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Random Tips & Tricks: Web Tools, iOS, Mac
I am working with a dynamite group of people at Apple Academy, all with great ideas and energy. When in info overload, it takes time to sort and organize. Since I don’t have the time, here flows random thoughts: Use dotEPUB to convert any web page or article and save it as an iBook document:…
iPad | Pedagogy | Trends | Uncategorized
iOS 5 Potential and Accessibility Features for Classrooms
I am participating with the Apple Academy this week held in Cupertino. While I have learned much in just the first day, I will share two things that I look forward to for classroom implementation: potential iOS 5 features and the current iOS 4 accessibility features. Let’s start with the future: while I have been…
Android | iPad | Uncategorized
Finding Apps and Staying Current with iPad and Android
So most of us have read articles that list “The 10 Best Apps for…” or “My Favorite Apps to…” There are hundreds out there, many listed in my list of bookmarks (so what do you call a list of lists?) Several sessions here at the ISTE Conference provide great suggestions for apps (e.g. What’s Your App? Finding Real…
How to Use Web 2.0 Toolbars in iPad Browsers
Often you may come upon a website you wish to add to a web 2.0 resource like Diigo, Delicious, Evernote, Livebinder, ReadItLater, Instapaper, Shareholic, etc. On a computer browser, you can install extension toolbars to make quick work of it, but not so easily on the iPad. Not wanting to relegate the iPad to a…
Tips for Using the iPad as a Laptop Replacement While Attending Conferences
I have had several days using the iPad as my main device (yes, I temporarily ditched my laptop) at the ISTE 2010 education/technology conference and discovered several crucial tips to make it usable as a computer replacement as well as some challenges to consider. Why bother replacing a laptop? Two huge issues: weight and battery…
Creating Treks with Google Maps
Also posted at TIE-Lights Many educators may be familiar with Lit Trips on Google Earth where teachers and/or students post geographical information around the story lines of great literature. Google Treks follow the same concept, but are not limited to just literature–treks can be created using virtually any content area. My first session at ISTE…
Linux Is Ready for Education, But Education Isn’t Ready for Linux
Over the years I have been an on-again, off-again user of Linux. I find Linux so interesting, but in my mind it has been hard to embrace it as an operating systems for mainstream users. Of particular problem has been installing or making any changes to software configurations and making Linux work with available hardware….
A Personal Reflection on the Roger Ebert Story
Yesterday at work a RSS headline crossed my screen that caught my eye, and I clicked on it thinking I would take a quick glance–Roger Ebert gets his voice back: “Uncanny. A good feeling.” which led me to the Esquire article: Roger Ebert: The Essential Man. Little did I expect I would get drawn down…
There is a Need for Apple’s Potential Tablet
I hesitate to make comments on unverified devices, because there is already too much speculation going on. But I cannot let some of the short-sighted comments spinning around the web go unchecked. I feel a need to qualify that I am not an Apple fan-boy–I do not look forward to another Steve-stage moment. I disdain…