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- UK teachers told to follow protocol when allowing student contact
- Along with learning how to manage the classroom and organizing curriculum, British teachers now must worry about learning technology protocol, reports the Manchester Evening News. Due to possible accusations and complaints against teachers, The National Union of Teachers NUT is advising teachers not to text-message students outside of school....
- Tags: Teaching, International, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-03
- Oops, teacher mistakenly messages cop for pot buy
- In a case of really bad luck or sheer obliviousness, a Kentucky middle school teacher text messaged a state trooper while trying to organize a drug deal, reports the Associated Press. Trooper Trevor Pervine was having a relaxing birthday dinner with his wife and parents when his phone started...
- Tags: Education Technology, Teaching
- Blog posts 2007-02-26
- Professor of porn or victim of adware?
- In a case that has generated world-wide buzz, a substitute teacher in Connecticut has been convicted of exposing students to pornography on a classroom computer, reports eSchool News. Julie Ameros attorneys argued that the computer was infected with graphic pop-up images generated by spyware and adware, and that she...
- Tags: Education Technology, Teaching
- Blog posts 2007-02-19
- 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
- Post picks best edtech blogs
- If youre not tired of all the "best of" lists, Washington Post columnist Jay Mathews, along with retired teacher Walt Gardner, asked readers to nominate their favorite education blogs. Gardener and Mathews picked 10 blogs each out of 74 submitted. Gardner said that "choosing the 10 best...
- Tags: Walt Gardner, Reckoning Mathews, blog, Teaching, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-01-03
- UK suggests parents be able to text teachers directly
- In what could be a more direct link for parental involvement with schools, UK schools are proposing that parents be given direct email and text message contact with their childrens teachers, reports Times Online. British parents who want to keep close track of their childrens school progress have a...
- Tags: Education Technology, Teaching
- Blog posts 2006-12-27
- Can you handle a classroom? Software aims to give you a dry run
- When one thinks of computer simulations its usually in a military sense, but increasingly these simulations are being used as training tools for another situation where embattled professionals have to deal with unpredictable behaviour—the classroom. eSchool News reports that computer simulations are proving to be a great tool for...
- Tags: Teaching, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2006-12-19
- Technology: tool for education or crutch for tools?
- A recent post exposed the widespread dissatisfaction that many educators and students feel with the current state of instructional technology and the overall lack of analytical capability in the Google generation. This begs the question, how do we teach students to use technology as a tool rather than a crutch?...
- Tags: tool, Teaching, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2006-12-03
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- Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice
- The more I use these, the more I really don't care for iWork. Sure, Keynote makes some darned pretty presentations, but NeoOffice and OpenOffice for the matter cuts the mustard quite handily. For real polish, you still can't beat Office 2007/2008, as much as I hate to admit...
- Tags: Suite, Apple iWork, Office 2008, NeoOffice, X11, OpenOffice, Open Source, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Optimus Maximus
- Despite its innovative approach to keyboard design, the OLED-based Optimus Maximus keyboard is best considered an expensive novelty. Its $1,600 price tag keeps it out of the hands of the average consumer, and we also question the practical benefit of using 113 customizable OLED screens as an input device. There...
- Tags: Keyboards, Lebedev Studio, default layout, Optimus Maximus, Optimus Corp., keyboard
- Product reviews 2008-07-17
- Open source college revolution?
- Open source college revolution?Blackboard NG "Next Generation"Keynote speaker Blackboard CEO Michael Chasen demonstrated the power and direction of Blackboad NG at today's afternoon session of Blackboard World '08 in Las Vegas.TRULY a Next Generation product that makes any institution's 'learning' go everywhere.+ It will now wrap Moodle & Satai.+ Courses...
- Tags: Angel Learning, Moodle & Satai, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-07-17
- Voting For A McCain
- Voting For A McCainAh, milk from the the government sow..Obama's tax policies will hurt American business way more than any benefits his technology policies may provide. It's not government's role to create and invest in technology; its role is to get out of the way so that the Apples,...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Obamessiah, tax, Obama
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- The fastest way to learn open source
- The fastest way to learn open sourceReally?You wrote:One of the biggest problems in computing today is the shortage of young programmers, and one of the chief reasons for that is a shortage of readable, basic guides which can act as textbooks in high schools.[End quote.]I'd thought there were more programmers...
- Tags: Development tools, Programming languages, Scripting languages, programmer, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Apple founder Steve Wozniak interview, answers your Tweeted questions
- At the San Francisco Social Networking Conference today, Steve Wozniak, Apple co founder and personal computer legend, shared some fascinating insights into the modern world of social networking and mobile phones. I was able to organize a one on one interview with Steve (thanks Marc Lesnick &...
- Tags: Phone, Steve Wozniak, Mobile, Network, Cell Phone, Apple Inc., Steve, Social Networking, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Online Communications, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- Water 4 Gas Info (zip)
- To many people, the idea that you can run your car on water is very appealing. This is a software program that includes a review of the main course online teaching you how to run your car on water, as well as several other tools to help you. This version...
- Tags: Car, Productivity
- Software downloads 2008-07-09
- They don't all really need laptops, do they?
- They don't all really need laptops, do they?Teachers with laptops - maybeI know teachers who have been given laptops purchased with taxpayer dollars and the machine has ended up becoming an additional computer for use by their family. I can see it if courses require it. I can see it...
- Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, computer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- They don't all really need laptops, do they?
- I've been getting this question a lot lately from administrators, parents, and taxpayers. The question isn't malicious, but rather comes from folks with a vested interest in making sure that our technology dollars directly benefit students. Does giving teachers laptops directly benefit students? For people who aren't...
- Tags: Teacher, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Productivity, Benefits, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Human Resources, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Anyone bothering to teach 35mm photography classes anymore?
- Anyone bothering to teach 35mm photography classes anymore?Overall Cost and ValueIn my experience, digital photography was not vastly less money outlay than 35mm. I paid enough up front to amount to what I would have paid for 35mm including processing in the next 10 years. However, once I had made...
- Tags: Digital cameras, Digital photography, PRODUCTIVITY, Photgraphy, photography
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- Anyone bothering to teach 35mm photography classes anymore?
- I just bought my wife a new point and shoot digital camera. The trusty Kodak 3 megapixel was getting a bit long in the tooth and more often she was lugging her 35mm SLR to take high quality shots. Since it's summertime, the Olympus Stylus 850SW seems like...
- Tags: Photography, SLR, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- 12 terabytes of YouTube data
- A lot of us block YouTube access in our schools. There's plenty of objectionable content worth hiding from young eyes. Probably an equal number of us, however, leave it open at the request of teachers who use its vast resources for teaching (yes, there is more than zit...
- Tags: YouTube Inc., Video, Teacher, Viacom Inc., Chances, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
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