Tag: laptop
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New laptop – Asus Zenbook 15
in TechnologyA short note on the new laptop I bought after the fan on my older machine was giving me issues.
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Using a Chromebook for academic work
I’ve been thinking about getting a Chromebook as a cheaper laptop alternative, especially since I use Google apps and services extensively. While I was initially sceptical about a browser-based operating system (i.e. ChromeOS), I’ve heard good things about Chromebooks and so I was pretty excited to be offered a demo model from Google Education to try it out. The…
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T&L seminar with UCT Law Faculty
Earlier this year I was invited by Alan Rycroft at the UCT Law Faculty to give a presentation at a seminar on T&L. The seminar took place yesterday and I presented some research that I did in 2012 where we used Google Drive as an implementation platform for authentic learning. I’ve written about authentic learning before,…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-04-25
in DigestAPA style blog – Ellipses: when & how http://t.co/LjKRsDc. Its a lot more complicated than I thought # Benefits & challenges of using laptops in classrooms http://t.co/eN6CLny # Smartphones in mobile healthcare http://t.co/wDlh86H # The Daily Papert http://bit.ly/h0nsv2. Educators are challenged to find “areas of work that are hard in the right way” #
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Mobile computing
in NoteA few weeks ago I presented at an e-learning colloquium here on campus, where I briefly summed up a few ideas of where I think technology can add value to education. One of the points I finished with, was the idea that computing is becoming more mobile, with cellphones taking over roles traditionally attributed to…