Well I missed a few scheduled sessions yesterday. The first was the morning one. Hard to move that fast in the morning but I wasn’t all that hot on it. Since I was running late I hit the flashing lights and sweet talking of the vendor booths.
Vendor Booths
They are more aggressive than I have ever [...]

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National Educational Computing Conference 2007

Well, Atlanta is hot but I am spending it in the AC geeking it out with a bunch of teachers. We are already a nerdy bunch but now we take it up to the next level by obsessing over computers for a week.
Last night’s keynote was given by Andrew Zolli of [...]

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As an educational technologist I make a lot of purchasing decisions and I tend to receive a ton of unsolicited adverts for new tech junk. A good portion also comes from companies that I have ordered from. Apple is one.
Being a Mac enthusiast I have naturally purchased an increasing amount for use in the [...]

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The retards we have so dutifully elected has decided to ban social sites, such as myspace, in order to protect our children from online predators. Deleting Online Predators Act, or DOPA, is much more clever in name than substance. While the cause maybe noble but the approach is as dumb and incompetent as the whole [...]

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