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Category Archives: EdTech
Google is offering a $99 Chromebook! Wait…does cheap make it right?
This is a quick reactionary piece to two things I read today that have me scratching my head. Both related to Google and the Chromebook. As reported on Engadget “Google (is) offering $99 Samsung Series 5 Chromebooks to public schools” … Continue reading
Picking the right wireless for your school.
Prior to the deployment of our 1:1 Learning Initiative we spent over a year working on our infrastructure. Switches, firewalls, access points and other network devices/appliances were demoed and tested to handle DHCP, DNS, RADIUS, content filtering and connectivity. We … Continue reading
Posted in 1to1, EdTech, Technical
Tagged aerohive, Apple, aruba, cisco, content filtering, dhcp, dns, infoblox, let's think wireless, ltw, meru, open directory, precision consulting, radius, ruckus, trapeze, untangle, xirrus
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The Tale of Two Posts. Using analytics to talk about writing.
When I talk to teachers about getting them to have their student write and publish online I talk about a number of things. When you look at the research and writing process the last part of that process is publishing. Writing … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, EdTech, Teaching & Learning
Tagged assessment, audience, feedback, GetClicky, portfolios, publishing
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Evernote Trunk Conference: Rethinking Education (Video)
On August 24th, 2012, Reshan Richards (@reshanrichards) and I, along with Rob Van Nood (@evernotefolios) had the opportunity to speak at the Evernote Trunk Conference on “Rethinking Education” with Evernote. Reshan and I discussed how we came to use Evernote … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, EdTech, Evernote, Teaching & Learning
Tagged Evernote, Evernote Trunk Conference
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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
Posted in 1to1, Conferences, Data Management, EdTech, Evernote, Social Media, Teaching & Learning
Tagged edSocialMedia, egagement, Evernote, giving back, Laptop Institute, productivity, Proof Group, WordPress
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Cloud Computing in Education
[Originally posted elsewhere on 7/28/2009, but the topic came up again in a conversation and thought to move the post here.] Cloud computing is described by Wikipedia as: Cloud computing is a style of computing in which dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources are provided as a … Continue reading
Posted in EdTech, Evernote, Technical
Tagged cloud, cloud computing, google apps, prezi, virtualized
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COPPA and Verifiable Parental Consent
If you’ve spent anytime talking about an iPad deployment, AppleIDs, social media — particularly Facebook, how you can use Evernote (or many other web-based services) with students under the age of 13 you’ve more than likely been confused by COPPA. … Continue reading
Posted in Administration & Management, COPPA, EdTech, Teaching & Learning
Tagged AppleID, COPPA, Danah Boyd, Evernote, Facebook
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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
Posted in 1to1, Administration & Management, AppleTV, Conferences, EdTech, Technical
Tagged absolute software, aelp, Apple, apple vo, AppleID, AppleTV, avlp, casper, command line, configurator, COPPA, deployment, ios, JAMF, psumacadmin, psumacconf, scripting, terminal
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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
Posted in 1to1, Administration & Management, EdTech, Teaching & Learning
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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
Posted in 1to1, Conferences, EdTech, Teaching & Learning
Tagged 21st Century Skills, action research, Bud Hunt, constructivism, Don Buckley, educon, Franklin Institute, Gary Stager, Henry Jenkins, IBL, Jonathan Becker, Karen Blumberg, Meredith Stweart, new media literacies, PBL, Philadelphia, practitioner research, research, science leadership academy, Seymour Papert, simplicity, SLA, social media, teacher research, The School at Columbia, Will Richardson
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