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Our school is fortunate enough to have access to interactive whiteboards (SMARTboards), SMART airliner tablets, and a class set of clickers.
If we were going to invest our own personal money into our classroom technology, we would definetely get a class set of clickers over the airliner tablet or interactive whiteboard. No contest. Here’s why.

What are [...]

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If you’ve spent any time on the internet, you’ve already been indoctrinated into the world of Making Money Online. Just do a search using one of the big 3 search engines (Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft), and you’ll see ads beside your results.
When we were growing up, we made money as teens by mowing the lawn, babysitting [...]

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Installed Google desktop on our MDG flip to provide a more powerful computer file search tool; sidebar gadgets might distract students. #
WordPress allows you to compare revisions (like Google Docs or WikiSpaces), but you can only compare the HTML code, not the WYSIWYG text. #
Is there a way to hide certain WordPress posts from getting [...]

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We made $21.80 in June 2008 from Google AdSense. How can we integrate Reading, Writing & Media Literacy into a unit on Making Money Online. #
Typing on the little keyboard on a netbook laptop is slower than typing on a regular keyboard because those keys are so darn close together. #
The SD card reader on [...]

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MDG Flip tablet netbook has a home button on the machine that gives you one-click access to the desktop (blue dolphin touch interface) #
The MDG Flip tablet netbook uses Intel Edu Admin software to backup images of your student laptops. 10 min to backup; 10 min to restore. #
Punching a hole through Zone Alarm to [...]

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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 [...]

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Tried the MDG Flip Tablet netbook today: Good ink/handwriting recognition. Comes with Evernote. Can you install MS Office to get their ink? #
MDG Flip Tablet netbook: How durable is the pivoting/flipping screen? MDG claims it’s student-rugged, but does it hold up with student use? #
MDG Flip Tablet netbook: bluetooth means you could use a bluetooth [...]

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Windows 7… touch-enabled? Will I be able to do digital ink in the classroom with it? #
New wiimote controller is coming out…Will we be able to still use Johnny Lee’s wiimote software to create an… less than 5 seconds ago #
Will students use bing or google in the classroom? (I wonder why they generally don’t [...]

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You can’t share folders in Google Docs which means if you have a large number of files to share, you have to do it individually. #
(You also have to upload a large number of files separately in Google Docs – you can’t ctrl or shift select multiple items to upload.) #
If you publish your Google [...]

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We’re thinking about starting an entrepreneurial (Make Money Online) extra-curricular computer club at school: applying critical reading, writing and thinking skills while trying our hand at online fundraising for our school. 
We’ll probably start with making niche-websites that are monetized by contextual ads (i.e. Google Adsense). Google has a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to click [...]

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