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Tami Brass

Education Week's Digital Directions: Netbook-Laptop Debate - 4 views

  • 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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      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.
Tami Brass

Maximize Firefox 3.5's Viewing Area for Your Netbook - Firefox - Lifehacker - 2 views

  • Relocate the navigation toolbar, buttons, and search box to the menu bar. To get this done, right-click on Firefox 3.5's toolbar and choose Customize. From there, drag and drop elements on the lower toolbars to the menu bar, and check off "Use small icons."
Tami Brass

The Definitive Guide to Making the Most of Your Netbook - NetBooks - Lifehacker - 3 views

  • 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.
Tami Brass

netbooktrial - home - 0 views

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    Welcome! The Netbook Trial is an exciting initiative for Victorian government schools and provides approximately 10 000 students with a wireless-enabled companion device for access anytime, anywhere.
Tami Brass

ict games - 4 views

  • This site provides educational ICT activites linked to the English National Curriculum.
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    "This site provides educational ICT activites linked to the English National Curriculum. The games were once maintained under the Toftwood site. Instead all new games will be added here. All games are designed, made by and © copyright 2005 of James Barrett. These games are generally targeted at infant school teachers and parents of infant age children. "
Tami Brass

FreePoverty - Knowing Helps - 3 views

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    Kind of like FreeRice.com
Tami Brass

Kindle for PC - 3 views

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    "Read Kindle Books on Your Computer * Get the best reading experience available on your PC. No Kindle required * Access your Kindle books even if you don't have your Kindle with you * Automatically synchronizes your last page read and annotations between devices with Whispersync * Create bookmarks and view the annotations you created on your Kindle"
Tami Brass

cooltoolsforschools - Video Tools - 6 views

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    Comprehensive list of online video tools
Mehmet Akyol

Review Of Toshiba Mini NB205-N330 Netbook | My Netbook World - 0 views

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    The Toshiba NB205 is one of the more popular netbooks released in the last half of 2009 due to its big touchpad, roomy keyboard, and stellar battery life.
Tami Brass

100+ Resources for Teaching Without Textbooks | Teaching Tips - 4 views

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    "What would your classroom be like without your students cracking open their oversized textbooks everyday? Probably a lot more interesting, especially for the kiddies. There are so many other resources out there for teachers to use, online and off, that teaching without textbooks is becoming more and more acceptable. If you don't believe us, scroll down this list of over 100 different resources - including websites, iPod lectures and field trips - that will encourage you to toss out your textbooks."
Tami Brass

SMART - SMART Notebook Express (beta) - 2 views

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    Web-based interface for reading Smart Notebook files
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