30
Mar

mySchoolog

Looks like Kevin Tofel at jkOnTheRun has issued us a challenge:

Download Squad featured MySchoolog yesterday and I thought the concept was great. It’s a free, web-based organizer for students at any level of education; yes, I think even The Student Tablet PC folks might find value here.

Mr. Tofel, I accept your challenge!

I just signed up [...]

26
Mar

Fun with pie charts

Happy Tuesday, everyone.

If you’re looking at a text only version of this post, you should really check out the image. It will make you smile.

26
Mar

The Q1 Performance in Class

I gave the Samsung Q1 an honest shot in class for taking notes. I put OneNote and all my OneNote files on the UMPC and took notes for two days on the small touch screen. Interesting.

Benefits of a UMPC

It has a smaller profile so you can blend in a little easier. If nothing else, [...]

19
Mar

Adobe Digital Editions: A great eBook reader

While reinstalling Adobe Reader I stumbled upon a little surprise in the file menu labeled Digital Editions. I had no idea what it was but it sounded promising and I couldn’t help but click.

Adobe Digital Editions is a completely new way to read and manage eBooks and other digital publications. Digital Editions is built from [...]

18
Mar

Cool, Vista makes it easy to do a fresh install

Did you know when you do a clean install of Vista it doesn’t erase all your useful stuff like documents and program files? That’s crazy, mostly because you’d think a clean install would be clean, but way useful. Your system is technically clean, just with a really big folder with a bunch of junk in [...]

17
Mar

An Explanation of my UMPC Conversion

As stated in my Summit post, I did state earlier how I didn’t like UMPCs and I just didn’t think they would ever be useful to students. I claimed UMPCs were just an accessory device, similar to an iPod, that was just really expensive and there was no way a student would find it useful [...]

17
Mar

Refreshing my LE1600…that’s what Spring Break’s for, right?

After my sound driver breaking (and I’ve tried every other driver I can get my hands on), MS Word breaking, OneNote Printer dissapearing, and a few other weird things after upgrading to Vista (yes, I upgraded instead of doing a fresh install), it’s time to clean house. I think it was viewing all the squeaky clean [...]

15
Mar

Reflections on the MVP Summit

b(This probably breaks blogging rules, but I decided to make this all one post. It’s a long read, but I hope it’s at least semi-enjoyable).

Summary:

It was GREAT meeting everyone Favorite Tablets of the MVPs New view on UMPC View on “Tablet PC” name future

I’m now on the plane and flying back to my home town of Austin, [...]

14
Mar

InkLearn has a Home

Just got a message from the author of InkLearn that it has a new home at http://punzie.net/.

A few of you have been asking where to find it, so according to Jerome, all future versions will be found there.

14
Mar

Sliding over to OneNote…again

Yes, OK, I will admit I tossed OneNote last semester when it died right before finals and I couldn’t get to my notes for a week. The extra functionality just didn’t seem worth the hassle.

But I’m not one to hold a grudge. I can’t remember but I think I might have been still using the [...]

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