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EPEE 2.0 (Windows)

EPEE is a file storage system to be used day to day in your classroom. Stored by drag and drop, your curriculum files and all resources are just a click away to open, project or print. Drag any file into an EPEE cell and a copy is stored into the...

Tags: Curriculum, Microsoft Windows, Standards, Ed-Man, EPEE, Quality, Business Operations

Software downloads 2009-08-17

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

How many techs does it take to change a lightbulb?

The easy answer is one, once we gather requirements, generate purchase orders for the bulb, get signatures in triplicate from appropriate departments, test the bulb, and conduct end user acceptance testing. The reason I ask, though, is that I'm stretched a bit thin right now. Sure,...

Tags: Curriculum, Tech, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-09-18

Calling guest bloggers - What is your Internet safety curriculum?

I've had a few readers submit guest blogs. The extra perspective is great and I'm always willing to review more. Today, though, given my last article on Internet Safety classes in Virginia, I'd really like to get some writeups of curricula posted for other readers to peruse (and...

Tags: Curriculum, Health Care, Blogger, Internet, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-04-09

Creating Teaching Tools for Nurses

Rev Je Kan Adler-Collins MA PGCE REMT RN, is assistant professor at Fukuoka University in Japan. Mr. Collins had a daunting task that had never been done before: creating the first healing nursing curriculum in Japan. Because of the complexities of the lesson plans, it was critical to find ways...

Tags: Curriculum, Japan, Tool, SmartDraw, Productivity

Case studies 2008-02-13

OLPC XOs rolled out in NYC schools

The non-profit group, Teaching Matters, is donating OLPC XO laptops to selected New York City Public Schools to assess their effectiveness in city classrooms. While only a small number of classes are currently piloting the miniature laptops, one such rollout has spawned a very interesting blog, chronicling the good,...

Tags: Curriculum, Blog, Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-02-06

Engineering a new curriculum

Engineering a new curriculumSome smaller schools are way ahead hereI teach engineering at two schools in CT. One University of New Haven has a core required course for non-technology students to give them an appreciation and understanding as well as the necessary vocabulary of the role that engineering and...

Tags: Sastry, Cornell University, Cornell, curriculum, new curriculum, social science, democracy, Siemens AG

Discussion threads 2007-09-10

RI offers online teachers' guide to state standards

As part of Rhode Islands plan to provide accessibility and uniformity to the states education standards, state education officials have unveiled a uniform web-based learning plan for grades K-12, reports the Providence Journal Rhode Islands education standards for each grade were developed two years ago, but until recently, no...

Tags: Education Technology, Standards

Blog posts 2007-02-14

Curriki a 'dangerous and exciting proposition'

Flying in the face of proprietary educational software, a new online educational community allows educators to share curricula with the goal of expanding educational resources for everyone, reports eSchool News. Called Curriki, the software melds social networking with open-source technologies to create an ever-evolving online resource for teachers...

Tags: Education Technology, Teaching, Bobbi Kurshan, Curriki

Blog posts 2007-01-08

Conflicting priorities

My Christmas gift this year was supposed to be a big chunk of money to jumpstart lifecycle funding at our high school. I wasnt surprised when the initial number shrank by $10k, then another $10k. Obviously, there are lots of competing interests in a small, economically depressed town....

Tags: curriculum, software

Blog posts 2006-12-17

Publisher's digital curriculum being adopted in Calif.

In an experiment that could set an educational trend, some California elementary schools are using a custom-built digital history curriculum in lieu of traditional textbooks, reports eSchool News. The innovative history program called History/Social Science for California click here for video is a product from educational publisher Pearson...

Tags: Pearson, curriculum, digitaL

Blog posts 2006-08-17

Cal. bill to give students a balanced view of copyright

California students will get a reasonably balanced view of copyright law if a bill currently in the state Legislature is passed, Ars Technica reports. The original bill, AB 307, introduced by Rep. Ed Chavez, was pretty much dictated by Hollywood lawyers. It would have withheld technology grants to...

Tags: INTERNET, Ed Chavez, Electronic Frontier Foundation, curriculum

Blog posts 2006-08-03

So what should we be teaching?

A couple of recent posts on this site touched off considerable debate on the state of the American educational system. Overall, most of us thought it should be improved no kidding and most of us felt that we need give kids a rigorous education in academic basics (again,...

Tags: Word processors, Blogging, Scripting languages, HTML, productivity software, curriculum, software, spreadsheet

Blog posts 2006-04-12

Notorious B.G. on MTV

I know I've been plumbing the intellectual depths this week, first with my last post the invincible points of which no Talkbacker managed to defeat, and now with a post that will consist almost entirely of quotes from Bill Gates. Hey, if you knew how my week has been going,...

Tags: job, Bill Gates

Blog posts 2005-10-28

Professor gives Cisco manual away for free

Professor gives Cisco manual away for freeBooks are the biggest barginWhat a bunch of nonsense. Technical books are some of the biggest bargins around. compare the cost of a 1 week class to a book at Barnes and Noble for the same material. you could buy every one on the...

Tags: book market, Books, Cisco Systems Inc., CCNP, CCNA, curriculum, network, computer

Discussion threads 2004-07-06

Additional Resources

Antitrust charges filed against Intel

Stepping backand seeing an AMD plant being built in close proximity to the capitol of New York Albany, seeing Cuomo follow in the footsteps of his Father Mario, does it surprise anyone that Cuomo is being this aggressive?It's a move which will certainly look good on his curriculum vitae when...

Tags: Corporate law, Processors, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Antitrust charge, antitrust, processor

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Parents would rather talk drugs than math/science with their kids

Well, DUH!It's always easier to talk about something that you have experience with.RE: Parents would rather talk drugs than math/science with their kidsIt would also help talking with the children about those subjects even if the parents really don't know about it! Maybe they could learn with the kids and...

Tags: Online Resource

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Who's a candidate for Desktop Linux? Your Kids.

"Hannah Montana Linux" may not be ready to give to your kids yet, but it's an idea that has legs. My partner in crime in the Frugal Tech Show, Ken Hess, who blogs over at Daniweb, recently published his list of Top 10...

Tags: Desktop, Children, Desktop Linux, Netbook, Content Filtering, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Course Credits as a Reward for Collaboration

Distance learning -  providing access to learning when the source of information and the learners are separated by time and/or distance -  has been around since the dawn of postal delivery services. In the current economic climate further education seems likely to take...

Tags: Education, Distance Learning, Collaboration, Training, Enrollment, Straighterline, Employee Orientation Training Day, E-learning, Training And Certification, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-09-06

Controversy over Obama's student address? Gimme a break!

Beats the hell outa me, Chris!I agree wholeheartedly that there should be no controversy over this. Next thing you know, the other party (sadly, the party I once called home - now I feel homeless) will want "equal time". becauseHe's an activist. All he is doing is...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, bad parent, GIMME, Obama

Discussion threads 2009-09-03