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I was reading the feeds and was scanning through my “2 Cents Worth” folder, which is David Warlick’s Blog. He had an interesting post about a new survey that is being placed on the Department of Education Website and other places. Here is his post…
First of all, what are the three red markings to the right of “No Child Left Behind?” They probably represent something important and positive, but it looks to me like something scratched out — like a student wrote something down, and the teacher scratched it out. Probably just the cynical side of me breaking loose for a moment. You may not even get to read this
Our (U.S.A.) Secretary of Education has posted four questions for citizens to answer from their perspectives as administrators, parents, teachers, students, entrepreneurs, or business leaders. I’ve heard about the questionnaire on several occasions, but only when Steve Hargadon announced yesterday that he was posting them on the Classroom 2.0 Network for our consideration and conversation that I finally took a look. He’s posted four forum threads, one for each of the questions. The DoEd also has the questions posted on their web site, and a web form for use to submit our answers (limited to 1000 characters) for their consideration.
I’ve removed David’s answers to the questions, you can click HERE to check out his blog to see what his thoughts are on the subject! Definitely worth the read!
As is my nature, and in my continuing efforts to keep this blog pumping, I’m posting my <1000 character answers here.
- In what ways has technology improved the effectiveness of your classroom, school or district?
- Based on your role (administrator, parent, teacher, student, entrepreneur, business leader), how have you used educational data to make better decisions or be more successful?
- In what ways can technology help us prepare our children for global competition and reach our goals of eliminating achievement gaps and having all students read and do math on grade level by 2014?
- What should be the federal government’s role in supporting the use of technology in our educational system?
2¢ Worth!
Enjoy the read!
So the news has hit the feeds… Dell is making the move to the Tablet PC layer of the “computer atmosphere”.
jkOnTheRun has had the information on their site:
More information surfaces from Dell on Tablet PC rumors
Quite a few people have been hoping that PC maker Dell would come out with a Tablet PC. Not only would a Dell Tablet PC help validate the platform it would also make it easier for companies who use Dell computers exclusively to make Tablet PCs available for those employees who prefer them. There have been rumors of a Dell Tablet PC for months and I recently received some additional information that sounds very credible. A jkOnTheRun reader who wishes to remain anonymous recently discussed the Dell Tablet with two Dell representatives at two different public events and this is what he was told by Dell:
Dell will release a Tablet PC in the September/ October 2007 time frame
The Tablet PC will be based on the Latitude D420 notebook computer and will be a convertible Tablet.
It will be compatible with all Latitude D series accessories such as docking stations, power adapters, etc.
This Tablet PC will be the last system released in the popular Latitude D series.
The Dell Tablet PC will have an active digitizer only.
Wireless Broadband will be an option
Widescreen display
Even Engadget has had the news “covered”:
Dell Tablet PC coming this Fall?
Posted Apr 22nd 2007 12:07PM by Peter Rojas
Filed under: Tablet PCs
We’ve been hearing rumors about a possible Dell Tablet PC pretty much since the day the first Tablet PCs went on sale, is it finally going to happen now? None of this is officially confirmed or anything, but jkOnTheRun (which has tons of cred when it comes to this stuff) reports that Dell is probably going to roll out a Tablet PC sometime around September or October of this year and that it will most likely be a convertible-style Tablet based on the Latitude D420 and come with a widescreen display and optional WWAN.
Mobility Site has a nice write-up about it…
Has anybody brought up the fact that Dell now appears as a “Sponsored Link” when you do a google search for “Tablet PC”.
I have read a lot of information on the blogs about the trouble Gateway is having. In this month’s Technology & Learning, it is nice to see an ad for a Tablet PC that seems to be on the mark! Check it out!
I know, you are just sick of me mentioning OneNote 2007, oh yeah… that is our IT department and our Building Tech Coordinator!
The IT office has come around and has seen the power of OneNote…they are using a tablet PC to keep track of jobs, etc. I am working on convincing my BTC and some teachers I work with…
I see the usefulness of OneNote in creating lesson plans, keeping anecdotal records, working on grading rubrics, etc. I would love to develop some lessons to incorporate OneNote in some class projects next year. For this, I will have to explore the option of using OneNote with USB Flash Drives.
To make this sell, I have to stop focusing the use of OneNote 2007 on my Tablet PC, and get working on my laptop. I “planted the seed” by sending the review from www.digit.com to the members of our building tech committee and several teachers in my building and my district. If you are interested, check it out here!
Enjoy the read!
This is an excerpt from Assortedstuff.com, a blog that I read often!
Another delivery of little green machines from the One Laptop Per Child Project, this time to children in Uruguay.
The picture above links to a web gallery of images taken by a Uruguayan blogger who was there for the delivery.
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