Teachertech http://www.lockergnome.com/teachertech Ramblings...utter ramblings :) Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:00:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en Moving towards OS X http://www.lockergnome.com/teachertech/2009/01/02/moving-towards-osx/ http://www.lockergnome.com/teachertech/2009/01/02/moving-towards-osx/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:48:25 +0000 teachertech http://www.lockergnome.com/teachertech/?p=19

About four months ago I purchased my first Apple computer in the form of an iMac running Windows XP Professional via Bootcamp (Windows was needed for a few programmes that were essential for work purposes). I have been really happy with the new operating system (OS10.5 - Leopard) and have only ventured over to the Windows side when it had been absolutely essential.

In order to help me at first I would watch tutorials on YouTube and picked up a great deal of absolute basics quickly and in an entertaining way. I still use YouTube a lot to continue to develop my knowledge. It must be the easiest way to become familiar with a whole new operating system and hardware setup. I like the mac so much I am going to invest in a second machine - a new macbook pro 15 inch as soon as I can afford it so that I can be mobile. I have been lucky enough to have access to a work’s MacBook (the white model) but it is sometimes needed for other things and that can be difficult to arrange.

I think that anyone thinking of trying out Apple needs to do just that. Find some way of trying it out - even if it is in a store. Also start to visit YouTube and search for videos on specific basic topics regarding the mac. That way, you will either grow towards the OS or away from it the more you familiarise yourself with it. That said, though. There comes a point where you can only make progress with a machine of your own to play around with. Rookies need to remember that, by installing Windows XP (Not Vista) they are not burning their bridges when they but a mac. Windows will be there for them but they should (and probably will) avoid using it too much. They will need to become familiar with OS X.

I use Windows machines every day at work so I have not really ‘changed over’ at all. I have merely expanded my computing experience.

]]> http://www.lockergnome.com/teachertech/2009/01/02/moving-towards-osx/feed/ From 160 to 32 gigs with no regrets http://www.lockergnome.com/teachertech/2008/10/26/from-160-to-32-gigs-with-no-regrets/ http://www.lockergnome.com/teachertech/2008/10/26/from-160-to-32-gigs-with-no-regrets/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:25:04 +0000 teachertech http://lockergnome.com/teachertech/2008/10/26/from-160-to-32-gigs-with-no-regrets/ As the owner of 160 GB iPod which has been much used and is almost full, I finally bit the bullet and bought a new generation 32 GB iPod touch with some trepidation. I needn’t have worried. The fast internet access on this baby makes the need for storage space so less important. Music videos have now been replaced with YouTube bookmarks and many music files have been replaced with radio stations and online music playlist websites giving me a more and varied diet than I had previously with my gorged iPod 160 GB. In addition there are the amazing apps which, when used with productivity in mind, turn the Touch into a PDA. I can now access my documents and boomarks through my iGoogle almond with a lot of other stuff such as my diary. I know that the iPohone is out there and is arguably even better but I am waiting for a better battery life and a greater reliability. I feel the iPhone still has a long way to go yet. I’ll but one when it gets there. :)

Things missing from the Touch that would make it even better…

A microphone

A camera

But I need neither of these enough to sway me towards the iPhone…yet.

]]> http://www.lockergnome.com/teachertech/2008/10/26/from-160-to-32-gigs-with-no-regrets/feed/ Welcome to me http://www.lockergnome.com/teachertech/2008/10/14/welcome-to-me/ http://www.lockergnome.com/teachertech/2008/10/14/welcome-to-me/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:42:25 +0000 teachertech http://lockergnome.com/teachertech/?p=7 I am really pleased to have this blog accepted but now I face the daunting prospect of actually writing something. At first I tossed ideas around regarding a theme but then I decided to avoid such limitations. I am a teacher currently teaching primary school children aged around 7 years old. I am also the ICT coordinator in our school and have lots of interests. For these reasons alone I just know I will want to write about these different things as the mood and situation takes me. My interests incluse music, literacture, anime and manga, tech (natch!), the internet, aspects of teaching, boxing and other 1 on 1 sports.

The list goes on and on. I hope you can see why I am avoiding a thematic approach.

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