Monthly Archives: April 2008

The ustream.tv site we’ve been experimenting with (check and see if I’m online – sorry if I don’t notice when you enter, there’s no sound clue when someone pops in) is being used by a school district in eastern Washington … Continue reading →

John Pederson posted a link to a new YouTube video on his TechLearning blog today. It’s a short, interesting piece that explores the nature of sharing in the modern age. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiP79vYsfbo[/youtube]

I’ve been a big supporter of having students work with robotics since we taught robot camps at the Pacific Science Center back in the 1980s. I am always enthralled with the complexity and depth of the kids’ learning experiences as they collaborate, invent, design, built, and program their creations… Continue reading →

The new particle accelerator in Europe at the Cern laboratory has been in the news quite a bit the last month or so. This massive device is designed to smash subatomic particles together at tremendous speed to try and uncover … Continue reading →

I’ve been recently enjoying exploring social networking programs like Twitter and Facebook, and I’ve been a long-time user of instant messaging (MSN Messenger, AOL’s AIM, Yahoo Instant Messenger and Apple’s iChat) as well as web-based email through Yahoo. The problem, … Continue reading →

As expected, more devices are coming to market to compete with the Asus EeePC. Laptop Magazine now has a hands-on review of the 2go PC, which is one manufacturer’s version of the Intel Classmate 2 design. It’s fairly rugged to … Continue reading →