Articles tagged with: Commentary
The iPod Touch
I picked up an iPod Touch on Saturday, and am I impressed. I have been testing out the Nokia N800, but when it comes to Internet usability, the Touch wins hands down. Surfing is very, …
eTech Ohio Technology Conference
After reading John’s blog post yesterday, I realized that not only haven’t I posted anything, I haven’t even begun to look at what sessions I want to go to at the eTech conference. Since I …
What level is your school district
One nice aspect of working with technology in education is being exposed to a wide variety of skills and operations outside of the educational realm. Today I stumbled upon a process model of software development …
Banning Wikipedia
Apparently, instead of using the situation as a teaching tool, some districts and librarians are just banning Wikipedia outright:
Earlier this month, Pennsylvania’s Express-Times reported on a local school librarian who put up her own "Just …
Doom and gloom for the OLPC laptop?
One Laptop per Child is blaming politics for holding back the XO laptop, while the article goes into a little background how Microsoft and Intel are doing what they can to stop it. I believe …
This blog’s readability level
Making the rounds today I read about a site that will display your blogs readability level. Here’s mine:
While there is nothing on the site that lists how they come to this conclusion (I already knew …
Technology is not only for the young
Never Friend Anyone Over 29 – Blog Maverick:
Technology. Digital Communications. They are not new. They are not news. They are old news. But thats not what is interesting about these articles. What is interesting …
One to one computing just got a lot more interesting
With the announcement of the Nokia N810 and the shipping of the Asus Eee PC, one to one computing projects in education just got a lot more interesting. Imagine being able to provide students with …
One solution for cell phones in schools
While school district struggle with coming up with a balance of cell phone use in schools, here is one solution that may work. Require all cell phones to be on a lanyard at all times …
Education planning
Creating Passionate Users: How to host a product/feature design party:
Forget focus groups. Forget endless meetings and brainstorming sessions. Throw an ultra-rapid-design party, and do it in a single day. This approach exploits the wisdom-of-crowds through …
