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Challenging Tech Needed: APPly Now!
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 … Read entire article »
New iPad Changes Learning & Working
The New Apple iPad changes will transform the way our children learn and we work. Sorry to say, but Android tablets, even the most recent and slickest, for now, have been left in the IOS dust. I didn’t think that way until the New iPad announcement, but Apple is only a few more things away from making that tablet the only device anyone needs to carry. And unless Microsoft is cooking up something behind closed … Read entire article »
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Local Education Is The True Epicenter
If you really want to know education, look to your local schools and districts. The epicenter of an earthquake isn’t always where the strongest shaking occurs, so it pays to investigate what’s really happening closer to the action. So, while we ponder and make education predictions, local education administrators and educators are dealing with making the right choices for today and the future of learners—always keeping mindful of what the communities needs are—and well-scrutinized budgetary … Read entire article »
Kissing the Tablet
I think we forget that there are more tablet options out there than just the iPad. Android and Microsoft Windows tablets are closing the Apple gap. We also may forget that there are plenty of Windows and Android fans and users out there. Regardless the tablet option, though, it really comes down to a few important checkpoint questions for consumers and education: Ease of use? What can I do with it? Price? I think what everyone in the tablet market … Read entire article »
Don’t Be Cheap!
I found myself humming Don’t Be Cruel by the King—thinking about this post—because cruel treatment is what you’ll get if you go cheap rather than spend appropriately to get the education technology you really need. I also need to say that I was thinking and humming to the chattering of my cheap electric razor. Yes, I went for cheap, and knew on first shave that my new razor shaved no better than a dull clam … Read entire article »
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