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Monthly Archives: March 2006
eSeminar: Paperwork Made Simple: Forms Automation with Tablet PCs
Lora points to the Toshiba eSeminar on April 13, 2006 at 11AM Pacific. SMBs have enough to worry about – growth, technology, efficiency – and keepingtrack of paper forms such as purchase orders, expense reports, held desk tickets or other … Continue reading
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The Importance of Paper(less) Science Classrooms
Layne posted two years ago an interesting rationale for moving toward paperless science classrooms and other academic programs. His point still seems relevant for educators to consider. As a coach to the Academic Decathlon team, I’m greatly concerned with the … Continue reading
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Research Center on Pen-Centric Computing
Brown University and Microsoft Research are launching an alliance, the Microsoft Center for Research on Pen-Centric Computing. The center will create innovative software for pen-based computers. The goal of the alliance is to make using computers easier for those who … Continue reading
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Vision of Education: 21st-Century Learning Laboratory
khogan@scholastic.com>Kevin Hogan describes the Microsoft and Philadelphia grand experiment in education to create the definitive 21st-century learning laboratory. Above and beyond all the high-tech wizardry, says Ellen Savitz (Philadelphia School District Senior Vice President for Development), the school’s mission is … Continue reading
Learning Source: 2006 Comparison of Geometry Software
Here’s an interesting 2006 comparison of geometry software. Has anyone tried any of these with XP Tablet PC edition?
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Learning Source: Scientific American Podcasts
Teachers may tell their students about joining host and editor Steve Mirsky on his weekly Scientific American Podcast. Mirsky explores the latest developments in science and technology through interviews with leading scientists and journalists. He also throws a quiz, such … Continue reading
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Factoid: Babies Do Math on Voices and Faces
Seven month old babies have an inherent sense of numbers, according to neuroscientists Kerry Jordan and Elizabeth Brannon of … In experiments, when babies heard two coos, for example, they preferred to look at a picture of two faces rather … Continue reading
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Factoid: Day Care Affects Children’s Schooling
Yes, according to Jay Belsky, it matters that young children are spending increasingly more time in day care. Belsky has extensively studied infant-parent attachment security, the way marriages change across the transition to parenthood, the manner in which infant temperament, … Continue reading
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Vision of Education in 2010:Wealth Transfer
How does your vision of education in 2010 address anticipated wealth transfers in the information based economy? Frankly, I hadn’t considered wealth transfer as an relevant topic before I read the following. The next 50 years will bring the greatest … Continue reading
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Classroom for fidgety Boys and Girls uses Mobile PCs
The fidgety boys and girls in Phil Rynearson’s classroom in Rochester, MN get up and move around whenever they want, and that’s just fine with him. (T)he (experimental) classroom at Elton Hills Elementary School … replaced the standard desks and … Continue reading
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