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  • Tami Brass on 01 Aug 09
     
    EduApps is an initiative developed by the JISC Regional Support Centre Scotland North & East and expands on the already very successful AccessApps. EduApps extends the AccessApps philosophy of free portable software in your pocket to include bundles of applications specifically designed for teachers 'TeachApps' and learners 'LearnApps'. Currently we host over 90 open source and freeware software applications which can be entirely used from a USB stick on a Windows computer.
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Learning in Hand - Netbooks - 0 views

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shared by Tami Brass on 03 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Two trends in the world of technology are making a big splash in education: web applications and netbooks.
  • Simple Spark, a directory for web applications, has over 9,900 web apps listed. Besides looking there, check out the list of links to the right. These are web applications I've recently bookmarked. Click here to see my complete list.
  • Advantages to using netbooks in schools is that they are about the size of a hardcover book, easily fitting into a backpack. Would-be thieves can't tell a netbook is in a bag, unlike when students tote around laptop bags. Because netbooks are so small, they can have a place on a desk along with a textbook. Additionally, netbooks tend to have quick boot-up times, taking just 20 seconds to power on.
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Cool Websites, Web Applications, and Mobile Tools - 0 views

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shared by Tami Brass on 08 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Tami Brass on 08 Jul 09
     
    Directory of web apps
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Learning in Hand - Netbooks - 1 views

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shared by Tami Brass on 27 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Simple Spark, a directory for web applications, has over 9,900 web apps listed. Besides looking there, check out the list of links to the right. These are web applications I've recently bookmarked. Click here to see my complete list.
  • Tami Brass on 27 Sep 09
     
    Tony Vincent's Netbook Resources
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PARAPRO_Netbook_Classroom_Case2.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 0 views

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shared by Tami Brass on 14 Aug 09 - No Cached
  • Tami Brass on 14 Aug 09
     
    Docks 16 netbooks; includes AP
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Lifehacker - PortableApps.com Suite 1.5 Improves Menu Looks, Customization - Thumb drive - 0 views

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shared by Tami Brass on 02 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Tami Brass on 02 Jul 09
     
    Windows only: The PortableApps.com Suite, a full-featured app package that runs from a USB drive, has upgraded with a crisper-looking and more customizable menu, the latest versions of a ton of great freeware, and more.
Tami Brass

Best apps for netbooks - 9 views

We are looking to use them mostly with google apps, so not much to install. I think we'll go with an open office application as a back up if apps isn't available. Tami Brass wrote: > What installe...

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More powerful pencils: 1:1 Laptop Programs and 21st century learning « 21k12 - 9 views

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shared by Tami Brass on 21 Feb 10 - Cached
  • mere implementation of 1-1 laptops alone will not accomplish great learning gains; they need to be integrated into effective, contemporary, forward-looking, best-practices learning environments, one where teachers are serious about engaged, active, collaborative, and creative student learning.
  • let’s not be too terribly deliberative and gradualist about this amazing opportunity to empower our students with these digital learning tools.   We have seen the future (I have seen it, at a bunch of schools), and we need to embrace it, not resist it.
  • we believe a ‘bottom-up’ approach is better than a ‘top-down,’” said Katie Morrow,
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  • Students will push and promote the laptop’s application in their various courses much more effectively than an administrator forcing it upon an unwilling teacher.
  • Rather than front-load reform with months or years of preparation, planning, documentation, training, organizing administrators, teachers, and systems, we need to go, put tools in kids’ hands, and ask them to use them, ask them to suggest more uses of them, empower and unleash them to LEARN with them.  (While holding them accountable for excellent outcomes!)
  • Think buying or leasing hundreds of expensive machines that will become obsolete is a poor use of school funds, and playing platform favorites as an institution is now silly, as the world seems to speak PC and Mac with equal fluency and schools should, too.
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The Definitive Guide to Making the Most of Your Netbook - NetBooks - Lifehacker - 3 views

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shared by Tami Brass on 21 Jan 10 - Cached
  • The full-screen shortcuts for a few common applications are: Firefox/IE/Opera/Chrome - F11 (press again to return to normal view) and Microsoft Office - ALT+V+U (press ESC to return to normal view).
  • Microsoft Office: Ctrl+F1 minimizes the ribbon, which reappears when you mouse-over or press the alt key.
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Education Week's Digital Directions: Netbook-Laptop Debate - 4 views

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shared by Tami Brass on 24 Jan 10 - Cached
  • At about half the price of laptop computers—most are in the $300 to $400 range—netbooks may be cost-effective, but the savings can be lost in their scaled-down features and limited computing power.
  • Netbooks are defined as laptop computers that are smaller than 10 inches across, have slower and less powerful processors, and limited memory, making them useful for little more than accessing the Internet. They have smaller screens and keyboards, and are not equipped with CD or DVD drives and other features included in most laptops or desktop computers.
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      Tami Brass on 24 Jan 10
       
      I don't agree with the statement about netbooks not having the power for PPT or spreadsheets. We bumped ours up to 2GB RAM and have had good experiences w/both apps, provided we don't have more than 2-3 apps running simultaneously. This performance is similar to our lab machines.
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  • To be used successfully in the classroom, however, Wilson and others say that netbooks must be given the same kind of consideration as other technologies. Technical support, training for teachers and students, network capability, and curriculum are all still necessary investments whether using laptops, netbooks, or smaller, hand-held devices such as cellphones.
  • “With the onset of the netbook and the price-point difference [over laptops] and the movement in open-source courseware and cloud computing, ... they’ve made the distribution of netbooks a very exciting way to solve the problem at a cost less than laptops.”
  • The state is not discouraging districts from buying netbooks, Mao says, but he is advising school leaders to consider all of what they are getting, or not getting, for their money.
  • I guarantee that netbooks are completely sufficient for most internet applications, word-processing, and 99% of the spreadsheet tasks I do on a daily basis at my job! Yes, storage capacity is less in a netbook than in the average laptop, and laptops have optical drives where netbooks don't, and laptops have more powerful processors.
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