Comments on: Freedom Sticks For The Classroom

By: Super Stuff on Sticks! « Hybrid Librarian

Super Stuff on Sticks! « Hybrid Librarian — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:59:43 +0000

[...] edubloggers, Alec Couros, was inspired to liberate the teachers in a locked-down school with a little “freedom stick…” how inspiring! Another edublogger, Ira Socol, did a similar thing when he helped Michigan [...]

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 05:27:16 +0000

Portable apps can be so useful at school or at work. I don’t what I would to without them. Especially when some computer systems don’t allow you to install ANYTHING on the PCs.

By: evanthornton (Evan Thornton)

evanthornton (Evan Thornton) — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:02:48 +0000

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Love the Freedom stick; tailor-made for government town too RT @courosa: [link to post] and follow-up video http://youtu.be/12bwU2f6J4k

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By: mike08 (Miguel Mendoza)

mike08 (Miguel Mendoza) — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:01:38 +0000

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@Aaron_Eyler I did that with a bunch of teachers - Original post [link to post] and follow-up video http://youtu.be/12bwU2f6J4k

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By: kiwispouse (Kelly Faulkner)

kiwispouse (Kelly Faulkner) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:34:54 +0000

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using portable apps to get around school blocking: [link to post]

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By: megan_mcdonald (megan mcdonald)

megan_mcdonald (megan mcdonald) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:28:05 +0000

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Network admins deserve so much respect -- except when they try to force you to use IE6. [link to post] (via @courosa)

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By: David Truss

David Truss — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:47:38 +0000

Hey Alec,
I feel compelled to share my presentation: http://www.slideshare.net/datruss/the-pods-are-coming The POD’s are Coming!
I love how you work around things to promote thinning walls (Slide 37)- Your work, thanks for sharing!
And as I say in slide 53, “Filters Filter Learning!”

What I love most about this post is the attitude that, ‘well that didn’t work, so what can we do to make it work?’

People don’t go to a photocopier when it is broken, just before a lesson that they needed copies for and say, “Dang, out of order, that’s it I’m NEVER going to use the photocopier again!” but somehow they try something with technology in the classroom that doesn’t work and they use that as proof positive that technology has no place in their class!?!

You exemplified what it means for the teacher to be the ‘lead learner’ in the classroom and role modeled what it means for ‘failure’ to be a learning opportunity.
Thanks for leading the way and sharing your experiences with us!
Dave.

By: monika hardy

monika hardy — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:30:08 +0000

i put portable firefox on my desktop as well. way faster.

thanks for all you insight alec. great stuff. as usual.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:31:04 +0000

Since you have a mac, can’t you just turn on network sharing instead of using an airport express? That’s what I do at school so I have wireless for my iPod. I’ve also put portable firefox on my desktop (runs faster than on a thumbdrive)

By: Blocking sites = Burning books | It is all about IT

Blocking sites = Burning books | It is all about IT — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:53:54 +0000

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