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Tag Archives: open source
Tune Crawl–For Your Quick Music Needs
Yes, I know, some of these great music apps may not have tons of educational value, but I always go back to my experience as a fourth grade teacher. I regularly needed access to various genres of music, bluegrass, jazz, etc when discussing North Carolina history and culture. While I could definitely queue up some [...]
Posted in Freeware, Productivity, Professional Development
Also tagged android, browser, chrome, education, google, internet, media, schools, tablet
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Chromebooks…Chromebooks…Everywhere…
Well, we continue to purchase more and more Chromebooks. We support about 100 now, but I definitely see that number growing next school year exponentially. I mentioned in previous posts we were looking to supplement existing desktops throughout the district, and we are beginning to realize benefits from them. For instance, a Freshman English class [...]
Posted in Devices, hardware, open source, OSS Applications, Productivity
Also tagged browser, chrome, education, google, internet, samsung, schools
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MIT App Inventor
I really believe in teaching students about developing code, especially with mobile apps. You figure a kid designs a popular app, charges $0.99, and make a nice little allowance. In our school district, our Career-Tech track offers computer programming courses. In Computer Programming II, they begin Visual Studio to design games for Xboxes. How awesome [...]
Posted in Devices, Freeware, hardware, literature, open source
Also tagged amazon, android, chrome, Creative Commons, education, evo, google, internet, nook, samsung, schools, tablet
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Chromebook Pixel
So in the previous post we discussed Chromebook’s rise in popularity. Now, take a look at this video and see if this doesn’t excite you!
Posted in Devices, hardware, open source, OSS Applications
Also tagged android, browser, chrome, education, google, internet, linux, schools, tablet
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Chromebooks in the Classroom
Think of how you use a computer. What do you use most? Apps like MS Office? Application specific things like video, CAD, or something else? I will guess that most of you use the browser the majority of the time. Maybe all the time. That’s what makes Google’s Chrome OS on the Chromebooks so interesting. [...]