The iPad in Education and the Questions
[New related post - The iPad in Education: The Apps & Deployment - 9/24/2011] Since the release of the iPad, there have been a lot of questions about its use in the education space. As someone...
View Article#edipad for the iPad in Education
I don’t know about you but I am tired of getting spammed by Twitterbots every time I type the hashtag #ipad into a tweet! So… I am suggesting something simple for all of you out there that would like...
View ArticleThe iPad in Education: The Apps & Deployment
In an earlier post (The iPad in Education and the Questions — 1/10/2011) I began to look at how an iPad could be used in school in a 1:1 setting. When I wrote the post, I had a lot of question. Some...
View ArticleRogue IT in Education and the BYOD, DIY model.
Chris Lehmann (@chrislehmann) of The Science Leadership Academy and founder of EduCon, said of technology: “Technology must be like Oxygen: ubiquitous, necessary, and invisible.” I couldn’t agree more...
View ArticleThe AppleID in your 1:1 Program — COPPA
We have a great 1:1 program at my school. In grades 4–12 every student (and all faculty) have a 13″ Macbook Pro with a 500GB backup drive along with a suite of software we’ve installed for...
View ArticleI say 1:1, you say…
NOTE: Originally posted on the Educational Collaborators blog on 1/18/2012 — Update for Ultrabooks below — 1/21/2012. When you hear people talking about a 1:1 program they could be talking about a lot...
View ArticleEvernote Forever on the Out of School podcast.
On November 20th (2012) I had the opportunity to talk with both Bradley Chambers (@bradleychambers) and Fraser Speirs (@fraserspeirs) about “Evernote Forever” on their Out of School podcast. The...
View ArticleUsing device management to teach responsible use.
If you attend an educational technology conference, follow any of the Ed Tech listservs or are active on the Twitter hashtag #edtech you’re bound to find conversations on device management or...
View ArticleMake the Bretford PowerSync Cart for iPods work with your iPads
How many of you are still using the classic iPod or iPod Touch in the classroom? Many of you, like us, have moved from iPods to iPads and with this transition may be left with devices and hardware to...
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