iOS 6 – MDM not yet ready for new restrictions
If you are planning on upgrading your school-based deployment of iPads & iPod Touches, check your Restriction Profiles to ensure the new feature settings are compliant with your school policy....
View ArticleLearning is a social endeavor
E-180 out of Montreal is looking to undo the systemization of education by getting back to the social roots of learning. The concept is straight-forward: let people know what you know, and they can...
View ArticleTED.org is flipping lectures
TED.org is teaming educators with animators to create TED-Ed flipped lectures. Anyone can choose a YouTube video and then place it side-by-side with a variety of questions, allowing viewers to assess...
View ArticleFree iBook: Student Guide to iPads & iOS 6
The iPhone User Guide for iOS 6 has been out for a few weeks now, but Apple hasn’t yet released one for the iPad & iOS 6. Rather than wait, I decided to write a bare-bones intro to iPad & iOS 6...
View ArticleFree Google Earth in Edu webinar
Master teachers Jerome Burg and Thomas Petra are hosting a free Google OnAir discussion of best practices and curricular ideas for using Google Earth in education on November 2nd, 2012 at 7pm EST. I’ve...
View ArticleApple Distinguished Educator 2013 application period opens
Today Apple opened their application process for the Apple Distinguished Educator Class of 2013. The ADE program currently includes 1500+ international teachers who use fluency with Apple’s products to...
View ArticleModeling collaborative learning: edCamp Seattle
Seattle’s first local edCamp occurred on November 17th, 2012 at SPU. Over 60 educators from public and private schools, non-profits and universities attended the event. The event was Storified using...
View ArticleISTE buzzword bingo 2013
It’s time for ISTE again, one of the world’s largest edtech conferences – this year in San Antonio, TX. With 4 days worth of events and tens of thousands of participants, it can be difficult to figure...
View ArticleBuzzword BINGO – SxSWedu 2014
Hi to all my Austin friends…sorry to be missing this year’s event. It’s March, and that means time for the fastest growing (and arguably hippest) education conference in the United States – SxSWedu in...
View ArticleSxSWedu 2015 Buzzword Bingo
It’s 2015. It’s Austin. It’s time to get out your BS meter and kick the tires on the latest in education. Plan your time well with this year’s Buzzword Bingo!
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