Educating today’s students for tomorrow.
No, BYOC does not mean bring your own cocktail although there are days… <Smile> what it does mean is to bring your own computer to the classroom. Now this is not a new topic to education but today I am going to give it a slightly different spin that just might cause a few folks [...]
Not a day goes by that I do not hear something about Open Source software. This could have something to do with the side of education I work in and/or the current state of the economy. Now, before I dive into my rant, I do want to make it clear I am not against free [...]
I have been on Twitter for a few years now. Admittedly I am not an avid Twitter user mostly because what I am eating is not that interesting. But there are times I find it fascinating to see what other folks are up to. However, from day one on Twitter, I have always been cautious [...]
No, really, I was in Purgatory, Colorado, in a lovely 1 bedroom condominium which I thought would be far better than the Holiday Inn and it was less money. Plus, Expedia said this place had free WIFI. Life is good for this Road Warrior who chooses hotels based on free WIFI, a coffee maker and [...]
I sat down at my computer this past week and attempted to load Moodle on my hosted web site. Luckily, for me, the process is quite simple. Click the link that reads, “Install”. The short of the long story here is I was successful in installing Moodle but that is not the real reason [...]
One of my favorite things to teach people is what they can do with a product they own that they didn’t know about! Think about it, do you ever read the instruction manual? Of course you don’t. That is why it is so much fun to see a person’s face light up when they [...]
This is a follow-up post to Upgrading to Windows Vista
Twenty-three days ago I put a new hard drive in my laptop and loaded a clean copy of Windows Vista Business Edition. I still don’t see what people have been complaining about. Yeah, it has a couple of things that are a bit different [...]
Have you looked at a student trying to carry their backpack home lately? Some of our children are walking home with backpacks as large as they are, while others drag small-wheeled suitcases behind them. Either way, children are dragging home hundreds dollars worth of textbooks to say nothing of the weight.Is there a technology out [...]
