The low power AMD C-50 Fusion APU (Accelerated Processing Unit) is designed for netbooks and ultraportable laptops. It is a dual core processor with a total power draw of 9W. In power efficiency it is comparable to the dual core Atom N550 processor. Better still, this processor comes bundled with the high performance ATI Radeon HD graphics. In other words, the AMD C-50 will get more or less the
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ASUS EEE NOTE EA800 TO SHIP IN EUROPE IN FEBRUARY
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The Asus Eee Note EA800 will start shipping in Europe in February for 259 Euros (about $355US). The EA800 is essentially a digital note taking device which can also be used as an eBook reader. The tablet has a grayscale display which supports 64 shades of gray. It comes with a stylus for pressure-sensitive note-taking. There is also a Wacom active digitizer for handwriting recognition. Other
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DELL STREAK 7 ANDROID TABLET REVIEWED
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The Dell Streak 7 Android tablet will be available from T-Mobile for $199.99 after rebate on a 2 year service contract. It will start shipping on February 2nd. The SIM free version will run $450. The Streak 7 has a 7 inch Gorilla Glass display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. It is powered by a NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor. The tablet is 4G enabled and will connect to T-Mobile's HSPA+4G network
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Moving Beyond the Rubric
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I know we are all familiar with Alfie Kohn’s stance on rubrics. And, I know that before Karl Fisch left to go to Educon without me, we talked a little about invention and creativity in kids. He asked me my thoughts on how we helped nurture creativity, inspiration, and innovation in our students. I immediately came back to Kohn’s thoughts about rubrics. My growing concern that as we create more and more rubrics to justify grades and help kids complete assignments our way, the more we are steering our children away from them being able to show their learning and understanding the way they envision it to be. Less of me, more of them!
2- Kids can go way beyond PowerPoint to show their learning and understanding:
a. Group 1- Prezi
b. Group 2- Prezi
3- Hula hoops make a great Venn Diagram!
4- Group 3- Food Pyramid
a. Desserts are bad for you similar to the actions of murder, conspiracy and hacking
b. Protein fuels the change in society
c. Fruits/Vegetables keep you healthy in order to change the world
d. Dairy supports the bones similar to the support network each person had challenging the system
e. Grains- the basis for the protesting
5- Make a Venn diagram cake
a. With each section of the cake, have a flag with details, pictures, and connections
b. Pass out the cut cake to the audience having them read back the information and learning to the entire class.
6- Game Show x 2
a. Group 1
b. Group 2
7- Making characters into lemonade-
a. Take one container that represents the world.
b. Add in water to represent Ned Kelly
c. Add lemonade to represent Marcus Yallow
d. Add ice to represent the Chicago 7
e. Notice how everything coexists peacefully UNTIL….
f. Add one stirring spoon that represents the police..
g. What happens when the police “stir things up” you have the “perfect sweet uprising”
h. Pour into cups that are a symbol of the people- feeding people/society with your ideas
As I was watching each group present, I was amazed. Without a rubric, detailed instructions, and the perfect lesson plan, my students showed their connections in a way that was collaborative, communicative, creative, inventive, and personalized. They solved a problem together without me or a rubric getting in their way. No two groups looked the same, yet all achieved a similar goal: they learned!
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So, this past week, as we were reading Little Brother, I asked the students to get into groups of their own choosing. In any way they wanted, they needed to show as many connections as they could find regarding Ned Kelly, the Chicago 7 and Little Brother’s Marcus Yallow (Thanks to Gary Stager for this assignment from grad school). I am not going to do the work for you readers; if you are anxious to know- do some digging! The only requirement is that they present their findings in a really creative and engaging way or as I like to say, “Knock my socks off!” No rubric was given out, no further instructions were given, just the opportunity for kids to learn and lead.
Here’s what I learned over the course of the presentation days:
1- Kids can write songs when given the chance and love to perform them LIVE! Not just once, but twice!
a. Group 1- original lyrics to song by Brad Paisley
1- Kids can write songs when given the chance and love to perform them LIVE! Not just once, but twice!
a. Group 1- original lyrics to song by Brad Paisley
2- Kids can go way beyond PowerPoint to show their learning and understanding:
a. Group 1- Prezi
b. Group 2- Prezi
3- Hula hoops make a great Venn Diagram!
4- Group 3- Food Pyramid
b. Protein fuels the change in society
c. Fruits/Vegetables keep you healthy in order to change the world
d. Dairy supports the bones similar to the support network each person had challenging the system
e. Grains- the basis for the protesting
5- Make a Venn diagram cake
a. With each section of the cake, have a flag with details, pictures, and connections
b. Pass out the cut cake to the audience having them read back the information and learning to the entire class.
6- Game Show x 2
a. Group 1
b. Group 2
7- Making characters into lemonade-
a. Take one container that represents the world.
b. Add in water to represent Ned Kelly
c. Add lemonade to represent Marcus Yallow
d. Add ice to represent the Chicago 7
e. Notice how everything coexists peacefully UNTIL….
f. Add one stirring spoon that represents the police..
g. What happens when the police “stir things up” you have the “perfect sweet uprising”
h. Pour into cups that are a symbol of the people- feeding people/society with your ideas
As I was watching each group present, I was amazed. Without a rubric, detailed instructions, and the perfect lesson plan, my students showed their connections in a way that was collaborative, communicative, creative, inventive, and personalized. They solved a problem together without me or a rubric getting in their way. No two groups looked the same, yet all achieved a similar goal: they learned!
CLOSER LOOK AT THE ENSPERT E201 ANDROID TABLET
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Dynamism will start taking pre-orders for the Enspert E201 Android tablet on February 1st. Shipping will reportedly start a few weeks later. The Enspert E301 is an interesting tablet PC. It possesses excellent build quality and has a 7 inch display with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. However, the version that Dynamism is going to sell will have a 7 inch, 800 x 480 pixels display instead.
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TOSHIBA SATELLITE C650D-BT2N15 WITH AMD FUSION APU GOES ON SALE IN THE US
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The Toshiba Satellite C650D with AMD's latest Fusion APU technology has gone on sale in the US. The Satellite C650D-BT2N15 is Toshiba's first laptop based on the Fusion platform.The configurable C650D-BT2N15 has a 15.6 inch display with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. It is available with your choice of a single core 1.5GHz AMD E-240 or a 1.6GHz dual core AMD E-350 processor. Both processors
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CLOVER SYSTEM LAUNCHES SUNBOOK NETBOOK WITH PIXEL QI DISPLAY
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Clover Systems has launched a new 10 inch netbook. The Clover SunBook, by the way, is the first 10 inch netbook to ship with a Pixel Qi transflective display. The Pixel Qi display can be used in two modes. In the full color mode, it can be used for watching films or pictures. Turn the backlight off and the display will become readable in direct sunlight. In this mode it is more like an E ink
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