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Apple Netbook in 2009 for $599???

Apple Insider recently published on article about the possibility of a Apple, Inc offering a netbook laptop at the $599 price point. The article cited many reasons why this would be a good step for Apple. More interestingly, the comments on this article were mostly negative. For example, commenter "ipodrulz" wrote: I would hate it if Apple released anything below 900$. It just makes the Apple brand look cheap, and crappy. And it allows all these other people to be carrying around a fruit logo when they shouldn't be. In the end Apple will just dilute their brand. Please Steve Jobs - don't do it! Understandably, Apple has a reputation for high quality products with a software package that is more robust than other vendors. The disadvantage is that it all comes with a higher price point. The higher price point negatively affects the education market. The school that I work in , and thousands more, are iMac based. Every teacher has an iMac on their desk and ou

Summarizing v. Reflection

Heres a Tweet that came @learnteachtech this afternoon from @PaulV8: @learnteachtech might you have anything to stress the difference between summary and reflection?my #avid students don't get it. In the AVID classroom, where I'm lucky enough to guide middle school students, we talk a ton about reflection. We also do a fair amount of summarizing. One summarizing activity that we do is GIST (its in the Tutorial Strategies book). Basically, we take a topic and sum it up in 20 words after the activity or discussion. It can also be a good discussion starter to do the GIST first. The 20 words can be Wordle like (just words) or a couple of sentences. I also have them write Tweets (w/o computers) on notecards. They get 140 characters. I like GIST and Tweets because it's short but complex to get a main idea into a few words. Summarizing is main ideas. What is the point? What was it about? Reflection is thinking about what happened. What did you do well? What specifically

Made Her Cry

Sweet, polite, charming even, Does her school work, Has lots of friends, Fits in with all the groups, Always quick with a joke, And able to join with quality thoughts. When she wants to or needs to. A dangerous type of person. Screaming and skipping away, “I made her cry.” Not the girl that was just sitting in a classroom, Doing school work, Interacting with her teacher, friends, Providing insights on math questions in a tutorial, Listening to others, Solving problems. Screaming and skipping away, “I made her cry.” Commotion in the hallway, Passing time before lunch, In the other girls face, Confronting her about things supposedly said, Things done, Actions taken, Real or perceived. Screaming and skipping away, “I made her cry.” Telling her off, Threatening to beat her up, Pushing her with a hand, Raising a fist, Asserting dominance, As if that is how the world spins, Intimidation to prove a point, About an rumored injustice. Screaming and skipping away, “I made her cry.” A girl in

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