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Image by Steve Lacey via Flickr A colleague recently requested a list of the advantages of the Mac over the PC, so I thought we'd just settle the age old debate of Mac vs PC right here, right now. Which one should you get and why?  Find out the startling revelations after the jump.

I mage via Wikipedia It is no coincidence that I see versions of our Tablet PC (Lenovo X61T) everywhere these days. On the plane, at the coffee shop, in the homes of parents of tutoring students, the trusty black laptop with the iconic red trackpoint may come in a variety of flavors, but the Lenovo (formerly IBM) Thinkpad has firmly established itself as one of the most popular laptops. The company decided to bring attention to its sales achievement (over 60 million sold) recently, so I thought I'd offer my two cents on our experience with the Tablet PC version.

Image via Wikipedia Let's go ahead and complete this trilogy with some advice on Desktop machines. In the first post, I described the most important pieces to consider when searching for a new computer. In the middle post , I gave some advice on laptops in particular. Lastly, we'll take a quick look at some things to consider when purchasing a new desktop.

This link will take you to the Agenda for the Tablet PC workshop. This workshop is part of a week-long series of voluntary technology trainings provided by Evanston Township High School (ETHS).  Its main objective is to train teachers across disciplines on the features, benefits, and impact of using Tablet PC's in the high school classroom.

During the last week before break, and fresh from my attendance at Google Teacher Academy, I decided to offer presentations and workshops for our faculty and staff during all three lunch periods. Details, links, and reflections for each workshop follow below, and all presentations can be found here . Monday, December 14, 2009 Tablet Training 101: At ETHS , we have rolled out 250+ Tablet PC's to our faculty. This year, English and World Languages teachers received tablets. I decided to focus this workshop on the basics of using a Tablet in class to ink on MS Word and MS PowerPoint files. Tuesday, December 15, 2009 SharePoint 101: During the past year, we have adopted MS SharePoint as the main vehicle for our teacher websites, displacing both Moodle and MS FrontPage . It has been one of my main responsibilities to help teachers learn and use SharePoint especially since our webmaster's departure earlier this year. This workshop focused on a brief discussion of ShareP...