Author: John Walker
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Need an Ultra Cheap Machine for School?
Walmart has you covered. Engadget reviews the $348 17-inch Toshiba Satellite L355 and finds that Toshiba’s shockingly inexpensive Satellite L355 (S7915) with a 17-inch display (1,440 x 900), a 2.2GHz Celeron 900 CPU, Vista Basic, 3GB of RAM, a 250GB (5400RPM) hard drive, 8x DVD writer and GMA 4500M integrated graphics could be a great…
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Try Open Source Software Before You Install It
Recently I found myself wanting someplace I could point users to test software without me installing it. Not that I mind a great deal, but sometimes it is just useful to practice or kick the tires. I ran across click2try a “Community site where it’s easy to try Open Source software–for free.” This solved my…
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Tiffins
While not precisely educational in many respects, I can’t help but think that these sustainable, reusable, environmentally friendly stainless steel food containers are exactly what I need to begin my new school year. From http://www.happytiffin.com Circular and available in multiple sizes, these latch-style tiffins will transport your food or items easily and beautifully. They features…
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TeachStreet for Teachers
TeachStreet, a Yelp-like service for real world classes (cooking, dog obedience, music lessons, ballroom dance, foreign language, golf, yoga, etc.), is launching a marketplace feature for teachers to be able to coordinate payments from students. TeachStreet, which serves seven metropolitan areas in the U.S. including New York City, Silicon Valley/San Francisco and Seattle, allows instructors…
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Open Educational Resources
OER Commons Open Educational Resources are all about sharing. In a brave new world of learning, OER content is made free to use or share, and in some cases, to change and share again, made possible through licensing, so that both teachers and learners can share what they know. Browse and search OER Commons to…