Mobile post test
This is a mobile post test from my cell phone. It is only a test… 
This is a mobile post test from my cell phone. It is only a test…
From PayScale Meeting Miser - Meeting Cost:
Are your meetings worth every penny? Find out with the new Meeting Miser. Just enter the attendees and start the timer. This handy gadget knows that time is money and will calculate exactly how much you’re spending … or wasting.
The site uses actual salary info for your area to calculate the cost per meeting. I tried it with a typical scenario, 3 elementary teachers and a principal meeting. The cost came to $1.41 a minute, or $84.60 an hour. An administrator meeting with 4 principals and the superintendent jumps up to $2.84 a minute ($170.40 an hour!). Might be something to bring up the next time you are sitting in a meeting that isn’t accomplishing anything.
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 a portable device capable of doing a majority of the work done with computers.
The Nokia N810 is a palmtop Linux based computer with all the necessities, including wifi, a 800×480 screem, and a slide out keyboard. No prices have been announced yet, but the N800 sold for $400, so this one might be in the same ballpark.
The Asus Eee PC is a Linux based computer in a laptop form factor. For $400 you get 512MB of RAM with a 4GB flash drive and 7″ screen at 800×480 resolution. I prefer the form factor of the Eee, especially since it should provide some protection for the screen when closed. It also has a keyboard that would be more conducive to typing. Rumors are lower end machines will be available for as low as $250. It would be a lot easier to implement machines at $250 a piece than the cost of current laptops in the $500-$1000 range. These also have no moving parts and should have a higher reliability.