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Podcast an Audiobook to Reach Struggling Readers

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Ted Curran

Image via Wikipedia Even in the upper grades, students are struggling to make the transition from “learning-to-read” to “reading-to-learn”. Give a struggling reader a context-reduced novel written in old, antiquated language and you will realize that students need as much … Continue reading →

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Broke free of my iPhone/AT&T Bondage!: Road Test for the Palm Pre on Sprint

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Ted Curran

Image by zoovroo via Flickr Since its debut in 2007, I’ve been a fanatical iPhone jailbreaker and general enthusiast of the device. As more and more iPhones have begun bogging down the 3G network in the Bay Area, Apple/AT&T seem … Continue reading →

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Over-Extending your Firefox with Extensions? Use Different Firefox-Powered Browsers for Different Tasks!

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Ted Curran

Everyone loves Firefox because there are so many great user-created Add-Ons that make your web browser into much, much more. Add-ons allow you to customize your browser to make tasks easier. This extra performance comes at a slight cost; the … Continue reading →

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Free Themed Fonts at TypeNow.net

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Ted Curran

http://typenow.net/themed.htm Image via Wikipedia THis is a great place for fonts that look like well known movie/band/ and video game fonts.

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Get Gmail quality email & collab tools while keeping your school's domain name

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Ted Curran

This year, I talked our charter organization’s IT master into switching all our (5) schools and the main office to Google Apps for your Domain. This means that our schools don’t have to maintain their own email servers anymore…. all … Continue reading →

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