Happy Holidays to you and yours this season. Now that I have some time off from school, I hope to bring my blog back up to speed. No doubt that some people out there got some cool gadgets for the holidays and are wondering what they can/should do with them. I will be posting an article about great apps and rooting methods for those who are interested. It is also important to recognize that many people are not fortunate enough to have access to the latest and greatest tech toys. There are many organizations out there that will recycle and re purpose your old machines to provide technology to those in need. Often these groups are at community centers and consist of a group of volunteers rather than big box companies who offer recycle programs. This is because these companies cannot legally give away recycled electronics. The community members are not bound by the same laws but do their best to insure privacy and confidentiality when wiping old machines and distributing them. So please, I urge you, when you are thinking about upgrading you technology, think of how you can re purpose your old machines to benefit others in the community who are less fortunate then you.

Now, back to educational tools, LifeHacker released an article about note taking apps for mobile devices and since that is a repeating theme in my blog, I figured I would re post it HERE. I also recently attended a conference for educators in the Twin Cities called TIES and will post up some great info on that experience.


So happy holidays and I look forward to getting back into blog mode. Leave me with comments or suggestions if you feel the urge! Always nice to get feedback and to see that someone is following :)

Happy Holidays!

This weekend I attended a professional conference about how to implement linux effectively in a classroom and district wide. It was a great experience and I met a lot of like minded folks while there. One biology teacher in Minneapolis has taken on a personal crusade to use open source material in the class and I admire his work immensely. I highly suggest you look at his blog and see all the great work he has done. Follow this link HERE to check it out! I have several papers to write for finals so I will be taking time off from this blog, but I hope to return in early January and beef it up with lots of good information.