Online Learning?

As long as you are not teachingOtherwise they would be in a class called Google101.AcronymsYou gotta be careful about acronyms. SOL is a common acro for s**t-outta-luck. With the D in front, you get: da**-s**t-outta-luck. Not what you should use for a school, is it? And you can't use just...

Tags: E-learning, training and certification, Sol, education, Dawson, online learning, Harvard

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

Not your father's tech school

Recently, I've had the opportunity to visit our local vacational/technical school several times. When I was a kid, the voc tech school was only for dropouts, burnouts, and pregnant girls, with the occasional budding mechanic thrown in for good measure. This couldn't be further from the case now...

Tags: School, Clinical Trial, Tech School, Healthcare, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-09-09

10 things I think I think about Palm's Pixi webOS smartphone

It looks like my Treo ProVery few differences from the front point of view.I don't get it. Is it a common knowledge thatSprint is a mediocre wireless carrier? Didn't you all complained that AT&T service sucks? if that is the case, what is left among major suppliers? Verizon? Some of...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Smart phones, Wireless and Mobility, Cellular phones, smart phone, Palm Inc., Wi-Fi, Sprint Communications, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone, network

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

When you say SPAM, it had better mean canned luncheon meat

My Hovercraft is full of eelsNo, sorry, that was a mistranslation. I meant to say I liked spam as a kid. As an adult older than you the thought of canned meat isn't particularly appealing.Green eggs and ham were always out.My VoteI say we keep using the term "spam"...

Tags: Cyberthreats, First Use, spam, Hormel

Discussion threads 2009-08-23

Designers build portfolios, maybe land jobs at 99 Designs

At a family event over the weekend, I spent some time chatting with a cousin who just graduated from high school but isn't sure what he wants to do next. He's enrolled for some classes at a community college and has bigger dreams of a career in child psychology. But,...

Tags: Job, Work, Recruitment & Selection, Desktop Publishing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-17

10 bits of tech the back-to-school student should avoid

This is what they use at UoKBut have no idea of their infrastructure or how it works. http://www.bradfordnetworks.com/products/cm.htmlIt'll either be a software or hardware thingamajig - either way it's a third party solution to stop networks from being expanded in this way.I disagree...... about the wireless keyboard/mouse and the wireless...

Tags: Routers & switches, Keyboards, SECURITY, Network technology, Symantec Corp., router, laptop computer, wireless, monitor

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

Is crowdsourcing a better choice for grading?

Today, tomorrow and self interestWith peer reviews, the problem is that the reviewers won't dare to criticize strongly. Or even at all...Their self interest is at stake: today they are the reviewers, but tomorrow their work will be reviewed by the same person whose work they are reviewing now. In...

Tags: Business ethics, fact statement, world view, crowdsourcing

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

While I'm away...Kindlenomics and OLPC revisited

Since my wife is 6 months pregnant and my mom is visiting from Seattle, we've decided to take a night away while said mom watches the kids. As a result, you get one more repost. I'll be back tomorrow, recharged after a bed and breakfast getaway; it will...

Tags: Student, Hardware, Textbook, One Laptop Per Child Project, Kindle, Kindroid, XO 2.0, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-07-30

Why doesn't kid #1 tweet anymore?

Why doesn't kid #1 tweet anymore?geolocaton like latitude will be nextSince the rise of mobile devices the first question everyone asks on the phone is "where are you?" I still do it to my dad sometimes even when I call him on his house line. Geolocation will rid the world...

Tags: Twitter

Discussion threads 2009-07-24

What does the Chrome OS mean for education?

Well, at the moment, nothing. As Larry Dignan pointed out in his post this morning, "...the Chrome OS announcement is largely a preannouncement. There won’t be anything to see for a year." That being said, an interesting response to my post, "Windows 7 is the same as Ubuntu,"...

Tags: Education, Desktop, Student, Eclipse, Web Browser, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Web Browsers, Hardware, Internet, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-07-08

For high school students, SAT Vocab Challenge iPhone app hardly 'deleterious'

Got a kid in high school? The Princeton Review has created an iPhone app you'll both love. The makers of college test-prep books and courses have designed an SAT-prep application for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch that, quite frankly, is a lot of...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Student, App, Princeton Review, Games, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-12

A case for rugged laptops?

A case for rugged laptops?Just switched to a netbook desktop PC combinationToshiba had the same problem with its power connections. My Jan 08 Satellite L40-17U, which my wife now uses, has its power connection at the back also. My wife likes to watch movies while sitting in bed......

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Desktops, laptop computer, netbook, rugged laptop

Discussion threads 2009-06-03

If a color Kindle is years away, where does that leave e-textbooks?

If a color Kindle is years away, where does that leave e-textbooks?Color KindleI am an avid e-Book reader on laptop and iPod Touch. I want to like the large Kindle, but the up-front price is just over the top. (I acknowledge that the price includes services.) Among...

Tags: E-books, Notebooks, Kindle is year, Kindle IS, e-book

Discussion threads 2009-05-29

Latest "Laptop Hunter" ad - Lauren and Mom

Latest "Laptop Hunter" ad - Lauren and MomWhy do we need a commercial...to prove what everybody has known for years, that Apple computers are rip-offs.Um, same name, different women...These are two different Laurens... And the Lauren in this add is not helping her mom, she's buying the laptop herself, for...

Tags: advertisement, Apple Macintosh, laptop computer, Microsoft Corp., Now Microsoft, PC

Discussion threads 2009-05-21