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Monthly Archives: August 2011

Happy Birthday, Linux!

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Running With Apps

Having a smartphone is amazing. You can replace so many things with one, and they will do so much for you. I recently decided to use my phone as a fitness tracker, something I can definitely see happening in schools, with the large focus on obesity and fitness. I downloaded the free Runkeeper app.  While [...]

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Phone Malware

A good graphic to pass on.  The advice is to make sure you KNOW what you are putting on your phone…                                                                     [...]

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So One Less In the Tablet Race…

Yup, HP will kill off the TouchPad.  No surprises here.  When I reviewed it here (http://www.k12opensourceclassroom.org/?p=1314), even the title of my post, ‘Not FTW’ indicated the issues with this product.  From the sluggishness of performance to the less than intuitiveness of the OS, I did not then expect a lot out of it.  It does [...]

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Free eBooks for Teachers

Free as in beer is always a good thing in my book.  Karen from K12 Handhelds recently released a number of new eBooks under a Creative Commons license on her site (http://k12opened.com/ebooks/).  Definitely a good find!  I once took a workshop with her on podcasting years ago, and she definitely produces some high quality content.  [...]

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