Monthly Archives: November 2007

The Asus EEEPc that I recently mentioned has already been picked up by a school district.  According to an article in the Fresno Bee, the Fresno Unified School District is purchasing 1,000 of the little laptops. This is pretty amazing … Continue reading →

To add to yesterday’s topic, here’s another potential breakthrough product – the Amazon Kindle.  It’s an ebook reader, which is nothing new.  What is new is that it uses the e-ink technology we’ve heard about for so long that creates … Continue reading →

We’ve been predicting this for a long time, but it’s still kind of mind-boggling now that we’re actually seeing it. There are a variety of new laptops hitting the streets that represent a major shift in cost and size of … Continue reading →

I taught another Photoshop workshop last week. It was an evening class, so it ran from 4:30 to 7:30 over two nights. This means that the teachers involved had already worked a full day, then had to drive and arrive … Continue reading →

We held a statewide videoconference last week, and really pushed the limits of the technology at hand. We had a great guest speaker named John Kuglin, who is currently the Director of Technology for the Eagle County school district in … Continue reading →

Michael Welsh and 200 of his students at Kansas State University created the this video about college students and how their lives relate (or don’t) to college. It’s a great discussion starter for a staff or board meeting! (I’d also … Continue reading →