I received seven Eee PC 901’s about two months ago. My experience has been overall positive but I wanted to point out some pitfalls to avoid if you decide to introduce the 901 or equivalent into your classroom.
First:
Give your students at least a couple of days to get used to the keyboard and mouse. (This [...]
I own an MSI Wind that now runs Windows XP home and Ubuntu Linux. It is great fun. It is light, small, very portable and although I can’t imagine writing a novel on the books, it is wonderful for general purpose surfing, media streaming and amusing me.
Funny thought.
I have been at various technology meetings, conference [...]
Kids can spot a phony in mere seconds and their “smell test” senses are more finely-tuned than ours. That’s what made this post so amusing to me: a student calling out their teacher for adopting an inane suggestion from Sandy Garrett, Oklahoma’s State Superintendent, that teachers should accept assignments in texting speak.
In defense of Ms. [...]
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