Business Week Online offers an analysis of Apple’s position in education. Most readers of this blog are likely participants in the formal process of education and Apple Computer has long depended on this market for survival. This article evaluations trends in this commitment.
Andy Carvin’s listserv (WWWEDU) carried a description of a Washington Post article describing the generation of web sites by kids age 6-17. The article contains a statistic provided by Grunwald Associates claiming the existence of 2 million sites and predicting that 6 million would exist by next year. The exact reference for these data was not provided (I am aware of a 2000 survey and the existence of new data available for $7000 – I assume to those making business decisions about technology in education).
By the way, the Washington Post article is availabe for viewing – you may have to register.
GEM, a project of the U.S. Department of Education, is an effort to provide access to online educational resources through a common Gateway.
This is not a unique idea, but little is known about the effectiveness or valued features of such sites. Now, an effort has been made to conduct an evaluation – see Evaluation of GEM.‘
Technology Integration as a Transforming Teaching Strategy
Jerry Woodbridge
Beliefs and classroom teaching strategies of teachers who participated in Jacksonville University’s Master of Arts in Teaching program were analyzed. Results revealed that technology integration varied according to individual teaching beliefs, perceptions towards technology innovations, and how the teacher practiced and put technology to work in the classroom. Constructive teaching strategies were found in 50% of the classroom observations.
Bill Gates, Microsoft, Inc., proposes that we should be paying to send email. Before you dismiss the idea as another way to boost MicroSoft profits, the suggestion is part of a model for reducing the amount of spam we all receive. CNN Story
Bill Gates, Microsoft, Inc., proposes that we should be paying to send email. Before you dismiss the idea as another way to boost MicroSoft profits, the suggestion is part of a model for reducing the amount of spam we all receive. CNN Story
I do most of my image processing on a Mac. Once in a great while, I feel the need to work with images on my Windows machine. A recent Call For Help Download of the Day described a free product from Adobe that seemed worth a try. PhotoShop Album 2.0 Lite offers an impressive range of features for a free (introductory) program. The program appears primarily to be a photo storage and indexing system with some automatic editing capabilities. It did take me a while to figure out how to save a file I had edited – the email option allows for the file to be saved as an alternative to attaching it to an email message. This one is worth a look for you Windows fans.