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UC Law bans classroom web access: I love having Internet access during my grad classes. I can get additional references for any information presented with a quick bit of Googling, I can examine alternate viewpoints, or I can look at last week's homework. Of course, I can also check my email, write a blog...; Tags: Web, Professor, Student, University Of Chicago Law School, Law School, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Wiznotes (exe): Wiznotes educational software is the number 1 digital exercise book for students. Apart from providing students with an enjoyable interactive learning environment, Wiznotes is designed to help students learn and revise fast. Regular automatic updates provide the users with a continuously increasing number of innovative features that really improve students'...; Tags: Student, Mesoraware, Patches; Software downloads 2008-05-14
College Schedule Maker (zip): College Schedule Maker helps students to create their own course schedules. Example: In our university, there is a system called Online Banner where we can register our courses for the next semester. The Problem: Almost all the times we face time-conflict of a course with another, so lot of us...; Tags: Student, Course, AddaxSoft, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Management; Software downloads 2008-05-14
Ticketing 4 Schools (zip): Sell digital tickets using student ID cards and barcode scanner to school dances and events. The software will check if the student has permission to attend then the software will determine the price that each student will pay based on how you set up the price structure. After tickets are...; Tags: Software, Student, Software 4 Schools, Tools & Techniques, Sales Strategy, Scanners, Management, Sales, Hardware, Peripherals; Software downloads 2008-05-14
Is electronic tracking for students a good idea?: A pilot program in Texas is testing GPS tracking devices to combat truancy in chronic offenders who might otherwise be sent to detention facilities. According to an article in the New York Times free registration required, not only does the program seem to be working, but also doesn't seem...; Tags: Student, GPS, Leadership, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management, Hardware, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-13

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
Georgia State sued over electronic "course packs": The New York Times is reporting that three publishers are suing Georgia State University in what appears to be the first suit of its kind. The publishers allege that electronic compilations of scanned materials posted on the school website for distribution to students violates "fair use" and requires licensing....; Tags: Student, Material, Internet, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-04-17
Explaining science with drawings: A recent news release from the US National Science Foundation NSF mentions a project it helped to fund, 'Picturing to Learn.' For this project, college students have to create pencil drawings to explain scientific concepts to high school students. As says Felice Frankel, a Harvard University researcher who is leading...; Tags: National Science Foundation, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Student, Web Site Development, Productivity, Investment, Web Technology, Internet, Finance, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-04-12
Virginia, Illinois, and Texas all teaching Internet safety: Virginia became the first state this year to require Internet safety courses in its public schools. Illinois and Texas both have laws on the books relating to curriculum and instruction in this area, but Virginia is currently the only state to require such courses according to VNUNet. ...; Tags: Student, Virginia, Internet, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-04-09
eReviewBook (exe): eReviewBook enables students of all levels to dynamically create, manage, and exchange educational content. Imagine the benefits of being able to study anywhere and at any time. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Student, BrainMatriX, eReviewBook, Benefits, Human Resources; Software downloads 2008-04-04
University Optimizes Security for Campuswide Network, Increases IT Efficiency: La Trobe University, a leading higher education institution in Australia, had to automate network access controls for all clients connecting to the campuswide network. With more than 28,000 students and 2,600 staff, this was no small task. Compounding the problem was the University's high turnover rate. Thousands of incoming new...; Tags: Security, Network, Information Technology, Student, Access Control, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Networking, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software; Case studies 2008-04-01
A quick lesson for your comp sci students: I stumbled across a great explanation of why hard drives on Linux computers rarely need defragmenting. It's a common question from students and, as laid out in this post, makes for a great quick lesson on file systems and hard drive management for high school and college students just...; Tags: Hard Drive, File System, Student, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-03-26
Lab Partners (exe): Lab Partners now includes two options: Random Partners and Lab Partners by Grades. With random partners, you can load a student list for a given class, create random groups of two, three, four, or five students, and then print them out. Students who are absent can be removed or new...; Tags: Partnership, Student, Multimedia Science, Business Structures, Finance; Software downloads 2008-03-17
Is it worth the effort to provide many operating systems to students?: A reader of a recent post ("How much does credibility matter for Microsoft in Ed Tech?") made some fairly strong points in favor of offering students a wide range of computing experiences by deploying several operating systems via multiboot (I've condensed from the original a bit to save space, but...; Tags: Operating System, Student, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Linux, Apple Mac OS X, Software, Apple Mac OS, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-03-10
students Use Online Collaboration to Improve Study Habits and Learning Outcomes: In Joplin, Missouri Southern State University MSSU offers students a high-quality education while striving to keep costs down. To reduce spending, the IT department decided to replace its aging, expensive, in-house student e-mail solution with a hosted solution. To provide e-mail and related services for students and alumni, MSSU chose...; Tags: Online Collaboration, Student, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Online Communications; Case studies 2008-03-01
Math Stars PLus (dmg): Math Stars Plus challenges students to complete all fact groups up to a selectable number. As each function is successfully completed, the student earns a star. When 4 stars have been earned, the student's name is entered into the Hall of Fame. The program records every problem the student attempts...; Tags: Student, Tools & Techniques, Management; Software downloads 2008-02-27
The firewall is a little restrictive, don't you think?: We recently installed a new firewall that will ultimately allow the high school to act as a hub for all district network traffic. Since we're the only building with the space, HVAC, and bandwidth to act as a de facto data center, this makes good sense and will allow...; Tags: Student, Content Filtering, Content Management, Firewalls, Network Security, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Networking, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-02-25
Google fires up this year's Summer of Code: Google has been doing the Summer of Code for several years now, and today they just kicked off this year's program. It sounds like Google will be will hosting more students than last year's 900 -- the accepted applicants will "flip bytes instead of burgers" for their summer job....; Tags: Google Inc., Student, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Operational Accounting, Recruitment & Selection, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2008-02-25
Microsoft aims to win student developers' hearts with free dev tools: Microsoft is trying a new tactic to get more students interested in developing for the Windows platform: It's going to give them the development tools for free. During a talk entitled "On Software, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Giving Back" at Stanford University on February 19, Microsoft Chairman Bill...; Tags: Developer, Student, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Productivity, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-02-19
Virtual reality frog dissection software: Computer scientists at the University of Buffalo have developed V-Frog, the world's first virtual-reality-based frog dissection software designed for biology education. Contrary to previous virtual frog dissection kits, this software is a real simulation product. As says one researcher, 'other products out there are multi-media, not true virtual reality.' And...; Tags: Software, Biology, Student, Technology, V-Frog, Tools & Techniques, Virtual Reality, Management, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-02-11

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