Archives for August 2016
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August 2016
Open Box Computers
Think Outside The Box with Open Box Computers If you ever find yourself in a situation in which refurbished computers won’t fit your requirements, there is still a way to get great technology deals. In fact, you can buy virtually new computers and still pay considerably less than your peers. We’re talking about Open Box […]
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Your First Computer
Everyone Should Have a First Computer. Do You Remember Yours? Floppy disks that held 1.2MBs of data. Monochrome screens with 512 x 342 pixel resolution. External CD-ROM drives. A 56K modem (and the sound of it “dialing up”). A Dot Matrix printer. Windows 3.1. CONFIG.SYS and *.* What do all these embarrassingly out-of-date things have […]
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How Access to Technology Contributes to Project-Based Learning Outcomes
Learn by doing. John Dewey, the philosopher and education theorist wrote in the 1930s: This is roughly what Project-Based Learning, or PBL, is based on. Rather than the teacher as a transmitter of static facts and the students as passive vessels for knowledge, PBL aims to make learning continuous with life outside of school. […]
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