"What expectations do teachers need to come with? How do you support teachers going into 1:1?
* Get rid of network Nazi's who don't have any business making curriculum decisions for teachers. (This comment received lots of applause!)
* Invest in staff development. That includes instructional and technical support.
* "Just in time training" available for teachers."
The specifications
* 9.4" x 7" x 1.4" for 2 lbs (with keyboard)
* ARM Texas Instruments OMAP3 chip
* 1024x600 8.9'' screen
* Storage: 8GB micro SD card
* Wifi 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth
* 3-dimensional accelerometer
* Speakers, micro and headphone
* 6 USB 2.0 (3 internal, 2 external, 1 mini)
* 10h to 15 hours of battery life
AirPrint is definitely one of the more convenient features of iOS 4.2.1 and thanks to a new tool you can turn any printer connected to your Mac or Windows PC into an AirPrint compatible printer.
Education users
Professors, students and teachers are free to use it in classroom presentations and demos, dissertations and other non-commercial academic works, researches and all related not-for-profit activities. The use of our files is still bound by a license but its use is completely free as long as:
(1) the downloaded image is used according to its terms and conditions;
(2) humanline.com is accredited as the source by a credit line or an active link to our website; and
(3) it is not distributed to third parties.
via http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/04/humanline-thousands-of-historic-images.html
Asus officially launched the Eee PC 1008HA at CeBIT today. The netbook is just 1 inch thick and weighs 2.4 pounds, which is pretty light by Asus 10 inch netbook standards.
Here are five ideas that will help you begin building your own personal learning network.
1. Read blogs related to your passion. Search out topics of interest at http://blogsearch.google.com and see who shares those interests.
2. Participate. If you find bloggers out there who are writing interesting and relevant posts, share your reflections and experiences by commenting on their posts.
3. Use your real name. It's a requisite step to be Googled well. Be prudent, of course, about divulging any personal information that puts you at risk, and guide students in how they can do the same.
4. Start a Facebook page. Educators need to understand the potential of social networking for themselves.
5. Explore Twitter (http://twitter.com), a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables users to exchange short updates of 140 characters or fewer. It may not look like much at first glance, but with Twitter, the network can be at your fingertips.
FRACTIONITIS frak'sheni'tis An increase in anxiety caused by the appearance of a numeral in fraction form.
Symptoms: A blank stare, avoidance of math courses and math teachers.
Cure: Associate fractions with a pleasant object, such as 1/4 of a pizza.
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Lovely Charts is easy...
With Lovely Charts's extremely simple and intuitive drag'n drop drawing mechanism, you'll be able to focus on what really matters. You won't have to draw boxes and arrows, you won't have to worry about what symbol to use.
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Turn any time into story time. It's free.
1. Add the details about your children and family -- what do your kids call Mom? Dad? Grandma?
2. Tell us what kinds of stories your kids like.
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"We're running our annual Brainyflix Video Contest starting JANUARY 1, 2010. We'll be awarding a Grand Prize of $600 to the video that receives the mo\ st number of votes"
via Joe Brennan