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What is the point of a model?

The SAMR model – After reading some descriptions of SAMR, I have a question. Who is intended to be the user of this model? Is SAMR one of those ways of explaining a phenomenon to anyone who might be interested; … Continue reading

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More on young learners …

This is a follow-up to my comments from yesterday. My professional tech interests do not extend to preschool learners, but my wife added this resource from the National Association for the Education of Young ChildrenĀ to my list.

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The youngest learners

  My wife retired from her position as a technology facilitator in the local school district a few years ago and now spends her time serving a similar function with faculty in the education college. Her gift is in suggesting … Continue reading

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Power Wash

I could not get my Chromebook Pixel to connect. It was working at the coffee shop and then it would not connect at home. I tried everything. I am posting from the Pixel so I did locate a fix. There … Continue reading

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Microsoft not impressed by free iWorks

Microsoft responds after the recent Apple announcement arguing that iWorks is not software for serious work. I suppose, but I would suggest that Word is kind of a tweener – not really necessary for writing and not robust enough for … Continue reading

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Half way there

I was able to download the new Mavericks OS to my old desktop Mac and it seems to work fine. I know it was risky to try this on release day, but I have options in case I encountered problems. … Continue reading

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