Tuesday, January 18, 2005

Hooking up the KHS lowerschool computer lab. I was a k-12 teacher for six years from 1990 to 1996 so I did catch the early Internet at that time. Now I'm a parent at the same school and just getting back into integrating technology into my son's education. Its great fun. We got have a new lab set up and should have the other half next weekend. I can't wait to see how these kids take to the new environment. WSJ: How do you communicate with students who have grown up with technology?. In today's Wall Street Journal, reporter Kevin Delaney asks the question and answers it with blogs, wikis, RSS and the like. Pioneering teachers are getting their classes to post writing assignments online so other students can easily read and critique them. They're letting kids practice foreign languages in electronic forums instead of pen-and-paper journals. They're passing out PDAs to use in scientific experiments and infrared gadgets that let students answer questions in class with the touch of a button. And in the process, the educators are beginning to interact with students, parents and each other in ways they never have before. Very cool, especially since many in our community including Tim Wilson, Tim Lauer and yours truly are featured, as well as a nice mix of other teachers using other interesting technologies.  [Weblogg-ed News] 11:08:05 AM    comment []

Cellphone remotly controling PC's This looks like something to watch. but what to do with this new capability. I think we need more storage on the cell phone or atleast be able to stream from the storage services of the pc. Toshiba software will remotely control PCs by cellphone. Toshiba has developed software to remotely operate a PC using a mobile phone over a cellular network. The software will be available in cooperation with one of Japan's cellular networks in late March, a Toshiba executive said in a press conference on Tuesday. [InfoWorld: Top News] 10:54:03 AM    comment []

We'll see, I do think the time shifting of the audio files makes it different. Rollins may not be seeing the full range of this thing playing out. Dell's Rollins dismisses iPod as a "fad". "Fads rage, and then they drop off," says Kevin Rollins. As for the Mac Mini, he says, it won't "turn the industry upside down." [CNET News.com] 10:49:55 AM    comment []