World History
I keep telling people that we are in the middle stage of converting from teaching using paper to a digital format. As we move online, we will have cheaper and cheaper devices because all we will need is a delivery device. If any of your students are looking for a computer that does it all, the $199 Chomebook (11.6") by Acer is made only for the cloud (although it does allow your most recent items to be stored on the laptop and run without WiFi. Items like this makes online learning much more viable. Definitely when my own children outgrow our own laptops, it will be the one I purchase for our kids (durable, cheap and capable of doing everything the kids need to do).
- Internet Access For All Students?!
Each year I teach two AP classes, 2 standard ones and one online. So of my roughly 150 students, about 5-6 start the year without a laptop and all are in my two standard classes. What is different this year is that all but one has some Internet...
- What Is The Cloud?
In two weeks I am going to start teaching my tech integration course for teachers and one of the first things I will discuss is the meaning of the cloud. The video above explains it well, but in summary it is when your pictures, music, documents,...
- Chromebooks And Our Changing Schools
Okay, so you may have noticed that I rarely advocate for something that costs money on this site (other than perhaps these world war simulations and a few free books I get from time to time), but Google is onto something with Chromebooks. They aren't...
- Smartphone As Your Computer
Sorry to be on such a smartphone kick, but I am trying to get used to my new phone quickly. As most of you know you can edit your Google Docs items from any mobile device. My students who have tried it get a kick out of working on their phone...
- Cr-48 Google Cloud Computer
Initially I had hoped to have "won" a free one of the above laptops, but it will be my next one this summer (think Acer is going to produce it). If you are a fan of Internet (cloud computing) only computing, it will be the perfect computer for...
World History
Chromebooks for Inexpensive Learning
I keep telling people that we are in the middle stage of converting from teaching using paper to a digital format. As we move online, we will have cheaper and cheaper devices because all we will need is a delivery device. If any of your students are looking for a computer that does it all, the $199 Chomebook (11.6") by Acer is made only for the cloud (although it does allow your most recent items to be stored on the laptop and run without WiFi. Items like this makes online learning much more viable. Definitely when my own children outgrow our own laptops, it will be the one I purchase for our kids (durable, cheap and capable of doing everything the kids need to do).
- Internet Access For All Students?!
Each year I teach two AP classes, 2 standard ones and one online. So of my roughly 150 students, about 5-6 start the year without a laptop and all are in my two standard classes. What is different this year is that all but one has some Internet...
- What Is The Cloud?
In two weeks I am going to start teaching my tech integration course for teachers and one of the first things I will discuss is the meaning of the cloud. The video above explains it well, but in summary it is when your pictures, music, documents,...
- Chromebooks And Our Changing Schools
Okay, so you may have noticed that I rarely advocate for something that costs money on this site (other than perhaps these world war simulations and a few free books I get from time to time), but Google is onto something with Chromebooks. They aren't...
- Smartphone As Your Computer
Sorry to be on such a smartphone kick, but I am trying to get used to my new phone quickly. As most of you know you can edit your Google Docs items from any mobile device. My students who have tried it get a kick out of working on their phone...
- Cr-48 Google Cloud Computer
Initially I had hoped to have "won" a free one of the above laptops, but it will be my next one this summer (think Acer is going to produce it). If you are a fan of Internet (cloud computing) only computing, it will be the perfect computer for...