edu.Mac.nation has two companion sites (another one is coming later today!). The first was started last week and it is called “edu.Mac.nation App Spotlight“. The second is a site that I have been updating for much longer. “edu.Mac.bytes” is what I call it and I like to think of it as a place for little “bytes” of information. As I surf around online I find links, photos, videos, etc. that interest me and are semi-related to Apple and education. This is the second digest post of all the “bytes” from this past week. If you are interested you can check out some of the links below or subscribe to the RSS feed over at edu.Mac.bytes…
From oldest to newest:
iPhone and Windows Phone 7 series side-by-side: The chrome, the chrome!
How to compete with iPad » Matt Legend Gemmell: “When competing with iPad, you have to realise that, to your new core market, tablets are not computers. There’s no such thing (to your customer) as a “tablet computer”; the very name reduces the likelihood they’ll buy it. The potential of the tablet is that it’s not even seen as a computing device. This is an incredible opportunity to expand into a new market, if you’ll only commit to that mindset.”
A comment by Jesse of HogBaySoftware explaining Taskpaper: “I agree completely to “It’s a list maker”, but I think that’s where TaskPaper gets it’s greatest strength as a tool for GTD. If you read David Allens GTD book, his “the” GTD system is based on simple lists that you review and reprioritize frequently. This is exactly the use case that TaskPaper was designed for. So yes it is designed as a list maker, but for many people a list maker is the base of a good GTD system.”
Apple and Carriers quietly raise 3G app download limit to 20MB | 9 to 5 Mac
Video: Education: Classroom technology: Indianapolis Public School students learn with new classroom technology – WXIN
NASA Brings the Dark Side of the Sun to Your iPhone | Wired Science | Wired.com: With the free 3D Sun app, you can set your phone to alert you when a new solar flare erupts, watch video of a solar prominence or a comet heading into the sun. You can manipulate an image of the sun in three-dimensions with your finger. The data is streamed to Earth by NASA’s twin STEREO spacecraft which monitor the sun from two different spots, one ahead of Earth in its orbit and one behind, giving stereoscopic images to give a sort of three-dimensional view, similar to the way our two eyes do.
Photo: 1Password for iPad Announced: First Mockups
Quote: Google engineering director — ‘He hates computers’ | Technology | Los Angeles Times: “I feel that we’re just drowning in information these days,” Schillace said. “I’m not going to wade through all of that. Just show me the most interesting five minutes’ worth of stuff.”
District Deactivates Security Feature on Mac Laptops Following Allegations of Abuse — THE Journal: “The lawsuit, filed Feb. 16, had been widely circulated throughout the day Thursday, causing the district to post a response, saying that it denied any use of the technology other than as a security feature to locate lost or reportedly stolen equipment.”
ESOL School uses iPods to increase reading fluency| savannahnow.com: “Once the books are recorded, first- and second-grade EIP and ELL students will be taught how to use the iPod shuffle, and then be able to take an iPod home, along with copies of the books recorded on them. This way, they will be able to read independently even if they don’t have a parent who is able to read with them.”
Technology advances for toddlers at Country School – Weston, MA – The Weston Town Crier:”I think they definitely reinforce the concepts we’re trying to teach these younger children – handwriting, simple numbers, hand-eye coordination, patterning, letter sounds. And going down the line, I think it will be interesting to see how this concept works when we get the kids together to use them in groups and/or when there’s some teacher input as well.”
Notational Velocity, Simplenote, and Dropbox bring child-like wonder“Imagine if Apple had created an over-the-air method of syncing Notes and it all Just Worked. That’s what Notational Velocity has achieved. Notes on my iPhone, my iMac and my MacBook Pro. Edit a note anywhere, and the changes are synced nearly instantly and appear everywhere. It’s fast, it’s seamless. Thinking about getting an iPad? That’s only going to make this setup even sweeter.”
New program will change education says school – KLTV 7 News Tyler, Longview, Jacksonville | “Another interesting aspect of the new Cumberland Academy iSchool is that every student will be able to take home an iTouch, where they can download their books and homework and do everything electronically.”
Apple Learning Interchange – iPod touch. Touching student lives in the classroom. : “While the iPod touch can offer engaging, exciting learning opportunities to all students, perhaps one of the greatest ways the device can be used in education is helping those students who have exceptional learning needs beyond their peers. As a capable and very extensible device, the iPod touch can become a powerful and useful tool specifically to ensure special learners can succeed in any learning environment.”
Just another family get together… Who owns what? 3 belong to our household (Wife, Son, and me) 2 belong to my sisters 2 belong to my parents Apple loves us.
