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Children who blog, text or use social networking websites are more confident about their writing skills, according to the National Literacy Trust.

"Naturally it's great for someone with a full schedule to have their child fully occupied and not constantly demanding conversation or moaning "I'm bored!" But as with any potential obsession, parents should exercise caution, monitor and ration use at the start, and be aware of the potential dangers rather than subscribe to quasi educational benefits and give in for an easier life."

Consumers' interest in Windows tablets plummets, study claims http://t.co/aPKtrCdv

Youngsters are always on the look out for the cheap and best tablet on offer, they naturally have limited budgets and want to make the most of it. The flat screen device with a touch interface has become a hit with the twenty-first century youth, companies are competing with each other to produce the cheap and best tablet that tops the charts.

"I've developed this "Taxonomy of Reflection." - modeled on Bloom's approach. It's posted in four installments: 1. A Taxonomy of Reflection 2. The Reflective Student 3. The Reflective Teacher 4. The Reflective Principal"

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it will have a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, a 60 GB hard drive, and Windows XP. The clearest improvements have been made to the 8.9-inch screen's touch interface. We complained last time that: Because the Windows XP Home OS is not meant for tablet use, we had to install a few of our own freeware programs to take full advantage of the touchscreen. Turns out Intel had some pretty interesting plans up their sleeve and now the notebook is preloaded with lots of software that takes advantage of the touchscreen including a program called Vision Objects Pen Input, which turns handwriting into editable text and contains a virtual keyboard. And that is just the start of it. Intel plans to team up with software vendors to preload the laptops with a stack of touch-focused applications.They are also teaming up with content providers, such as McGraw Hill, to package the laptops with learning tools. Beyond the software additions, the accelerometer has really been fine-tuned. Turning the netbook vertically adjusted the screen orientation in under 2 seconds. So sure the Convertible Classmate is meant for children and isn't a netbook that adults will want to carry around, but its implementation of touch technology on a netbook is what we hope to see from the mainstream netbook vendors that plan to bring touch to the smaller screen. A simplified home screen menu (so you don't have to dig through XPs menus), preloading touch-optimized software and a speedy accelerometer are some of the Classmate's solid features that we want to see in adult touch-enabled netbooks.

What it's like to be a tester on the Microsoft OneNote test team, day to day life as an SDET in Office, and Microsoft life in general.

Music resources for tablet users