In my travels, both in and out of schools, I often encounter adults who are seemingly held back in their use of iOS devices. I notice it more with iPads in schools and it is very common to hear a teacher say that they haven't been shown how to use an app. A lot of us grew up in an age where you really wanted to be sure you knew what [...]
A couple of weeks ago, I missed out on my early morning run. I decided to instead go for a run in the afternoon, taking my usual companions of iPhone, arm strap for the phone (with headphones of course), and our Siberian Husky. Already I was experiencing what I believe is amazing technology; listening to a live feed of music from across the country (Triple J), tracking my coordinates, calories, pace, [...]
The year 2012 saw many schools purchasing iPads for use in their classrooms. The iPad has made made huge in-roads into education, and quickly developed a reputation as being a must-have device. The content available through the AppStore has appealed to teachers of all learning areas, and across all ages in the K-12 spectrum. The iPad's ability to be an all-in-one device with access to camera, microphone, internet, custom apps, has [...]
The Adobe Creative Suite is by far the professional choice for all things digital-media-editing-print. In my experience for classroom use, we typically tap into no more than 5% of the capability of these programs, which sometimes can make it hard to justify spending the thousands of dollars on the entire Adobe suite. Granted, it's worth giving students the experience on industry standard platforms, and depending on what you are trying to achieve and [...]
As a mathematics teacher, it always used to frustrate me that people seemed to increasingly rely on a calculator to do what could be accomplished in their head. Even if the answer requires more accuracy that can reasonably be accomplished mentally, the process of approximating a solution seems to be becoming a 'lost art'. The QAMA is a scientific calculator that won't give you a true answer until you have offered [...]
