I've said it several times before: I want a netbook. An Asus Eee would be great, the HP MiniNote is a bit pricey but looks very slick, Dell's proposed netbook is still vaporware but worthy of excitement, and I'm still waiting for US OEMs to pick up...

I need a new laptop. My oldest son’s laptop finally bit the dust, and he’s pretty well attached to it, both for personal and school purposes. As a likely film major, my Mac would serve him well (at least through the first year of college, at which...

On Monday, I wrote about the decline of science education in the US, as well the rise of "unscience" and our growing struggle to compete with China in terms of real innovation. As if he wanted to hand me the perfect segue, President Obama announced...

Our school district is providing H1N1 shots to any students whose parents request it. It’s an easy way to build some so-called “herd immunity” in the age group most vulnerable to this particular flu strain. In fact, my 7-year old was the very first...

Earlier this week I noted that YouTube's partnership with Univision was one more reason to make the web service available in schools. Now, Google has introduced some more useful YouTube technology: automatic captioning.

My presentation to the Florida Council of Independent Schools went well, both from a content and a technical perspective, since I was able to do it remotely, all with Google Apps. Here is the presentations, as well as a few takeaways from the...