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Category Archives: Schools
The iPad in Education: The Apps & Deployment
In an earlier post (The iPad in Education and the Questions – 1/10/2011) I began to look at how an iPad could be used in school in a 1:1 setting. When I wrote the post, I had a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in 1to1, iPad, Schools
Tagged absolute software, airwatch, casper, deployment, edipad, Evernote, ipad, JAMF, management, mdm, mobile device management, mobileiron
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Questions for a set of Data Entry Rules and Style Guide
Data is all around us and connected in so many ways. In schools or any institution there are multiple point at which data can be entered into a system or systems so that it can be used and shared “easily“. … Continue reading
Posted in Administration & Management, Data Management, Schools
Tagged data, data entry, management, rules, style guide
23 Comments
Managing Your Evernote Sponsored Group
So it’s the start of another school year and what’s become part of my new routine for the start of the year is approving all of our Evernote Premium accounts. The process is a fairly simple one. We have a … Continue reading
Posted in Evernote, Schools, Technical
Tagged Evernote, Evernote Group, management, Premium, Sponorship
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edSocialMedia: When it’s time to use Twitter in the Classroom
Over on the edSocialMedia site my latest blog post explores the question of when do you know if it’s the right time to use Twitter in the classroom. The post came after ready the CNN article “Twitter finds a place … Continue reading
Posted in EdTech, Schools, Social Media, Teaching & Learning
Tagged Distraction, Twitter
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Catalog your school’s archive with FileMaker
It always feels good to get your hands dirty in a good project and when a colleague, David Korfhage (@drkorfhage – The 1:1 Diaries), came to me with his archive project I was excited. The project he was going to … Continue reading
Posted in Schools, Technical
Tagged archive, filemaker, school archive
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Moodle: How big is big?
We’ve been using Moodle at my school for years and it’s a real workhorse for us. Moodle is used in classrooms K-12, for committees, clubs, activities and for numerous other school needs. As we are prepare for an upgrade to … Continue reading
Posted in EdTech, Moodle, Schools, Technical
Tagged Moodle, Moodle 2.0, MySQL, MySQL database size, remote-learner, Sequel Pro
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inService to unService and the addition of the Student Voice.
If you have never attended an unconference before I would highly recommend it. I recently attended EdCampNYC (My day at EdCamp NYC 2010) and loved it. If you are not familiar with what a unconference is or how it is … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, EdTech, Schools, Teaching & Learning
Tagged EdCamp, faculty development, inservice, NEIT, NYSAIS, open space, professional development, students, unconference, unservice
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My day at EdCamp NYC 2010
What do you do on a beautiful Saturday in December in New York City? You attend EdCamp NYC of course! On Saturday, December 4th that is exactly what I did and what a great day it was. EdCamp NYC “is … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Schools, Teaching & Learning
Tagged EdCamp, Evernote, Google, NYC, OneNote, Twitter
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Design for Distraction
The New York times story “Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction” point out many of the ways that technology is ingrained in our students lives and what that means for teaching, learning and distraction. But distraction isn’t anything new. Whether … Continue reading
Posted in 1to1, Design, EdTech, Schools, Social Media, Teaching & Learning
Tagged Apple, Distraction, ichat, Macbook Pro, norms, NYTimes, paper, pencil, SelfControl, Skype, Spaces, teaching, Twitter
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Untag me
I was walking through the halls of our middle school one afternoon and I saw a student wearing this shirt.
I thought to myself what a simple statement and what a powerful message. Continue reading