Green Screen Effects in iMovie 09 via Wes Fryer
“It is also important to remember that one of the great joys of modern parenthood is documenting your realtime infant’s or toddler’s special moments through texts, tweets, posts, uploaded photos, and YouTube clips. The realtime child presents ideal messaging-fodder for the realtime parent.” – Nicolas Carr
Macmillan’s DynamicBooks Lets Professors Rewrite E-Textbooks – NYTimes.com : “Professors will be able to reorganize or delete chapters; upload course syllabuses, notes, videos, pictures and graphs; and perhaps most notably, rewrite or delete individual paragraphs, equations or illustrations.”
Check out SonicPics in the App Store. The video above was made entirely in SonicPics and was even uploaded directly into YouTube from the application. The only thing added later on was the “edu.Mac.nation” label. This was done in YouTube using the annotation tools. A full written review at edu.Mac.nation is coming soon along with a bunch of promo codes for readers!
Mobile Apps: College Newspaper Warms Up Its Digital iPad Press : “A burning issue in the news industry now is how to make news delivery profitable, Bacon explained. ‘A product like the iPad has great potential for that,’ she argued. ‘It may or may not prove to revolutionize the industry, but it certainly creates some opportunities for the industry to deliver their product differently and perhaps in a profitable way. If we can be a part of that discussion, then that’s an opportunity for us to be…
Professor destroys laptop. (via Gizmodo ) Note to Self : Never sign up for this professor’s class.
Students will get choice: iPad or MacBook : “With Apple’s unveiling of the iPad in January, George Fox has opted to give new students the option of choosing the new device or selecting its current offering, the Apple MacBook. For more than 20 years, George Fox has supplied a computer for each incoming undergraduate student to keep upon graduating. The cost is included in tuition.” Is this going to start to be the trend now?
ACU: There’s an app for that » Abilene Reporter News : “ACU aims to be the first university in the nation to offer the work of its newspaper staff on the iPad. The Optimist is already published in print and online, and is available through an iPhone app.”
iPhone Chalkboard by PlayingGrownUp on Etsy: An iPhone Chalkboard ? This is absolutely adorable! I think it would look great in my classroom. What do you think? ( Found via iPhone Savior and TUAW )
Learning to read, the iPod way – The Sudbury Star : “She thinks the school’s lower income demographic may have been what prompted Apple to loan her class 10 iPod touches, 10 MacBook laptops and a digital camera. The class is using the devices to take part in a pilot project to measure whether technology can be used to improve student literacy rates.”
friezlandipodprojectlive : “The Touch isn’t a device that lends itself to use from the front of the classroom. It’s real strength lies in providing access to data while pupils work independently. There are times though when instructions need to be delivered from the front, so this week we started to use the visualiser with the Touch. Above you can see the pupil’s working with teaching staff. This has made demonstrating/teaching with the Touch much easier.”
ICTAC Memo iPhone Apps for Education
This is a pretty large list of educational applications! ICTAC MEMO iPhone Apps for Education
5 tips for switchers | TUAW : “Every now and then I’ll have an “I never knew about that” moment as I come across a setting or nuance in Mac OS X that I never realized existed. Take, for instance, character viewer, which allows you to display a variety of characters in your document. Whether you’re a switcher or seasoned Mac veteran, here are five tips that could help improve your Mac experience.” My favorite tip in this link is the one regarding feedback volume…
Why Skitch Has Captured My Heart | MacStories : “Skitch offers simple, intuitive tools to allow annotations to be added to graphics. Text, arrows, hand-drawn highlights, standard circle/rectangle shapes. It’s easy to change the colour of an annotation, even after it’s drawn, and there are several options for scale/thickness available. It’s also possible to scale the image and add a watermark.” I am a frequent user of Skitch for Mac . It is one of the many Mac only apps that I wish I had on my…
“We are able to level the playing field the best that we can for kids. So that even if they don’t have the greatest thing at home as far as the iPod touch or lap top computer, when they’re here they have the opportunity to put their hands on them, use them, interact with them. “ via New technology in the classroom – WKBT
Just noticed this new addition to the customization menu in Tumblr. Now you can access your “community” settings without having to search around in the messages tab. I am quite happy that this has been added.
When you want to accomplish a task, especially sign making, it is best to use the “plan, do, and review” steps. 1) Plan out what you want your sign to say. Use a ruler to determine the appropriate spacing for your letters. Get any other materials that you may need for completing your sign. Grab a pencil. Tell yourself, “Sketch the design/message with a pencil first!” 2) Do it. Take your time. Don’t rush. 3) Review, or look over, what you just did. Did you achieve what you hoped? Did you complete…
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