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A fellow Moodler (Laurie Korte) asked for some talking points to convince her district to use Moodle as its primary collaboration tool. In my district (and around the web) I often get folks saying “We should use X instead of Moodle” (Ning, Blogger, Edmodo, Facebook, Quia, etc.) and my general feeling is that while there [...]

We recently started exploring the use of Ubermix on school computers. Before I get into what Ubermix is I wanted to do a little thought experiment. What if I told you Ubermix sped up boot times from 7 minutes to 1 minute? What if I told you Ubermix freed up 500 MB of RAM on [...]

This blog post summarizes the info in my Fall CUE presentation. (It is under construction) Email Enhanced Google Docs for Quick Visits Colin Matheson Carmel Unified School District cmatheson@carmelunified.org @cytochromec http://www.cytochromec.net Take this intro survey while you wait http://bit.ly/FallCueForms Learn how principals are using free google docs with netbooks/ipads/smartphones to provide feedback on instructional norms. [...]

I created these graphics for classroom use using the wonderful clipart in the OpenClipArt library and the open source graphics program GIMP. We print them on magnet backed paper to attach to whiteboards (the traditional non-touch screen kind) and then teachers and students can reference them during lessons. Teachers with digital projectors can use the [...]

I just saw this ad for Dell’s low end optiplex desktop. What struck me was that Dell recommends an upgrade of windows (due to the fact that windows is selling a version of their OS without some very fundamental features) and the purchase of ms office. That adds $270 to the purchase price! If the [...]