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Linux Terminal Lab (and test post )
[![][]][] [Linux Terminal Lab (and test post )][] Originally uploaded by [mr.rcollins][] This is an eight station computer setup in one of our middle school classrooms. Five of the machines are Linux terminals, booting over the network. (* I’m also trying a test post of a picture sent from my phone to Flickr. *) []:…
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Inventory control
[][]Keeping track of inventory can be a difficult, and it seems like every four months someone is asking about what product to get to use for inventory control. I created a simple database in Filemaker Pro to keep track of our inventory. Why Filemaker Pro? We already had it. I didn’t need anything that fancy.…
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Yes, I will lead!
I was thinking about my blog post from last week, contemplating on how I should be more positive. People using technology in schools are already facing enough of an uphill battle without me picking on them. 🙂 Stealing Alvin’s Efficiency Tips idea, I want to post little tips, tricks, ideas to help the technology support…
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Twitter tracking
I’ve been playing around with Twitter for a little while (and if you’re really bored, you can follow me). A very cool feature is tracking. It works when you link your Twitter account with your instant messenger of choice. I’m currently tracking the following terms: education ed tech ipod touch educational technology I then see…
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Where is the importance of tech education for educators?
Will Richardson sums it up so eloquently for me: …which is how in god’s name can we talk seriously about 21st Century skills for kids if we’re not talking 21st Century skills for educators first? The more I listened, the less I heard in terms of how we make the teaching profession as a whole…
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Low tech and high tech communication – eTech Ohio 2008
[![The audience #4][]][]At the eTech Ohio Technology Conference this past February I presented on different ways a person can communicate. Some ways were very low tech (writing a letter, using the phone), and some ways very high tech (using Grand Central to control incoming calls, social networking with del.icio.us or Twitter). I’ve finally gotten around…
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The iPod Touch Trial
I’ve ordered three iPod Touches to be used in a trial at the high school, middle school, and elementary level. Stealing some ideas from John Schinker, I’m putting forth the following questions for the participants to answer: Does this device work well enough to have a place in our schools? How could this be used…
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Google Reader and the iPhone/iPod Touch
Using my RSS reader of choice Google Reader, I’ve discovered two ways to use it on my iPod Touch. If I navigate to: http://google.com/reader/m I get a slightly different interface than using http://google.com/m#reader. The former address gives me a nice icon when I add it to my home screen, but the latter address works better…
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Beware of that Firewire port!
There is a new technique that allows an attacker to unlock a Windows machine or login without a password. This vulnerability also affects OS X. Right now the hack currently requires a Linux laptop, but it could conceivably make its way to modified iPods. To protect yourself you’ll need to disable Firewire in your PC…