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• Windows Movie Maker for school slideshows is frustrating: you can’t copy/paste frames easily since you can’t open two files simultaneously. #
• Windows Movie Maker for school slideshows is still frustrating: intuitively easy to click/drag photos & music around, but prone to crashing. #
• Just purchased the MDG flip tablet netbook. It comes with Evernote – note taking software that recognizes handwriting and tags your notes. #
• You have to be at least 13 years old to sign up for an Evernote account according to their TOS. So Intermediate grades and up only. #
• MDG Flip tablet netbook has a 60 GB hard drive. 4 GB for Windows XP Home plus bundled software (no MS Works or Office), and 52 GB free space #
• MDG Flip netbooks have a battery life of around 3-4 hours. If you had a class set, how would you recharge the batteries? Wire hazards? #
• Is there a way to change the touch sensitivity on the MDG flip tablet touch screen? You need to push relatively hard to get it to write. #
• Real-life media literacy in the classroom. The use of social networks (i.e. Twitter) to communicate and mobilize the world: Iran election. #
• End-of-year slideshow. Using Macromedia (Adobe) Fireworks to batch blur photos. Each slide has another clue and a less blurry image. #
• MDG flip netbook: touch screen is cool but our fingers aren’t precise enough to close applications let alone use geometer’s sketchpad. #
• How can students sync files between a student laptop and their home computer or school network? (Evernote can allow you to sync notes…) #
• Trying to replace my daybook with my MDG flip tablet netbook. FranklinCovey Plan Plus for Outlook will allow hierarchical tasks and projects #
• The online version of the Franklin Covey Plan Plus software doesn’t allow project tasks unless you buy the business version (600 per yr.) #
• What software syncs Outlook with First Class? (Right now we forward our First Class emails to gmail which we can access through Outlook.) #
• MS has a free syncing tool (that has replaced their Windows briefcase): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SyncToy #
• Windows live has an online syncing solution to keep files synchronized between multiple computers: http://sync.live.com/ #
• Syncing Outlook pst files between computers with Windows Live is not recommended http://bit.ly/B56Wx #
• Google calendar allows the creation of hierarchical tasks so you could set up manage your life by project: planning, assessment, parents… #
• Google Calendar might be an electronic way to keep track of your dayplan / life … Is there a way to work offline? #
• You can get offline access to Google Calendars but it’s read only. You can’t modify your dayplan and then sync it with Google… yet. #
• Google Offline allow you to see your calendars but not tasks. Our electronic dayplan (laptop) needs to be accessible & modifiable anywhere. #
• Task management through Remember the Milk allows offline access (but RTM doesn’t have hierarchical tasks) http://www.rememberthemilk.com #
• Google Calendar lets you show multiple calendars at once: your daybook (in red), school events (blue), computer lab availability (pink), etc #
• Google Calendar syncs with Outlook but only the primary calendar will get downloaded. Other calendars (school calendar) won’t get downloaded #
• Google Calendar only syncs with Outlook 2003 or Vista. (Not XP) #
• Google Calendar doesn’t display event details unless you open the event. You can’t see what lesson you’ve planned at a quick glance. #

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