Saturday, July 11, 2009










ed notes online said...

James needs more than your vote. He needs you to get the votes of people in your school. Help ICE/TJC organize the rank and file. Start getting the word out now. Ideally, get an email list of your school and forward info as you see fit so that when ballots go out in March they are ready.

ed notes online said...

Better yet, ICE/TJC wants to fill as much of the 800 member slate as possible. Recruit people to run. Very few positions are winnable due to the Putin-like rules, so they don't have to be concerned about serving. But the growth of an opposition movement will force Unity into changes.

As for Macs/Windows, I was in tech since '84 with the latter years in distric tech support. The diff between addressing issues of macs and pcs was very wide in terms of networking and the number of hours needed to be spent in support. Mac all the way.

NYC Educator said...

I've never had a Mac. I was on the verge, but I've decided to plod on with my little Toshiba. Also, your contention that even wi-fi is monitored by the DoE makes me think it's unwise to use my personal laptop at school for anything that goes over the net. It's really disappointing.

NYC Educator said...

By the way, considering that Mac is offering an ipod touch with every purchase, the difference between a small laptop and the small Mac is--small. In fact, there are plenty lightweight laptops that run up to double the cost of the Mac.

Mr. Talk said...

Norm, I will definitely work to get the word out. It's a huge challenge though--most teachers don't even know that there are different slates to vote for,

NYC--I'm not really against Macs, and you are right--when it comes to super lightweight notebooks, prices are high all around. BTW, an Ipod touch doesn't sway me much. My daughter has one and the type is so small that I'd need a magnifying glass to use one.

The DOE can track your online use, if they want. A recent email sent to our DOE mailboxes made it clear that the use of Websense, a filtering software, will probably make using your laptop for personal email and such impossible, anyway.