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Friday, June 27, 2008 6:05

Computers and the Environment

One of the things I frequently bring up in career talks these days is the connection between computing and the environment. One area is computers being used to research the environment. I love to read about the stuff they are doing at UMass Amherst to
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 10:25

Computer Labs As Crutch

I ran into a thought provoking blog post the other day. Mike Sansone is a blog coach – a consultant who makes a living helping people blog better – wrote a post called “ Are Computer Labs a Crutch? ” In it he says that “ the computer lab shouldn't be
Posted by Alfred Thompson | 8 Comments
Thursday, May 08, 2008 6:33

Where On the Ribbon Is That Office Feature?

digg_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/archive/2008/05/07/where-on-the-ribbon-is-that-office-feature.aspx'; I’ve talked to a number of teachers recently who teach the Office Suite as part of a computer applications courses lately. A good number of
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Friday, December 07, 2007 3:25

Could not find any resources appropriate for the specified culture or the neutral culture

There is a problem, a technical problem, that I hear about from teachers from time to time. I've passed along a couple of solutions to it by email but it occurred to me that posting the issue and the possible solutions here might make it easier for people
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Thursday, November 08, 2007 3:38

Office Offline

I just came across a new web comic site/blog called Office Offline . Very simple and very funny. It's geek humor of course. And mostly around Microsoft Office products which is not so surprising since the cartoonist works in Microsoft's Office Online
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007 5:50

Tablet PCs in Action in the Classroom

OK this is too cool not to share. On Monday I blogged about the Thomas Jefferson school that uses Tablet PCs in the classroom. Yesterday I found out that the school was on local TV with coverage on how the Tablets are being used. They have the video up
Posted by Alfred Thompson | 2 Comments
Monday, September 10, 2007 8:05 PM

Department of Learning Prevention

Earlier I reported on a teacher who was seeing some interesting and positive results by letting students use tools (computer software tools) that are often blocked or banned in schools. Today we learn the other side of this coin. Ben Chun reports in his
Posted by Alfred Thompson | 4 Comments
Monday, September 10, 2007 3:31

A Tablet PC School That Works

While I am not a fan of just dropping computers into a school and expecting miracles I do believe that with the right training, preparation and supportive teachers and administration things can work out well. Recently I heard from Robert Carlson at the
Posted by Alfred Thompson | 4 Comments
Friday, August 10, 2007 2:52

Microsoft Education News

Club Tech - I've written about the Club Tech program before. It's a technology program run by the Boys and Girls Clubs of America with sponsorship help from Microsoft and other partners. Recently the Clubs held the National Digital Arts Festival , an
Posted by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 3:51

Windows SteadyState replaces Shared Computer Toolkit

How does Blake Handler always see these announcements before I do? The man is amazing. Good thing I read his blog or the presentation I am giving next week at the CS & IT Symposium would have stale data. OK what am I rambling about now? Windows SteadyState
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007 3:58

Parent's Guide to Windows Vista

Most new PCs these days are coming with Windows Vista on them. If you are a parent, especially if your children are younger, this can be quite a boon to you as there are many new security features in Vista that can be helpful to parents. Blake Handler
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Tuesday, February 20, 2007 1:31

Learning Network Manager

I found this via a link from Dominic's blog . It looks like jsut the thing to help make life easier for people who manage school computer labs. It's called the Learning Network Manager and it is an open source project. The description from the web site
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Friday, January 26, 2007 11:49

Launch Day Opportunity to Win a Computer Lab for Your School

I just found out about a special promotion designed to get people into the stores the day that Windows Vista officially becomes available for sale (January 30th 2007). The program is described here . But a brief description cribbed from the site is below.
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007 9:05 PM

Deploying Windows Vista (and Office 2007 and Windows XP and Office 2003)

I attended a big launch event for Windows Vista and Office 2007 in Boston today. Over 2,500 people, mostly from business, showed up to get a good look at these new products. We did have a group of students and teachers from Minuteman Tech and I think
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