February 2012
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Data and Analysis of a High School 1:1 iPad... →
The Westlake Initiative for Innovation (WIFI) project launched in August of 2011 in the Eanes Independent School District. The objectives – create a culture of digital and global learning, increase the relevance of education in real-world scenarios, and allow for a more individualized, flexible and differentiated learning via 1:1 iPads for every Junior and Senior level student. When the WIFI...
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MANteresting, A Social Bookmarking Website Geared... →
MANteresting is a social bookmarking website geared to men. With it, you don’t “pin” things like with Pinterest (which is,according to Ignite Social Media stats, dominated by women), you “nail” them.
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How to remove your Google Web Data History
Do you know if Google is tracking your Web activity? If you have a Google account (for, say, Gmail) and have not specifically located and paused the Web History setting, then the search giant is keeping track of your searches and the sites you visited. This data has been separated from other Google products, but on March 1 it will be shared across all of the Google products you use...
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Google's Apps for Education and the New Privacy...
In late January when Google announced that it was replacing 60 different privacy policies across its multiple sites and services with a single one, you might have thought Congress had taken up SOPA and PIPA again. That’s how loud the outrage was from much of the social galaxy, as reflected in this Gizmodo headline: “Google’s Broken Promise: The End of ‘Don’t Be...
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Cant take it anymore...
I feel horrible…going to bed…goodnight all.
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TCEA 2012 Post Convention Handouts
Below is just a short list of ALL the handouts from the TCEA 2012 Convention held just a last week in Austin, Texas.
Get Heard! GarageBand Podcasting with the Mac! GarageBand Podcasting TCEA 2012 Get Outta Debt with JavaScript! 121500 Getting Certified in Excel 2010 What’s New in Office 2010 Getting Certified in Excel 2010 Excel 2010 Objectives Getting Certified in Excel 2010 Office...
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Take a look at these "Pinteresting" iPad Lessons!
Lisa Johnson from www.techchef4u.com has pinned together a ton of iPad lessons that I believe you will find very Pinteresting! If that doesnt Pinterest you then stop by and Scoop.it up here: iPad Lesson: Apptivities and Lessons for the iPad”
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Relive John Glenn's 'Friendship 7' Flight 50 Years... →
If you love astronomy, NASA, space flights and you have $6.99 to spare on an app you may want to consider the Friendship 7 app by NASA.
Want to experience what it was like to be inside NASA’s mission control center 50 years ago, monitoring astronaut John Glenn as he became the first American to orbit the Earth? There’s an app for that.
Spacecraft Films, which for more than a...
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Do you agree?
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College Launches Course Devoted to iPhone...
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College Launches Course Devoted to iPhone Photography 21stcenturyfluency.com
This is exactly the right idea - a college course devoted to iPhone photography. This type of program should be offered in high schools.
Teaching kids how to use tools like an iPhone (or other smart phones) to create art and express…
This is an excellent idea. I love the thought of teaching...
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We Are Ready...: TCEA 2012 Convention →
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I was out of school this week for the TCEA Convention in Austin. It was the most incredible conference to date.
There is so much information available. So much to see and do that you cannot possibly take it all in. But we were there and did as many sessions as possible in the four days.
TCEA…
I have been attending TCEA for 5 years now and feel the same way. It is so...
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Surprisingly Educational Apps
My Digital Notes: TCEA 2012 Session by Lisa Johnson and Yolanda Barker Lisa and Yolanda quickly and entertaingly introduced a ton of great apps and how they could be used in education at a packed iPlayground during TCEA 2012 this afternoon. The majority of the apps mentioned were free or were available at a very low cost. Below are some of the apps that caught my attention: Photo Measures...
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5 Tools You Should Know About and How to Use Them
My Digital Notes: TCEA 2012 Session by Gail Lovely @glovely on twitter. SoapBox - http://app.gosoapbox.com Polling site Allows for questions to be asked Questions can be moved to top if others want that question to be asked Requires a teacher account Teacher can create reports on stats of questions and responses Free iPiccy - http://ipiccy.com/ Online Picture Editor Editor,...
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TCEA 2012 Convention and Exposition
Looking forward to the rest of this week in Austin, Texas at the TCEA 2012 Convention and Exposition! The 32nd TCEA Annual Convention & Exposition with a week full of astounding professional development, hands-on and peer-to-peer learning opportunities, exploration of new trends through interactive learning environments, in-depth presentations from educational technology experts, and...
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Texas [first year] Teacher: This week was kind of... →
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It’s like all my students can handle is a worksheet. Maybe that’s all they’ve ever had experience with in school, so an actual activity that doesn’t require pencil and paper is just too much.
Either way, I made a decision this week. I will do whatever it takes for my students to succeed.
We can all thank standardized testing for “creating” these types of...
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Lenovo Dream To Do $50,000 Technology Makeover...
K-8 students can submit a drawing of what they want to DO when they grow up, accompanied by a sentence.
( Submission Tips ) ( Download Consent Form )
Vote once per day on drawing submissions from your school – and tell friends and family to vote too!
CONTEST DETAILS:
• Open to K-8 schools in the U.S.
• Contest runs February 1, 2012 – April 16,...
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Best Andriod Tablets of 2012
Android Tablets have come a long way from the earlier days, and are now packing specs that not only make the iPad weep in shame, but also make your notebook feel nervous, too. At CES 2012, we were privileged to witness tablets with full 1900×1200 resolution 1080p eye popping displays, quad (actually 5 core) CPU’s, incredibly thin form factors, and much more. We’ve assembled what we think are the...
