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		<title>EdTech Experiments: Kindergartners, iPads &amp; Gorillas</title>
		<link>http://www.royalreports.com/2012/05/14/edtech-experiments-kindergartners-ipads-gorillas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 20:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Royal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day there was a short pitch to read a blog post that went something like this: What would happen if you put iPads into a kindergarten class? Instead of clicking to read, I thought about the image that created—tossing iPads into a classroom of kindergartners—sort of the way you’d toss toys into a cage at the zoo to see what the animals might do with them. Now, don’t get me wrong, kids aren’t wild animals, well, for the most part, and they certainly aren’t caged in classrooms, well, for the most part. I just found the imagery of that title so satisfying.  Scientifically speaking, the analogy struck me as well. Why not toss iPads into a kindergarten class to see what happens! Toss them in and close the door. Heck, I’d love to hear about it, and beyond that, I’d pay to see it. What would those little ...]]></description>
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		<title>FluidMath: Game-like Digital Calculations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Royal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently had a conversation with a way too smart, young mathematician/entrepreneur, Don Carney, Ph.D., who gave me a one on one demonstration of something called FluidMath put out by Fluidity. I’d bravely taught 5th grade math, and even some at the 7th and 8th grade levels, so didn’t think what was left of my hair would hurt during his presentation. I told Carney that I wanted to be moved by his software, and wanted to see it spin, dance and turn. I didn’t know that I had left out “Wow”, until Don asked me if I had gotten all I’d asked for from his presentation. Yep, FluidMath had me saying “Wow”  and repeating it.
FluidMath is pencentric, or centered on using a digital pen, but I believe that it is touchcentric as well. In other words, teachers and students take digital pen in hand to do and solve math problems. ...]]></description>
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		<title>Challenging Tech Needed: APPly Now!</title>
		<link>http://www.royalreports.com/2012/04/17/challenging-tech-needed-apply-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Royal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little over a year ago, I remember sitting with some very intelligent people, suggesting that education publishing needed to not only get into the app marketplace, but develop ways to use apps more deeply than click offs on a screen, or as placeholders for a bunch of mismatched resources. Beyond the silence—eyes rolled back and glossed over. They just didn’t get it. Many education companies believe that being able to say that you have an app creates the perception that you are running ahead of the pack.
A few things hit home for me while visiting a small education conference in Boston. First of all, I had a meeting where I was asked some very creative and thought-provoking questions. One of them was, “Would it pay to gather app developers with the mission of creating education apps to move education to and beyond the Cloud?” It was a great question, ...]]></description>
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		<title>Battery Life: Beyond the Gorilla Glass</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Royal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t care what device; battery life should be number 1 on your checklist. Great price means nothing if the device fades out fast.
I’ve been fortunate enough to be able to play around with, and use different computing devices—anchored, laptop, and pocket. Today, there is still nothing worse than a crash, or a power loss due to a poor battery. It always seems to catch you in the midst of something you consider really import. There are many devices out there with crazy-long, reliable battery life, but many settle for gadgets based on cool rather than battery-stamina robust.
From the first time I managed laptops on laptop carts for students and teachers, I realized the vulnerability of even the best programs due to battery drain. It’s fair to say, that from the very beginning of use, a battery&#8217;s life begins to wane. With laptops, having the ability to replace a battery ...]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Robert Ballard’s 2000 Digital Chat with My Students</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Royal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following chat by Mr. Royal&#8217;s Science Students and Dr. Robert (Bob) Ballard took place June 9, 2000. The Students used iMacs in the Media Center to contact The Institute of Exploration, while other classrooms used projected computer images of the chat.  In this way, all classes were involved.

Historians Alyssa and Jon archived the chat.
The Dr. Robert Ballard Chat, June 9, 2000
Bob: Good Morning, everyone
Devonna:(New Msg) Hi Dr. Ballard, this is my seventh grade science class in the chat with Mr. Royal. Other classes are watching in their rooms. We have some questions for you. We hope you can answer them.
