All Discussions Tagged 'hardware' - Classroom 2.02024-03-29T14:58:00Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=hardware&feed=yes&xn_auth=noKelly Walsh - 12 Potential Ed Tech Pitfallstag:www.classroom20.com,2012-08-26:649749:Topic:8682712012-08-26T12:01:27.150ZKelly Walshhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/KellyWalsh
<p>This Classroom 2.0: The Book chapter can be downloaded at <a href="http://www.scribd.com/collections/3752766/Cohort-5" target="_blank">http://www.scribd.com/collections/3752766/Cohort-5</a>.</p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="left: 272px; top: 3397px; word-spacing: 2px; letter-spacing: -1px;">There are many potential challenges that those responsible for implementing new or updated…</span></span></p>
<p>This Classroom 2.0: The Book chapter can be downloaded at <a href="http://www.scribd.com/collections/3752766/Cohort-5" target="_blank">http://www.scribd.com/collections/3752766/Cohort-5</a>.</p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="left: 272px; top: 3397px; word-spacing: 2px; letter-spacing: -1px;">There are many potential challenges that those responsible for implementing new or updated</span> <span style="left: 272px; top: 3503px; word-spacing: 2px; letter-spacing: -1px;">education and instructional technologies may encounter. This article discusses a dozen of these</span> <span style="left: 272px; top: 3610px; word-spacing: 2px; letter-spacing: -1px;">common pitfalls and offers suggestions for how to avoid or remediate these potential problems.</span> <span style="left: 272px; top: 3716px; word-spacing: 1px; letter-spacing: -1px;">Whether you are involved in a technology rollout on a small scale, perhaps in a single class or course,</span> <span style="left: 272px; top: 3822px; word-spacing: 2px; letter-spacing: -1px;">or on a larger scale such as across an entire institution, the observations in this article can help you to</span> <span style="left: 272px; top: 3928px; word-spacing: 2px; letter-spacing: -1px;">be equipped for success. </span></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="left: 272px; top: 3928px; word-spacing: 2px; letter-spacing: -1px;">Please come on out to Scribd.com and download this Chapter and keep it around as a quick reference whenever new or updated technologies are being considered or implemented in your school. Send a copy to your colleagues, and especially to the technical support folks and your administrators. Even the most experienced implementation and support personnel are going to pick up a couple of good tips here and they'll thank you for it!<br/></span></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="left: 272px; top: 3928px; word-spacing: 2px; letter-spacing: -1px;">The chapter provides insights into how to avoid these 12 common challenges that instructional and education technology implementations are likely to encounter:<br/></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="font-size-3">Insufficient Budget</span></span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Failure to secure senior administrator or executive level buy-in</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Not having a sponsor</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Inadequate training</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Insufficient technical testing and validation</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Failing to involve faculty from the onset</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Forgetting to consider the student’s perspective</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Relevancy (will the intended audience want to use it?)</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Not planning for adequate support</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Failure to incorporate training into on-boarding for new staff/faculty/students</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">No risk assessment</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Limited (or missing) long term planning</span></li>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="left: 272px; top: 3928px; word-spacing: 2px; letter-spacing: -1px;">Thanks for downloading your copy and doing your part of help make ed tech implementations succeed, at your school, and schools everywhere! <br/></span></span></p> What does 'interactive' mean?tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-05-05:649749:Topic:4691452010-05-05T11:33:37.916ZGerald Careyhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/GerryC
Hi folks.<br></br>I am a long time user of computers and I think we are on the cusp of major changes to schools and teaching in the next five to ten years.<br></br>However, at the moment, I am trying to get my head around this concept of interactivity.<br></br>I have just read an article called "<a href="http://www.smartteaching.org/blog/2008/08/50-ways-to-use-wikis-for-a-more-collaborative-and-interactive-classroom/">50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom</a>" which is a…
Hi folks.<br/>I am a long time user of computers and I think we are on the cusp of major changes to schools and teaching in the next five to ten years.<br/>However, at the moment, I am trying to get my head around this concept of interactivity.<br/>I have just read an article called "<a href="http://www.smartteaching.org/blog/2008/08/50-ways-to-use-wikis-for-a-more-collaborative-and-interactive-classroom/">50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom</a>" which is a good article but made me think about the concept of 'interactive' when it comes software in the classroom.<br/><br/>What makes some software (like wikis) more interactive than others (like Word)?<br/>Why is it important that the software we use is interactive?<br/>What are the measurable educational benefits of trying to get our classrooms to become more interactive?<br/><br/>I know for some this might be obvious, but I want to go to the core of what this concept means and I need your help basically because I have come to the conclusion that most software applications (and even hardware) are <span style="font-weight: bold;">not</span> interactive. Does this really matter?<br/><br/>I'll add to the discussion later, but if others have thoughts, I would be happy to hear them.<br/> Projectors and Laptopstag:www.classroom20.com,2009-09-15:649749:Topic:3826712009-09-15T22:30:00.137ZVanessa Rileyhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/VanessaRiley
