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Episode 95 – How cheap is too cheap?

November 27, 2015November 26, 2015 Patrick CauleyLeave a comment

itbabble_podcast

On this episode Tony, Tim and myself discuss blogs that teachers run and some things they should be aware of and should schools consider super cheap devices in their school?

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Check out the agenda below:

Think before you blog by Doug Johnson from Blue Skunk Blog
- Link: http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/2015/11/6/think-before-you-blog.html
- How can schools protect themselves?
- What if a teacher is walking this line?
- How to instruct new teachers/students wanting to blog? e. Yammer:https://products.office.com/en-US/yammer/yammer-features
The ultra budget devices?
- Mossberg: Can $150 Windows laptop be any good? i. Link:http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/18/9751506/mossberg-lenovo-ideapad-100s-review
- Cheap Amazon Fire Tablet?
  - Amazon’s $50 Fire Tablet Sucks, But It’s All the Tablet I Need? by Mario Aguilar – Gizmodo ii. Link: http://gizmodo.com/amazons-50-fire-tablet-sucks-but-its-all-the-tablet-i-1731494027?sidebar_promotions_icons=testingoff&utm_expid=66866090-67.e9PWeE2DSnKObFD7vNEoqg.1&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F
- This is very attractive to schools – should or shouldn’t they?

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Blogs AWAY!

February 12, 2011February 12, 2011 Patrick Cauley1 Comment

Blogs are great ways for students to express themselves, share their ideas easily with the class, and students can do it anywhere at anytime (provided they have an Internet connection). On top of that, it is a great way to integrate a little English into any subject. This semester was the first time Omar and I tried it with our students and it worked pretty well. While it seems like a no brainer of why creating a class blog is beneficial; there were a lot of details that Omar and I needed to consider before creating our class blogs. Read on past the break to find out what those details were and what we discovered.

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