Comments for Hoopili http://hoopili.wordpress.com An Individual's Chronicle of Techno-literacy Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:00:01 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Guest Bloggers, Part I by Teena in Toronto http://hoopili.wordpress.com/2009/06/14/guest-bloggers-part-i/#comment-45 Teena in Toronto Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:00:01 +0000 http://hoopili.wordpress.com/?p=234#comment-45 Happy blogoversary! Happy blogoversary!

]]> Comment on When Technology Goes Bad by Responsible computing http://hoopili.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/when-technology-goes-bad/#comment-39 Responsible computing Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:17:30 +0000 http://hoopili.wordpress.com/?p=163#comment-39 A sad situation that you inherited. What you can do immediately: Insist that the DOE does not spend one more cent on Apple products. Regardless of how you position it, including educational discounts, Macs cost twice as much as PCs. It's just economics. Monopoly (Apple) vs. one of the most competitive markets anywhere (PC). Closed vs. Open. Proprietary vs. Industry Standard. Few users vs. Many. High margins vs. razor thin margins. You get the picture. Then, the support costs are higher also. I recently visited an elementary school principal who had a HUGE Mac on his desk, then an IBM laptop in front of it. "Why 2 computers"? "Most of the stuff I try to look at with the Mac doesn't work, so I need this laptop". Your mission is to prepare kids - 95% of the world uses PCs. You wouldn't instruct in Portugese for students who will be living and working in the USA. Why are there Macs in the DOE? My 3 year old can jump on a PC and start browsing, so I know there is no ease of use argument anymore. For every Mac you see, think "we could have had 2 PCs instead of this one". Hang in there, and insist the DOE spends no more money on Macs. A sad situation that you inherited.

What you can do immediately:

Insist that the DOE does not spend one more cent on Apple products. Regardless of how you position it, including educational discounts, Macs cost twice as much as PCs. It’s just economics. Monopoly (Apple) vs. one of the most competitive markets anywhere (PC). Closed vs. Open. Proprietary vs. Industry Standard. Few users vs. Many. High margins vs. razor thin margins. You get the picture.

Then, the support costs are higher also. I recently visited an elementary school principal who had a HUGE Mac on his desk, then an IBM laptop in front of it. “Why 2 computers”? “Most of the stuff I try to look at with the Mac doesn’t work, so I need this laptop”.

Your mission is to prepare kids – 95% of the world uses PCs. You wouldn’t instruct in Portugese for students who will be living and working in the USA. Why are there Macs in the DOE?

My 3 year old can jump on a PC and start browsing, so I know there is no ease of use argument anymore.

For every Mac you see, think “we could have had 2 PCs instead of this one”.

Hang in there, and insist the DOE spends no more money on Macs.

]]> Comment on Empowering your students… by Melanie Ching http://hoopili.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/empowering-your-students/#comment-35 Melanie Ching Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:46:51 +0000 http://hoopili.wordpress.com/?p=206#comment-35 To Hope and hesterson, Thank you for responding to my post. I truly admire the work you are doing, and I have been sharing your story with my colleagues. We are eagerly awaiting Google's response to you and wish you, your classmates, and your wonderful teacher the very best. To Hope and hesterson,
Thank you for responding to my post. I truly admire the work you are doing, and I have been sharing your story with my colleagues. We are eagerly awaiting Google’s response to you and wish you, your classmates, and your wonderful teacher the very best.

]]> Comment on Empowering your students… by hesterson http://hoopili.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/empowering-your-students/#comment-34 hesterson Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:46:46 +0000 http://hoopili.wordpress.com/?p=206#comment-34 Hi I am one of the students that you blogged about that is protesting google shutting down Lively. We really appreciate you getting the word out about us because every single person helps. We will be having another protest next week in Lively and we would love for you to come. Please do not tell many people because we are still working out the kinks. Stay aLively Thanks, The 9th grade class at Westwood Schools Hi I am one of the students that you blogged about that is protesting google shutting down Lively. We really appreciate you getting the word out about us because every single person helps.

We will be having another protest next week in Lively and we would love for you to come. Please do not tell many people because we are still working out the kinks.