The projector I have is a few years old. I'm thinking maybe 2006 or older. We just got new laptops and they don't seem to be very compatible. I've been told that the laptops are widescreened, but I don't really see a difference between it and the old one.<br />
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When my computer is projecting, it changes my screen resolution so that it is blurry and big and gives me a headache, but looks great on the wall. When I change it to 1280X1024 so that I can see on my machine, it gives me a widescreen image…
The projector I have is a few years old. I'm thinking maybe 2006 or older. We just got new laptops and they don't seem to be very compatible. I've been told that the laptops are widescreened, but I don't really see a difference between it and the old one.<br />
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When my computer is projecting, it changes my screen resolution so that it is blurry and big and gives me a headache, but looks great on the wall. When I change it to 1280X1024 so that I can see on my machine, it gives me a widescreen image on the projected wall that limits the students' view.<br />
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Has anyone else had this problem?<br />
Is there a fix?<br />
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I know this is an IT question, but after hearing their initial condescending response to a colleague, I'd rather present a solution when they tell me that it can't be done. Survey: Is your school using or considering netbooks?tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-01-07:649749:Topic:2558342009-01-07T01:16:18.622ZTami Brasshttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/TamiBrass
The past few months, there's been a lot of buzz about netbooks and similar technologies that may hopefully make portable hardware more attainable for schools. I’ve been giving serious thought to the implementation of netbooks and similar technology in schools as a way to make 1-1 initiatives more affordable and sustainable in various settings.<br />
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To get get a better idea of how other educators see netbooks impacting their programs, if I created a survey. If you enter your email or Twitter name,…
The past few months, there's been a lot of buzz about netbooks and similar technologies that may hopefully make portable hardware more attainable for schools. I’ve been giving serious thought to the implementation of netbooks and similar technology in schools as a way to make 1-1 initiatives more affordable and sustainable in various settings.<br />
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To get get a better idea of how other educators see netbooks impacting their programs, if I created a survey. If you enter your email or Twitter name, I’ll notify you when the survey is complete.<br />
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<a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p5xZfb-OWPFeV6DGs0icYdw">Click here to start the survey.<br />
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Anyone here using netbooks or similar hardware - Classmates, XOs, Neos, etc.?<br />
Any 1-1 programs using them or considering moving from traditional laptops to netbooks? Trying to put together information for grant proposaltag:www.classroom20.com,2008-09-13:649749:Topic:1888102008-09-13T06:36:45.573ZVicky Shttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/VickyS
I have been asked to put together what it would cost to replace the computers in our lab. We are a small Episcopal school and we currently have 22 9-10 year old XP machines in they lab. They have small hard drives (9.5 GB in most cases) and minimal memory 256-512MB and huge clunky monitors. We have various and assorted old inkjet printers in the lab - a few are all in one units with scanners.<br />
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I know I want something bigger with more memory and more hard drive. I can't even install everything I…
I have been asked to put together what it would cost to replace the computers in our lab. We are a small Episcopal school and we currently have 22 9-10 year old XP machines in they lab. They have small hard drives (9.5 GB in most cases) and minimal memory 256-512MB and huge clunky monitors. We have various and assorted old inkjet printers in the lab - a few are all in one units with scanners.<br />
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I know I want something bigger with more memory and more hard drive. I can't even install everything I want on the machines the way they are now and there are many things we can't run because of memory issues.<br />
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I do want to stay with PCs because we many not be able to replace everything at once. I'm not sure if I want to go with Vista or buy something with the XP downgrade.<br />
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If you were putting this together what is the minimum configuration you'd want as far as memory, hard drive, monitor size, etc? Which brand would you recommend? Any you would avoid? Any processors you would avoid? Would you go with Vista or stay with XP?<br />
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Thanks for any suggestions you can offer.