7K+ Years to Count Teachers’ Salaries and Benefits Value

by Robert W. Heiny

At the rate of counting one dollar per second, it would take more than 7,000 years to count the $225 billion of salaries and benefits paid by local, state, and Federal funds to U.S. public school teachers in a year. It would take more than 24,000… Full Details

Five myths about paying good teachers more

by Robert W. Heiny

Thomas Tock, Executive Director, Association of Independent Schools of Greater Washington, identifies antidotes to myths about performance pay for teachers who consume an estimated $220 billion a year in local, state, and Federal funds for salaries… Full Details

A “TEACHER’S DASHBOARD” FOR A HIGH SCHOOL ALGEBRA CLASS

by Robert W. Heiny

“Networked Tablet PCs have great potential in classroom settings, including use in small group in-class problem-solving activities. It is possible to obtain substantial amounts of data about student activity during a lesson: what they referred to,… Full Details

Lifting Rationed Learning by 2020

by Robert W. Heiny

Education Sector ran a 2-day chat about the expansion of “school choice” to public support of computer based individualized K12 student learning choices in and out of schools. The experts in the chat think this expansion will dominate public schools… Full Details

Steve Ballmer declares “We are not interested in e-readers”

by Loren Heiny

Steve Ballmer sounds like he’s made up his mind on the e-Reader business according to a Reuters article: “We are not interested in e-readers ourselves.” Why? Because “We have a device for reading. It’s the most popular… Full Details

Walt Mossberg: OS X no longer “much better” than Windows

by Loren Heiny

In an online review yesterday of Windows 7, Walt Mossberg makes a surprising–or not so surprising admission: that it’s “no longer true…that Apple’s Mac OS X operating system is much better than Windows.” Mossberg… Full Details

Which would you buy: An Apple tablet or a Microsoft tablet?

by Loren Heiny

Michael Gartenberg had a provocative tweet today while on a visit to Microsoft’s Open House: favorite Robbie Bach line of the day. “”Here’s my favorite survey of the year… which will you buy, a Microsoft tablet or Apple… Full Details

Top Twelve Spelling Trends and Fads

by Robert W. Heiny

Mark Pennington describes trends and fads educators have followed about spelling. It’s a good quick read and reminder of a major foible of public school educators. He notes that instruction of spelling ranged from none to precise memorization, all… Full Details

“I want that!”

by Loren Heiny

In a NYT article today, Steve Ballmer says that at least one customer has expressed interest in the secret Microsoft Courier tablet project. One? Only one? I’m guessing hundreds, if not thousands. But who’s quibbling over a couple… Full Details

Which is better: Apple tablet or Microsoft Courier?

by Loren Heiny

Isn’t it about time that Apple tablet rumors finally have some competition? How long has it been??? I mean, Apple has been way ahead of everyone else with tablet talk for how many years? Since 2002? And in all that time have we heard of any… Full Details

The Real ‘Best Colleges’

by Robert W. Heiny

Lynn O’Shaughnessy reviews the way magazine contributors rank higher education institutions. “U.S. News & World Report, Forbes, Kiplinger’s, and a few others have their own special recipe to pick the winners, and … their list results vary… Full Details

Techmeme proves: Tablets are hot

by Loren Heiny

Is there any question that Tablets are hot? If you’re skeptical, check out Techmeme this morning. As of 10:15AM PT, there are three lead Tablet stories on Techmeme. Yes, three. The lead linked story points to an article supposedly describing… Full Details

Misdirected Management Practices

by Robert W. Heiny

“As fresh eyes on corporate America, newcomers to the world of work sometimes have the clearest view of what’s seriously silly about how a company does business — employees who have been with an organization for awhile accept things as standard… Full Details

AI based Behavioral Analytics Surveillance

by Robert W. Heiny

BRS Labs announced a video-surveillance technology called Behavioral Analytics™, which leverages cognitive reasoning, and processes visual data on a level similar to the human brain. It uses a cognitive learning engine, computer vision, and… Full Details

Lesson Plans to Learn with Technology

by Robert W. Heiny

Microsoft offers teachers lesson plans to enhance learning with technology. They provide a search tool to find lesson plans and how-to articles for your relevant subjects, grade levels, and products. You can also browse a set of sample links to find… Full Details

