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TI calculators are so last year. Especially with the popular (and free) Graphing Calculator application being distributed in the App Store by Gabor Nagy. This app is, basically, a colorful TI calculator right on the [...]
21 Aug, 2008
Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: General
Presenter
Dr. Sarah Glasco - Instructor of French, Foreign Languages, Elon University
Background - everything focuses on collaboration. Not just one way learning, but teachers learning from students and students learning from teachers.
The world is changing, and while it has it’s downfalls, it also the ability to bring us together in new ways. Never [...]
25 Jun, 2008
Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: General
Hi and Welcome to EduTechie.com. I am avid technology lover and love to research new and evolving technologies… but unfortunately I have about a bazillion things going on in my life right now, so I am going to take a break from blogging for a while so I can focus on the things that are [...]
09 May, 2008
Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: General
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This is a really great article that deserves a read from us. We are all so busy in our lives… and the information overload for educators is even more… balancing university procedures, leadership responsibilities, tea…
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How would you like one of your high school students to work up a project like this in his free time… GIVE THEM SOMETHING THEY CAN SINK THEIR TEETH INTO…
Talk about your hacking ingenuity. We recently linked to
a do-i…
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This really is a big find for educators. When you come across a page in some language, just put it in here, and you can translate it… and with support for so many languages… it just doesn’t get much better! 
Google…
The summer 2008 EDUCAUSE Quarterly spotlights the complete findings of the 2008 EDUCAUSE Current IT Issues Survey as well as feature articles on open source software in education, a first assessment of a learning studio, and student use of clickers in library presentations.
This morning I came across an interesting article about book publishing in the future. Apparently Penguin Books is doing an experiment called “We Tell Stories” with delivering six different books through six different medium channels over the next six weeks. The first two are already done… Google Maps for the first week and a Blogging/Twitter [...]
19 Feb, 2008
Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: General
Great article today published on our main tech webpage. The director of the repair center was asked where he saw the future of computer repair going. He said:
“The whole business model is going to change with the coming of the
solid state hard drives,” said Futrelle. “Hard drives are the most
likely component to fail. The solid [...]
28 Jan, 2008
Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: General
Here is another reminder to backup your files… in more than one location! As we move to an increasingly online community we have to be wise about these things!