Feed - Moving At The Speed : MASSCUE XO Learning Moments — Today at the MASSCUE 2008 conference in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, I was delighted to meet Diane Serley. [image] Diane is a leader in the Boston-area OLPC User’s Group, and owns one of only two companies (XOExplosion) worldwide authorized to resell official parts for the XO Laptop / OLPC. Since I presented four times in the morning / early afternoon today, I was not able to attend Diane’s session…

Feed - Moving At The Speed : No laptops at our meeting! — I’ve actually lived this cartoon several times at official meetings in the past two years. [image] Somehow, having a laptop in front of you makes the reality of cognitive multi-tasking more tangibly visible to some leaders. When we’ve been in class or in meetings, we’ve always had trouble as human beings maintaining a singular focus on the speaker’s voice and topic. In a meeting with my laptop…

Feed - Moving At The Speed : All A Twitter about Twitter by Beth Knittle — Beth Knittle presented a session this afternoon at the MASSCUE 2008 conference in Sturbridge, MA, titled “All A Twitter about Twitter.” Handouts from the session are available on Beth’s Wiki. I shared a few ideas during the preso as well. We Ustreamed the session, and I also archived the Ustream text chat. Thanks to Ustream participants, we learned about the Twitter directories [url] and [url]…

Feed - Moving At The Speed : Memo to Santa: Can you send me a Pico Pocket Projector early? — Thanks to a tip from James Deaton, I am adding a new item to my wish list for Santa: A Pico Pocket Projector. Unfortunately these are not scheduled to hit the market until 2009. Perhaps the man in red can pull some strings and get an early prototype to Oklahoma? Battery operated and fitting in the palm of your hand, according to the Pico Projector’s about page: "Despite being smaller and lighter…

Feed - Moving At The Speed : Videoconference With Your Grandchildren — Several months ago Maryan Pelland, a writer for grandparents.com, contacted me about our family’s experiences using videoconferencing with our children and their grandparents / our parents. A few months ago she published the article “Videoconference With Your Grandchildren: Hearing your grandchildren’s voices is special, but seeing their faces is even better. Videoconferencing is the next best…

Kristine: Teach typing - the fun way! — I found this great site - [url] - that let's you race against other typists. It's a fun way to test your typing skills and challenge your classmates. Try it! [url] -K