Bob: (New Msg) Your first question please
Mathew: (New Msg) Good morning Dr. Ballard Sara (written by):If you have heard of the current problem in Turkey involving the dam and the artifacts, how would you approach the artifacts if they were flooded before being recovered? Would you try to salvage any artifacts, ...]]></description>
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		<title>Norm! Everyone Needs A Norm</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Royal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone can look to someone who was responsible for keeping dreams alive. That person, for me, was Norm McConnell, a director of instructional technology, and later a chemistry teacher.
I first met Norm while doing a teaching with technology presentation in a district next to mine in 1996. Norm was the only person in the audience with a laptop, and using it during my talk. As I think back, it was the first time I’d seen anyone with a laptop during one of my presentations. Mostly, at that time, we just talked about what WE were doing, which isn’t too different from what happens today, I guess. I remember that during that presentation, instead of eyeballing the entire audience, I really spoke to Norm, who seemed animated with each topic I suggested.
When my presentation was done, I captured Norm before he left the room to really introduce myself. I told him ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Cloud Part of Reversing Presentations</title>
		<link>http://www.royalreports.com/2012/03/29/the-cloud-part-of-reversing-presentations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Royal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my first Reversing the Presentation post I talked in general about moving from presenting in the shadows of a whiteboard to facing students with their handheld digital devices, and in Reverse Presentations Rejuvenate Education Industries I talked specifically about how the document camera industry could begin reversing the presentation process/best practices. In this post I’ll go another step further, still keeping the document camera as the presentation example. It’s a wonderful example of a pre-cloud industry. Some of my corporate friends don’t understand my compassion for existing education technology companies. Where they see doom, I see possibilities. Again, that’s the advantage of looking from the outside, dreaming, with just a dash of imagination. There is no reason a pre-Cloud company can’t become a Cloud company, and eventually a post-Cloud company.
So, let’s add the Cloud environment to this new reverse presentation approach using document cameras as the tool, to not ...]]></description>
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		<title>Reverse Presentations Rejuvenate Education Industries</title>
		<link>http://www.royalreports.com/2012/03/27/reverse-presentations-rejuvenate-education-industries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Royal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking at technology from an educator’s point of view allows me the flexibility to dream change. Dreaming change is something most companies can’t do quickly, but eventually get to—down the road—at some point.  In a recent post I talked about Reversing The Presentation, and how that could affect the education industry, teachers and students, as well as district and school budgets. Let’s take that idea one step further. How could reversing the presentation affect—one sector—specifically the document camera industry?
The way I see it, that trusty and familiar teaching friend could be rejuvenated, and could become the individual interactive presenters they need to be for this new tablet age. By simply reversing the presentation, document cameras could present in two directions—to a larger front-of-the-class whiteboard, and more importantly to individual student devices with their smaller screens.
With so many districts opting into iPad programs, document camera apps for iPads in which educators ...]]></description>
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		<title>Els Center of Excellence Tees Off on Autism</title>
		<link>http://www.royalreports.com/2012/03/26/els-center-of-excellence-tees-off-on-autism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Royal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people know Ernie Els as a world-famous professional Hall of Fame golfer; with a swing that is so smooth he’s called “The Big Easy.”   He is also a father of two lovely children. Els’ son is a child with autism. Some of us have seen the TV spots for the Els Center of Excellence, but I think that publication and support in education magazines, online sites, and other education media is long overdue. I know that many golfers have their foundations—Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods come quickly to mind, but what Els is doing for battling Autism, in his native South Africa and the world, needs to be shouted louder.
I have to say that, in my teaching career, the most rewarding, as well as the most frustrating teaching I’ve done was when a student with autism was in my classroom. It was a time before helpful software became available. ...]]></description>
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		<title>Reverse The Presentation!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Royal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the longest time we’ve been teaching with our backs to children. It may have started when the individual chalk slates were taken away from kids upon leaving the one-room schoolhouse for the larger normal schools. With only one writing board for sharing in the class, it became easier, out of necessity, to turn our backs on students. It also became easier to get comfortable doing it. So the transition to digital technology followed that lead.
There may have been a short side trip from the front board to facing the class, when the overhead projector was dragged from the bowling alley. I know that a lot of math teachers loved that. Lights turned off, sitting with a sloppy ink marker, facing the captive eyes-glazed audience—and every-so-often blinded by the light, and scorched by the bulb heat—making a plastic-wrapped point. Some teachers, used to correcting homework all class kicked and screamed ...]]></description>
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