Stay aLively Thanks,
The 9th grade class at Westwood Schools

]]> Comment on Empowering your students… by Hope http://hoopili.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/empowering-your-students/#comment-33 Hope Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:46:16 +0000 http://hoopili.wordpress.com/?p=206#comment-33 I am a student who has many interests. I only like blogging if I am talking about a topic that I am interested or passionate about. Blogging is a great tool used to tell people about your interest. I enjoy blogging and I think it is a great way to express your thoughts and opinions. I truly appreciate your comments on this topic. It means a lot to me that we are getting feedback from people. We put tons of hard work and effort into this project and we hope that our story reaches out to people across the world. I encourage you to tell your friends and family about our goal and I hope they give us feedback just as you did. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR OPINION WITH US!! I am a student who has many interests. I only like blogging if I am talking about a topic that I am interested or passionate about. Blogging is a great tool used to tell people about your interest. I enjoy blogging and I think it is a great way to express your thoughts and opinions.

I truly appreciate your comments on this topic. It means a lot to me that we are getting feedback from people.

We put tons of hard work and effort into this project and we hope that our story reaches out to people across the world. I encourage you to tell your friends and family about our goal and I hope they give us feedback just as you did. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR OPINION WITH US!!

]]> Comment on Empowering your students… by Vicki Davis http://hoopili.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/empowering-your-students/#comment-32 Vicki Davis Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:18:45 +0000 http://hoopili.wordpress.com/?p=206#comment-32 It is so tough to get them to write about what they are passionate about. This was something that just happened for us -- last year the students had blogs and they did them on topics of interest to them as well. It is hard to hit on the passion, but now that we have, the students have been emailing me all weekend! I appreciate your feedback and thoughts on this as it means a lot that you took the time to reflect - it will mean a lot to them and me as well and I've linked to this post on my blog (it will be there in the morning.) Thank you so much for sharing! It is so tough to get them to write about what they are passionate about. This was something that just happened for us — last year the students had blogs and they did them on topics of interest to them as well.

It is hard to hit on the passion, but now that we have, the students have been emailing me all weekend! I appreciate your feedback and thoughts on this as it means a lot that you took the time to reflect – it will mean a lot to them and me as well and I’ve linked to this post on my blog (it will be there in the morning.) Thank you so much for sharing!

]]> Comment on When Technology Goes Bad by Ais-Isa.org » Blog Archive When Technology Goes Bad http://hoopili.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/when-technology-goes-bad/#comment-27 Ais-Isa.org » Blog Archive When Technology Goes Bad Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:06:37 +0000 http://hoopili.wordpress.com/?p=163#comment-27 [...] here to read the rest: When Technology Goes Bad Tags: computer, education, humor, iphone, learning, limited-resources, reading, school, students, [...] [...] here to read the rest: When Technology Goes Bad Tags: computer, education, humor, iphone, learning, limited-resources, reading, school, students, [...]

]]> Comment on When Technology Goes Bad by ªLªn http://hoopili.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/when-technology-goes-bad/#comment-26 ªLªn Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:51:20 +0000 http://hoopili.wordpress.com/?p=163#comment-26 thank you for this post. you have a voice that needs to be heard.... thank you for this post. you have a voice that needs to be heard….

]]> Comment on Blue Men Environmental Video by Jan Smith http://hoopili.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/blue-men-environmental-video/#comment-25 Jan Smith Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:26:48 +0000 http://hoopili.wordpress.com/?p=185#comment-25 Love it! I show my students a 2-3 min video a day via vodpod, usually just before the first bell. I have a number who are chronic lates, and they are more motivated to arrive on time this way: I have been showing vids that demonstrate creative communication. As well as the powerful environmental message, it's just plain fun! Love it! I show my students a 2-3 min video a day via vodpod, usually just before the first bell. I have a number who are chronic lates, and they are more motivated to arrive on time this way: I have been showing vids that demonstrate creative communication. As well as the powerful environmental message, it’s just plain fun!

]]> Comment on Blogging on the go… by Bookmarks about App http://hoopili.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/blogging-on-the-go/#comment-24 Bookmarks about App Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:30:21 +0000 http://hoopili.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/blogging-on-the-go/#comment-24 [...] - bookmarked by 1 members originally found by atompilz on 2008-09-10 Blogging on the go... http://hoopili.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/blogging-on-the-go/ - bookmarked by 2 members originally [...] [...] – bookmarked by 1 members originally found by atompilz on 2008-09-10 Blogging on the go… http://hoopili.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/blogging-on-the-go/ – bookmarked by 2 members originally [...]

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