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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Need Software For Your Classroom? Try GCompris…
I remember back a few years ago, thinking Edubuntu would revolutionize the K-12 school system. It had it all–an Ubuntu infrastructure with all the great, oss education applications. When you visit the repos, you can find all sorts of educational software, TuxMath, typing, TuxPaint, and many more. What we liked about Edubuntu, however, was they [...]
Posted in open source, OSS Applications
Tagged edubuntu, education, gcompris, linux, open source, schools, ubuntu
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Moodle, CMS, and Open Source
I read an interesting article in the June, 2009 edition of eSchool News (http://www.eschoolnews.com). In the article, we find that Blackboard, maker of a proprietary course management solution, will soon acquire a competitor, Angel Learning for $95 million. This, after the purchase of a one-time rival, WebCT back in 2005. What should trouble all about [...]
Need More Home/School Storage?
That dilemma challenged me recently when my Western Digital 750GB MyBook failed. Actually, the drive itself was salvageable, but the outer ‘workings’ failed, a common occurrence with the WD MyBook line. In the picture, you can see some of the equipment, including a circuit board, that failed. I needed to purchase a new SATA cable, [...]