A Lifelong Learner Shares Thoughts About Education
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 purchase for school this year. Read the full article to find out more, and more about other models as well.
Time to head back to school.
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 immediate issue of showing someone how to use one of the applications. Although the number installed here is not as large as others, I am hopeful they will continue to grow the site.
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.
Circular and available in multiple sizes, these latch-style tiffins will transport your food or items easily and beautifully. They features separate levels with integrated plates (the lid inverted). The side latch handles are heavy duty and keep the container tightly locked and secured once set. This item is very sturdy and manufactured from food grade stainless-steel. You will not be disappointed in its construction nor its eye-catching and ingenious functionality.
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 to upload information about classes. Users can look for available classes, and read and write reviews on the course and the instructor. Currently, the site includes a selection of more than 135,000 classes and teachers, across more than 700 subjects and categories. (more…)
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