Tips on Hardware, Software, Lessons, and General Computing
Posted in Lessons, Student Tech on Apr 24th, 2008
An interesting(yet amazingly long) article found on Wired about a program called Supermemo has some interesting ideas for harnessing the brains ability to remember facts. The idea behind the software rests in an algorithm based on the rate of memory decay. Let’s take a look at the impact of such an algorithm in the classroom.
Posted in Freebies, Lessons, Productivity, Resources, Tools, Web on Apr 16th, 2008
Learning to use a computer efficiently can be a tough task if you weren’t born with one already at your finger tips. Solutions to simple problems typically aren’t obvious, and unless you have spent a great deal of time with one you won’t inherently know whether something needs to be clicked, double clicked, downloaded, uploaded, [...]
Posted in Lessons, Resources, Student Tech, Tools, Web on Apr 10th, 2008
We’ve talked before about the incredible movies that Brainpop has to offer for a very wide selection of topics and content areas. But we have failed to mention one feature that places Brainpop above being just a place for good educational movies. Other than providing quizzes and the soon-to-be-added lesson plans, the site offers [...]
Posted in Hardware, Phone, Productivity, Resources, Student Tech, Tools on Apr 9th, 2008
The following post may be a little too cutting edge for some, and still old news for others, but it at the very least shows a potential resource that could be tapped to reduce the strain on low budget schools needing more computers with internet connection. Rules and guidelines will still need to be hashed [...]
Are you the ultra-connected user that is constantly browsing the net via your handheld device(mobile phone, ppc, pda, etc…)? The kind who smiles just a little more when they discover that one of their daily sites has a new mobile version? If you fit this description, then you might already be reading this from our [...]
Posted in tweaks on Apr 4th, 2008
Fumbling through the Start Menu or mountains of icons on your desktop is never ideal when trying to locate the shortcut for your favorite apps. This frustration is only compounded when trying to do so when attempting to bring something up for the student that is hovering over your shoulder. Times like this have made [...]
Posted in tweaks on Apr 3rd, 2008
Web browsing accounts for a large amount of time that a teacher spends looking for ideas and information. It is actually part of the job that I enjoy quite a bit, but it doesn’t mean that I want to spend all of my time in front of a monitor. Actually, the quicker and more efficiently [...]