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Category Archives: Helpful Tips
Are your students prepared? Doubtful
I wonder, I mean I really wonder, if you are preparing your students for what’s coming up? You know the big thing around the corner. I wish you were but someplace (not that deep inside) tells me you’re not. You … Continue reading
Wanna program?
Me too! I’ve wanted to learn programming since I was a kid. For a while I was a beast (by 4th grade standards) at Quick Basic, but those days are long gone and my skills have gone with them. Lately, … Continue reading
Posted in Helpful Tips, Patrick Cauley
Tagged code academy, code year, html, java, php, python
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3 Tech resolutions for the new year
It’s about time to make some new resolutions for 2012. Dreaming about these resolutions is always fun (check out my three below). Build a moon base to hold family reunions and to use as a vacation spot. Create the next … Continue reading
Posted in Helpful Tips, Patrick Cauley
Tagged back up, change password, cloud storage, password, usb
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Managing E-Waste
Working as head of IT for the Dubai American Academy, I have had to create a e-waste management system and all the policies involved in managing e-waste. Before any sifting and sorting takes place it helps to create a series … Continue reading
Ideas for Expanding Web Services
Recently I looked into going with a VPS Server to expand my school’s online services. My current assignment is outside of North America, so I ran into numerous issues with the billing. So I looked into some other options and … Continue reading
Posted in Educational Technology, Helpful Tips, Instructional Technology, Tony DePrato
Tagged cloud, cloudcomputing, googledocs, media, sharing
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Taking notes on your computer?
Try these apps When I was in school we had to walk across three continents to get to school, make our own textbooks and construct our own environmentally friendly schools. Oh yeah, I also had to learn to take notes. … Continue reading
Do some good – Give a book
My wife Jennifer is a far more literate person than myself. Her love of books has led her to a website http://www.wegivebooks.org. This website allows you to read children books online and when you are done you can give a … Continue reading
Print Friendly – Print from the web the right way
Have you ever been to a website and wanted to print an article and tried but you only found way too much ads, junk on the side, or it just doesn’t print correctly. Well fear not my friend because Print … Continue reading
Tube Chop
Reading through my blogs this morning I saw a video but instead of having the YouTube or Vimeo logo I saw a Tube Chop logo. I Googled it and was pleasantly surprised. I saw that this site allows you to … Continue reading
Posterous Update!
Posterous is a great blogging platform. It’s powerful, versatile, and most of all easy to use. While Omar and I use WordPress.com for IT Babble, I definitely feel that Posterous is the way to go for a class blog. Last … Continue reading
