NECC 2007 – Keynote
NECC 2007 – Keynote
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eSchoolNews explains how Idaho-based MPC is set to take over Gateway’s professional business unit in a deal that closely follows Acer’s acquisition of Gateway’s consumer business:eSchool News online – MPC acquires Gateway’s school business Just days after Taiwanese computer maker Acer Inc. announced plans to acquire Gateway Inc. for $710 million, Gateway’s school customers learned…
The blog Learning.Now details some new proposed legislation in the House that resurrects DOPA (Deleting Online Predators Act) that was passed by the House last year but received no movement from the Senate. At first glance this bill looks laudable, putting further restrictions to keep pornography from children. It then targets social networking sites to…
JPEG is the standard for photo sharing, particularly on the internet. Now a new proposed version, JPEG RX, is based on a Microsoft standard. Electronista | Microsoft format to become JPEG successor Microsoft format to become JPEG successorThe multinational Joint Photographic Experts Group, responsible for the JPEG standard used in virtually all mainstream imaging, has…
Dell recently announced the sale of low-cost Linux computers pre-installed with Ubuntu Linux:Dell launches Linux PCs On Thursday, Dell announced three low-cost Linux systems: a basic model, Inspiron E1505n, with few frills, for $539 (£271); a more powerful Dimension E520n, for $599 (£301); and a top-of-the-range XPS 410n for $849 (£427). The base system has…
This is an interesting article to help identify things that should be on our “radar screens.”Six key ed-tech trends to watch http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/PFshowstory.cfm?ArticleID=6842 The trends they discuss include:Trend No. 1: The leveling power of the World Wide Web Trend No. 2: Cloud computingTrend No. 3: Service-oriented architectureTrend No. 4: The gathering SCORMTrend No. 5: Telepresence and…
Also posted at TIE-Lights Many educators may be familiar with Lit Trips on Google Earth where teachers and/or students post geographical information around the story lines of great literature. Google Treks follow the same concept, but are not limited to just literature–treks can be created using virtually any content area. My first session at ISTE…