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Checking out books in cyberspace: School libraries go digital

When I think of a library, I think of that musty smell, friendly librarians and the heavy stack of books that I shove into my bag before staggering home. But, like everything else, libraries are being reinvented. A stack of books? How twentieth-century! Instead, why not pick up that half-pound eRead...

How To Preserve Your Event Log Files On Frozen Machines

So after posting a tip to a user who was working with us on a beta version of Deep Freeze I was asked to wrap that tip in a user story and send it over to our blog for the rest of our customers. After spending several days looking at a blank piece of paper I still have yet to get a user story together that did not seem forced. Rats. So, I sup...

Game over: video games defeat classroom boredom

Remember those old stereotypes about video game players? Well, It turns out most are not playing from their mom's basements, and games aren't actually rotting your brain. Some video game developers are now making games that can be used to teach kids in classrooms. Since kids love video games, why not take advantage of their interest and get them to...

Cracking the code: How to teach computer programming in schools

Code is the life force of computers: games, websites, that pretty desktop background and everything else that you see when you're checking your email or surfing the web. But even though we all rely on software, there aren't many people learning to code. By 2020, it's predicted that there will be one million more jobs than computer science student...