$5K Individual Educator Green Grants

by Robert W. Heiny

The NEA Foundation announced that public school educators are eligible to apply for individual grants worth up to $5,000 for the development and implementation of ideas, techniques, and approaches for teaching “green” concepts.With $150,000 in… Full Details

Managing Change Successfully in Educational Technology

by Robert W. Heiny

Tova Miracle, then an MBA candidate, prepared a description of how to improve instruction for 4,600 students in a cash-strapped K-8 district at Lemon Grove School District in a working class community. The emphasis: innovation, innovation,… Full Details

9-16 School Without Walls Senior High School

by Robert W. Heiny

This 9-16th grades school removes barriers to education and paves the way for each student’s future endeavors. Locating on the campus of a major University allows students to use both the University and the entire city of Washington, D.C. as a… Full Details

Microsoft Courier concept tablet(s)

by Loren Heiny

Gizmodo has an interesting video of a concept device being explored by Microsoft, called Courier. Essentially it’s a dual screen design that supports both multi-touch and pen input. Think of it as two multi-touch slates joined together to… Full Details

Autodesk Freewheel Webservice Download Free

by Robert W. Heiny

Autodesk Freewheel, a free webservice, allows users to view and share 2D and 3D designs in their browser without installing additional software. Check it out with demos. Autodesk Freewheel Webservice… Full Details

More about Tablet PC Use at Indiana University

by Robert W. Heiny

University Information Technology Services (UITS) at Indiana University in Bloomington is opening a new Student Technology Center in the Indiana Memorial Union to support students’ academic work. President Michael A. McRobbie said, “Today’s students… Full Details

Simon Uses Ubiquitous Presenter with Tablet PC in Classroom

by Robert W. Heiny

“We are exploring approaches that shift the classroom environment from a unidirectional flow of information to an environment in which students can control their own experience,” says Beth Simon, a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and… Full Details

A Microsoft tablet?

by Loren Heiny

Mary Jo Foley speculates on whether rumors she’s hearing indicate that Microsoft will be releasing a Microsoft Tablet. Note, that’s tablet with a big T. The suggestion is that Microsoft is “remaking” the Tablet PC idea and… Full Details

9to5Mac spreads equal opportunity rumors

by Loren Heiny

9to5mac.com doesn’t just advance Apple tablet rumors, they also pass along one for the Windows tablet enthusiasts: “Oh, and we’ve recieved something much, much bigger and juicier from Redmond as well. This is something more… Full Details

Mobile Workstation Chariot (TM) with Tablet PC

by Robert W. Heiny

Joyce Thomas combines a Seqway and a Tablet PC, video and still digital cameras for Mobile Workstation Chariot (TM) or communications cart. She offers a 2009 photo realistic rendering for public viewing. I wonder how many people might use something… Full Details

A Teacher’s Dashboard: Monitoring Students in Tablet PC Classroom Settings

by Robert W. Heiny

Chad E. Peiper reports his study of uses of Tablet PCs in classrooms with and without a Teacher’s Dashboard for monitoring student responses to instruction. He concludes that Tablet dashboard has potential for improving learning by increasing the… Full Details

Zune HD looks promising

by Loren Heiny

I’m very interested in getting some hands-on time with the new Zune HD. To me, it looks like the Zune team is finally, and I mean finally, maybe, just maybe, heading in the right direction–namely to provide a purseable/pocketable tablet…. Full Details

T. Boone Pickens Sept. 18 Speech Presented Live on the Web

by Robert W. Heiny

Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business will present a Sept. 18 speech by T. Boone Pickens live on the Web. Pickens is one of America’s most successful businessmen and the founder of an ambitious, self-funded grassroots campaign aimed at… Full Details

Living outdoors with Lenovo

by Loren Heiny

Warner Crocker has some hands on time with the latest Lenovo Tablet PC that sports on outdoor friendly display option. This looks very encouraging. Be sure to check out his video. Also on Gottabemobile is this news on a Fujitsu Tablet with… Full Details

Will the Apple tablet be good news for K-12?

by Loren Heiny

The Apple tablet is supposedly a 9.6″, touch-enabled device with HSPDA selling for just under a thousand dollars. What it does exactly, what OS it runs exactly, what software it has exactly, no one outside of Apple knows. There are just rumors… Full Details

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