Category Archives: 1to1

Evernote 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 discussion moved between many topics including the experience at my school … Continue reading

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User data migration in our 1:1 scares me!

I am continually impressed by what we have achieved in our 1:1 Learning Initiative. We planned like no other school I know, we came out of the gates firing on all cylinders, all of our users – 4th-12th & faculty … Continue reading

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iPad Layered Model more manageable with iOS 6

With the release of  iOS 6 Apple no longer required the use of a password for the purchase of free apps from the App Store and more importantly for your institution, for the updating of apps. Why is this so important? In … Continue reading

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Onscreen Passcode and Configurator support for AppleTV Deployments

With the latest release of both AppleTV 5.1 and iOS 6 Apple takes steps to provide better enterprise support for the AppleTV. In an earlier post (Considerations for deploying the AppleTV in your school or enterprise) I pointed out that … Continue reading

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Making the case for a solid state drive (SSD) in your 1:1 Initiative

Let’s start this with a little game, name this sound… OK… back the sound in a bit. You have a lot of decisions to make when you are planning a 1:1 Learning Initiative, one of which has to do with the … Continue reading

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What I did on my Summer Vacation.

With summer is officially over I feel it’s about time for that recap every person has asked to write at some point in their lives… What I did on my Summer Vacation. While this isn’t necessarily going to be about … Continue reading

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Geeking out at the PSU MacAdmins Conference.

If you’re not pushing yourself you not growing.  Finding good opportunities and ways to push yourself professionally are often hard to come by, so when my colleague came back from the PSU MacAdmins conference last year and said “WOW” I … Continue reading

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The journey to a 1:1 Initiative.

What does a 1:1 Initiative look like and what did it take to achieve it? When you visit other school that have programs in place you often see the end result of what could have been a very long process … Continue reading

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Considerations for deploying the AppleTV in your school or enterprise.

AppleTV is awesome! I’ve had one in my home for years and I am really excited about what you can do with these devices and particularly AirPlay. We are beginning to look at using the AppleTV in our school as … Continue reading

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My day at Educon 2012

This was the second year in a row that I attended Educon for the Saturday sessions.  If you’ve never been to Educon before it is held at the Science Leadership Academy (SLA) in center city Philadelphia. If you have never been … Continue reading

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