Due to need, I am assisting with 11th and 12th graders who need to pass the California Exit Exam.  I taught English for eight years, and the CAHSEE if you haven’t ever seen it, is a rudimentary English and math test.  We use a software program that responds to the students’ mistakes by offering additional [...]

I am often asked by computer teachers for the ability to disable the Internet when they work with students in a computer lab.  There are numerous programs that control a student’s workstation.  I have reviewed numerous proposals for software that achieves this goal. I’ve come to a final conclusion: No computer class should deny students [...]

This summer has been so productive in streamlining my computing experience. Ideally, everyone wants his/her experience using a computer to be fast, productive and easy. We want to accomplish our various tasks with the quickest amount of keystrokes, assure that our work is saved and backed up, access our information and data on any computer [...]