User:Daniel K. Schneider
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About myself
I am coordinating work in this wiki and here is an official blurb about me:
Daniel K. Schneider is senior lecturer and researcher at TECFA, a research and teaching unit in the faculty of psychology and education, University of Geneva. Holding a PhD in political science, he has been working in educational technology since 1988 and participated in various innovative pedagogical and technological projects. He has been a prime mover towards the introduction of creative pedagogical strategies and ICT technologies. His current R&D interests focus on modular, flexible and open Internet architectures supporting rich and effective educational designs. Within TECFA's "blended" master program in educational technology, he teaches educational information & communication systems, virtual environments and research methodology.
- My E-mail: Daniel.Schneider at unige.ch (E.g. if you have questions about the why and what of this Wiki)
- See my good old HTML Home Page
- Classes in french: Cours STIC: STIC I - STIC II - STIC III - STIC IV
- Classes in English: See Courses and workshops
Blog
Last 10 posts from Blog:DKS, my wikilog:
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Other
Need a new desktop laptop (spring 2010). It should be 3D enabled (both CAD and gaming 3D). Alternatives I consider:
- Gaming/multimedia laptops (can do for the little CAD I do)
- Alienware M17x (too heavy, good gaming 3D Radeon HD 5870 , good screen)
- Asus G73 series, e.g. G73JW (cheap, only hdtv 1080p, quite heavy, ok screen, good gaming 3D NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M)
- Acer Aspire Ethos (cheap, slim, slow 3D, bad screen)
- Apple MacBook Pro (slim, don't trust win drivers, slow 3D Radeon 6750M)
- Clevo (also sold as Sager or XMG plus other brands) 17 in. and above series. Flexible configurations. Probably the fastest laptops, various i7 chips, GeForce GTX 560M/580M for the high-ends, 18.4 in FHD (1920x1080). No better resolution ? Fairly cheap.
- Cad Laptops (certified, also better OpenGL support)
- Dell Precision M6500 (4kg, good CAD 3D Nivida Quadro FX3800M based on (slower) GTX 280M, good but small (WXGA+) screen, very expensive in a top config, bad sound). Low end version is much cheaper and has ATI FirePro M7820.
- DELL Precision M6600, Nivdia Quadro 4000M or 5010M (expensive!), HD (1900x1080) low resolution :(, CPU: I7-2720QM (or better).
- HP EliteBook 8760w (UWVA-Display, starts at 3.5kg, Various Nivia Quadro (e.g. Quadro 4000M), various CPU, e.g. i7-2630QM
None has what I would call a decent screen resolution. The actual trend is in fact towards less (i.e. HDTV 1900x1080 or 1900x900). So far, I don't think that any is really worth it (still got a XPS 1730 running). There seems to be a fair market for custom-built laptops, but I won't trust any that is not local (in case I have to return the unit for some quick repair)