Dell is gearing up for the busy holiday season by introducing the XPS M1530. Dell has always offered great choice in laptop computers and this one is no different.The M1530 – built with a 15.4” screen (larger than the 13” and smaller than the 17”) – looks like it has been given the standard equipment found in other models. However, it seems like they have made some adjustments and improved upon
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LENOVO N200 FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
Diposting oleh fatih on Senin, 26 November 2007
The new Lenovo 3000 N200 laptop has been released and has been geared for those people who use their laptops for work. While most laptops cost around $2,000 this one comes at an affordable $948.The Lenovo is obviously geared towards those who own their own business and who do extensive work on their personal computers. It comes equipped with a fingerprint scanner and applications that are geared
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COMPAQ V5201US LAPTOP YOUTUBE VIDEO REVIEW
Diposting oleh fatih on Selasa, 20 November 2007
COMPAQ V5201USSpecifications : Screen: 15.4" WXGA High-Definition BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 800)Processor: Mobile AMD Sempron processor 3300; Speed 2.0 GHzMemory: 512MB 333MHz DDR System Memory (2 x 256MB)Hard Drive: 80GB (4200RPM) SATA Hard DriveOperating System: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition+Service Pack 2, Windows Vista Capable PCOptical Device: Super Multi 8X DVD?R/RW with
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ALIENWARE GIVES US SNEAK PEEK OF NEW AREA 51 LAPTOPS
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Alienware has finally revealed to us the new Area-51 m15x m17x laptops that we have been waiting to see for some time now. What they have given us is a few sneak peeks so don’t expect too many details at this time. They did inform us that these two new laptops will be geared for all those looking to improve their gaming experience.When gamers take one look at these two models they will love
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CSAP scores revealed-SCARY
Diposting oleh fatih on Senin, 19 November 2007
Last week, teachers of ninth grade and tenth grade students were given in their mail boxes a highlighted sheet of their students who are partially proficient or unsatisfactory. Out of the 24 students I have in my ninth grade class, 11 are in the above categories. SCARY! I always have these weird feelings about test scores when they come out. One, I get really worried that I am going to somehow be measured as a teacher by their ninth grade test scores. What if they don't improve? If they don't improve then I am not doing my job. Also, I want to know what has happened to these kids? How can they not have applied all the writing strategies their teachers have used up to this point to this test? What is even more scary is that it seems that these students scores compared to former students are lowering at a greater rate.
So why write about this? I guess because I am frustrated. What should I do? If I am overly committed to them succeeding on this test, I could offer for them to come in on all of their off-hours form now to CSAP working on CSAP type exercises so that they actually apply the strategies we are working on in class to the standardized test. I actually offered this the other day and only one student out of all 11 wanted to come in.
I believe in all the writing exercises and real world applications I am doing in class, but I worry that those techniques won't transfer for them.
I guess I am wondering what to do? I know I am going to spend some serious time at the beginning of second semester working on their struggling areas, and I hope this works. I just wish I felt they cared as much about improving as I feel like their teachers do.
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So why write about this? I guess because I am frustrated. What should I do? If I am overly committed to them succeeding on this test, I could offer for them to come in on all of their off-hours form now to CSAP working on CSAP type exercises so that they actually apply the strategies we are working on in class to the standardized test. I actually offered this the other day and only one student out of all 11 wanted to come in.
I believe in all the writing exercises and real world applications I am doing in class, but I worry that those techniques won't transfer for them.
I guess I am wondering what to do? I know I am going to spend some serious time at the beginning of second semester working on their struggling areas, and I hope this works. I just wish I felt they cared as much about improving as I feel like their teachers do.
Rubrics, rubrics, rubrics
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I was sitting in class the other day and had what I like to think of as a Ah-ha moment- or environmentally conscious moment. It was nothing too revolutionary, but here I sat grading presentations on Personal Learning Networks and The Chosen background information as well as previously had graded This I Believe essays. With all of these, I printed out rubrics I had created on the computer. Why did I do this? It seems like a no-brainer that I would use my laptop to assess my students work rather than printing out a rubric and then handwriting illegible comments for my students to later decipher (I actually think I have nice handwriting but I guess my students would beg to differ on the writing they see). This is a change I want to make. I want to be able to use the rubrics online and then comment directly on them.
No big in depth revelation here- just an easy solution.
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No big in depth revelation here- just an easy solution.
Reflections on PLN...12 weeks in
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I want you to take some time and really reflect on our use of Personal Learning Networks. Think about the following questions and compose a detailed and thoughtful response in order to guide our use of PLNs for second semester.
1. What do you like about PLNs?
2. What are some challenges of PLNs?
3. What do you think of the PLN presentations in class on Fridays?
4. Does reflecting on your presentation in an evaluative form in your personal blog help you?
5. Do you access the audio version of your PLN presentation? If so, does it help you? If not, why not?
6. Does it help you to read the reactions of your classmates to your presentation?
7. Are the categories of your subscriptions helpful?
8. When you don't complete an assigned PLN, why don't you?
9. Are there any suggestions or changes you think we need to make for next semester?
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1. What do you like about PLNs?
2. What are some challenges of PLNs?
3. What do you think of the PLN presentations in class on Fridays?
4. Does reflecting on your presentation in an evaluative form in your personal blog help you?
5. Do you access the audio version of your PLN presentation? If so, does it help you? If not, why not?
6. Does it help you to read the reactions of your classmates to your presentation?
7. Are the categories of your subscriptions helpful?
8. When you don't complete an assigned PLN, why don't you?
9. Are there any suggestions or changes you think we need to make for next semester?
