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Journal of Research on Tech in Education: Who's Teaching Online
My copy of the Summer, 2009 issue of the Journal of Research on Technology in Education arrived this week, and I'm thrilled to get it! Some of the articles appearing this issue inc
Multiple Technology Intelligences
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Obama Slashes Ed-Tech Funding AGAIN!
In spite of a COSN News Flash via Twitter sharing that "Breaking News...EETT funds under Economic Recovery Act will flow by July (not Oct ), 2009" I still found this announcement b
Cut Virtual Schools? Sheesh
Source: Global Kids' Digital media Initiative
Installing Apache on Ubuntu for Moodle
Recently, someone shared this question in the Moodle forum... Hi. I've been using XAMP to run Moodle, but now I need to migrate to Linux. I've downloaded the apache at http:/
VMWare Fusion for Mac - $39 !!
As a veteran user of VMWare Fusion a program that allows you to run Windows on Mac computers I was thrilled to read the following announcement that arrived in my email. I'm curre
Boot from USB Flash Drive Using ubuntu Created with Unetbootin
Thanks to Dwight Goodwin for sharing these tips... Here is a how to video on how to install Puppy Linux using unetbootin. Same steps but point it at the Ubuntu iso file. Also on
Malware on M&A Companion Touch Netbook
Thanks to this post from Slashdot alerting us to the fact that malware appears on M&A netbook...here's a suggestion, reformat to UbuntuLinux: An anonymous reader alerts us to an
My new phone...I wish.
Heck, I wish this was my phone. I'm locked into AT&T for a bit
Policy Adherence Beef with AT&T
Back in February, 2009, I approached my local AT&T store with money burning a hole in my pocket. I'd already tried an older Blackberry (free) and decided that I didn't quite like t
Reflections on Moodle Blogging Course
Some time ago, I shared that I'd designed a Moodle course for introducing blogging to educators. Below are my reflections on the course, that I recently finished facilitating. [Thi
Transparency and Truth
While I'm not entirely convinced that President Obama is living up to his campaign promises of openness and transparency (and, of course, some point out, what politician does?), tw
Your Local Paper - Needs More Seasoning?
As an online reader of my local newspaper (no, I'd never pay for it) and subscribed to tweets from local news reporters, I'm wondering if local news wouldn't benefit more from the
Moodle Examples
Looking for K 12 examples of Moodle use to share with people and to inspire K 12 Moodle designers I sent out a tweet. Here are some of the responses, as well as someone I've foun
Urgency - Useful Questions
As much as I enjoyed Our Iceberg is Melting by John Kotter, I get the sense that I'm not going to have that experience with another book, A Sense of Urgency. It's one of those book
World’s first tuition-free, online university
A recent announcement worth noting.... 19 May 2009 – A leading arm of the United Nations working to spread the benefits of i
Assessing Your Web Site Speed
Jeremy Fluhmann was kind enough to share these two resources with me. They enable you to analyze the speed of your web site, especially Joomla. It's fun to try them on different My
At last - Backing up my Administrators Academy in Moodle
About 6 months ago, I spent a lot of time creating a course for administrators on Moodle. I was under the impression that I'd get to use it with admins in my District but circumsta
Moodlizing Your Education Enterprise
Note: This article was originally published by Education World here “Technological change," shares Neil
Earn Your EdTech Certificate (Press Release)
You can earn a K 12 Certificate in Instructional Computing Applications upon the completion of only four courses at the University of Memphis. Not only is…
Change - Worth it?
Earlier today, I saw that Dan Rezac had tweeted about UbuntuLinux being an honorable mention on the list of Top 10 Disappointing Technologies