CloudMagic is… magic for finding stuff in your cloud-based accounts

By Ron Houtman, on April 24th, 2011%

This is from the “I wish I knew about this yesterday” file.  I stumbled upon the CloudMagic plug-in for Chrome and it’s almost a shame that it’s not already built into or implemented into the ‘Google Operating System’.  Instead of a long post on the fantastic integrated search capibilities and what it does, watch . . . → Read More: CloudMagic is… magic for finding stuff in your cloud-based accounts

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Teaching at Home, Doing Homework in Class

By Ron Houtman, on April 9th, 2011%

Via the WSJ – At the Khan Academy, in Mountain View, Calif., learning is flipped. Lectures take place at home with videos over the Internet. And “homework” is done at school, where teachers intervene. Salman Khan talks with Kelsey Hubbard about his theory of education.

. . . → Read More: Teaching at Home, Doing Homework in Class

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Teaching kids to undervalue privacy by excessive filtering

By Ron Houtman, on April 4th, 2011%

A portion of Cory Doctorow speaking at a TEDxObserver conference on how we teach kids to undervalue their privacy through excessive filtering, instead of helping them learn about digital citizenship.

 

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Hard to believe these don’t exist – Modular Laptop Power Supplies

By Ron Houtman, on April 1st, 2011%

I’m on a quest to fix the laptop cart. Here’s the problem: We have a few laptop carts – also known as Computers On Wheels (COWS). Many times the laptops are used all day long and require power supplies to keep them running.

We are continually removing the laptop and power supply from the cart . . . → Read More: Hard to believe these don’t exist – Modular Laptop Power Supplies

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