Fair and Balanced

I was accused of being too nice to Microsoft yesterday. Before I get too MS-friendly, I should point out that they also have a suite of tools available to help students become more productive. Microsoft Student is a suite of tools that includes a graphing calculator, photo organizer, search tools, a dictionary, and an encyclopedia. [...]

Posted on May 31st, 2006 by John Schinker
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Learning Essentials

I don’t often speak highly of Microsoft, but they do occasionally manage to do some neat things. A long time ago, they produced the Microsoft Office Classroom Tools. This pathetically publicized collection of templates and resources helped students and teachers use the Office 97 and 2000 tools for student and teacher centered activities. They’ve updated [...]

Posted on May 30th, 2006 by John Schinker
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More Primary Sources

Add this one to your list of primary source resources. The Collaborative Digitization Program is a project begun by the Colorado State Library that stives to achieve high quality digital access to cultural heritage collections. Their focus is on the American west. Partnering with museums and libraries throughout the west, the project highlights best practices [...]

Posted on May 26th, 2006 by John Schinker
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Podcasting is Old School

I’ve been writing so much about podcasting that I decided that it should have its own category. I added it yesterday, and went back and updated all of the posts so they show up in the right places. Previously, I had lumped Podcasting into the Web 2.0 category. But it’s not really Web 2.0. Will [...]

Posted on May 25th, 2006 by John Schinker
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One More Time

We’re going to try to claim this site on Technorati one more time. Does anyone else have this many problems with it? Technorati Profile

Posted on May 24th, 2006 by John Schinker
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