Nov
Why Ubermix?
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 [...]
As educators we can decry the adoption of the Common Core standards as a homogenization of education. Or we can take this opportunity to wrest control of our curriculum from the publishing companies. Like a skilled Judo athlete we can use the power and strength of an aggressor (dominating one-size fits all standards created by [...]
Just finished a nice high school English e-portfolio project (I am going to drop the e for the rest of the post). Here is a page with links to the student work http://www.english2010.com. The project had two parts: a group portfolio, of mostly new work, and an individual portfolio, reflecting on work done during the [...]
An outline of information about Open Office I prepared to present to school teachers and administrators. Facts About Open Office Contains word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation tool (also drawing, math editor, and database) Looks a lot like Microsoft Office 2003 (same features, but some options are in different menus) Is free (can be installed on [...]