Monthly Archives: September 2007
Full Screen
I’ve been observing my students as they work in our lab. We have a nice setup with 30 new wide screen iMacs. The machines have OS X and Windows XP. The screens are big: 24 inches wide. The screens are so … Continue reading
Office 2010
One of my classes has a test tomorrow so my office hours were busier than normal today. One of the students asked a fairly basic question which was followed by a, “because it’s completely different in Office 2007. I learned … Continue reading
Tablet In The Classroom
Last week John R asked that I do a post about how I use my tablet in the classroom. Here goes. I have a Gateway tablet that’s almost two years old. This is an actual picture of my tablet (click … Continue reading
66% Not Ready For College
I have seen this data in a few presentations in the last few months. Now eSchoolNews has an article on the topic. They state that only 34% of high school graduates are ready for college. Another scary statistic – only … Continue reading
Internet is Complicated Place
Over the weekend I helped my daughter connect her computer to a large University network. I expected a few complications, but nothing that couldn’t easily be handled. She has a new computer running Vista and I anticipated any problems would … Continue reading