Author Archives: mergy

Mahara Digital Portfolios and High School Students: Some Examples

After a recent upgrade to get our eportfolio site version current, I realized there are not a lot of great examples out there showing students Mahara work in a high school environment. Last year at Lick-Wilmerding, our Technical Arts Department … Continue reading

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Social Media As Exercise

Social media is not going away. It is maturing though. People are jumping in tweeting, using LinkedIn and being a little moreĀ cautiousĀ on what they share on Facebook. TV commercials and programs are displaying hashtags to encourage Twitter discussions about the … Continue reading

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Setup Mail Rules to Send “Out Of Office” Backscatter to The Trash (UPDATED)

If you are on a number of maillist lists, you feel my pain. When you want to contribute to a listserv but are tired on receiving all the junk email associated with various people’s auto-responders for vacation or out of … Continue reading

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Lenovo Thinkpad X130e First Impressions and Review

I was able to get my hands on a loaner unit from Lenovo via CDWG this week. This is the unit from Lenovo that they are specifically marketing to the education sector. I was eager to play around with it … Continue reading

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Apple’s Future Plans? Look To Wall-E

It has become very clear to me that Apple’s recent actions and products follow a pattern. Steve Jobs, through his former company Pixar, put their future path out there for the entire world to see in the film Wall-E. I’m … Continue reading

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