Category: Education Technology

  • A Week without Social Media (via Chimaera)

    Very interesting read about the true usefulness of social media. I have to admit that the idea of walking away from Facebook is a very interesting idea. Hmm… I’m behind on everything because I’ve been moving, but I can’t possibly let Harrisburg University’s week-long social media blackout pass without a comment. I don’t know about…

  • New school year blues

    I know many teachers who get the itch to teach again in mid July. Days always seem a little odd without the segmented bell schedules or the socializing of 200+ adolescents. For me, this came into sharp contrast as I began the school. My new big idea would be using Twitter as a means to…

  • iPads for Middle Schoolers: California District Rolls Out Mobile Devices for Fall Semester — THE Journal

    Image via Wikipedia iPads for Middle Schoolers: California District Rolls Out Mobile Devices for Fall Semester — THE Journal. Several school districts nationwide have begun trial programs using this new technology. This CA middle is not the first just the newest. Below are some oher articles relating to edutech. Related articles by Zemanta Avery Middle…

  • A Brief History of Pi – PCWorld

    Image by Mykl Roventine via Flickr Happy Pi Day! A Brief History of Pi – PCWorld: “Egyptians calculated pi using pyramids (or did they calculate pyramids using pi?), Archimedes busted out the 96-gon, Zhu Chongzhi one-upped him with a 12,288-gon (or is that 12,192-upped him?), Ferguson calculated 620 digits by hand, and the University of…

  • Ultra-Short-Throw Projectors via THE Journal

    Ultra Epson Debuts 2 Ultra-Short-Throw Projectors for Educators * By Denise Harrison * 11/11/09 Epson has debuted two new short-throw projectors designed for classroom presentations. The PowerLite 450W and PowerLite 460 can be positioned a tight 2.5 inches from the wall and can accommodate a 60-inch image from just 18 inches away. The two new…

  • Game Theory and SAT

    Amazing how random objects,numbers, concepts put in any kind of convalescence can make the brain produce a rational conclusion. Some people have learned to ignore or even turn this ability off, so that, the stream of indirect thought can become a fabric of social consciousness. Other chose to integrate the ability of gestalt, or Game…