When I was trying to work on implementing a one-to-one program with iPads at my school, people often asked me why iPads. After answering this question numerous times, I resulted to this It creates a unique individual experience. And that’s the gist of it. It’s not about the iPad or the technology behind the iPads. …
In preparing for my first Affiliate Summit, Geekcast has become an essential weekly podcast. The discussion this week started with business cards and whether they were old school or not. They argue that the card can help you recall someone’s name or company: What was that guy’s company name? The card will help me …
1. You are a professional. You need a professional blogging platform. 2. Flash Player slows loading time. Each second that your blog takes to load loses you readers. 3. Flash doesn’t work on IOS devices, which means that you are losing readers that depend heavily on mobile devices for their reading (like me!). 4. It’s …
Have you been in faculty meetings or talking to a colleague about technology integration and heard these words? The interesting part about these interactions for me is that same people that contest and resist changing and trying something new would come to me for tech support for their personal benefits, but wouldn’t do the same …
Yesterday in class, my laptop died. We have 30 minutes left in class and with our final quickly approaching, I didn’t want to miss important information. I use Evernote for all of my class notes, so I knew that I could use my mobile to pick up right where I left off, but I hesitated. …
Many teachers (and professors from my experience!) are troubled and paralyzed by the mobile mystery. What do we do with all of these students who have cell phones? Do we demand that they keep them in their locker? Do we put a basket out in our classes and take them up? Do we confiscate them …
