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John Evans

iPad Magazine Revisits Titanic Tragedy in Vivid Detail | CIO Blogs - 2 views

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    One hundred years later, National Geographic magazine published some spectacular high-resolution images taken of the wreckage in its April 2012 issue. The pictures are awesome to behold in the magazine's print edition-and even more amazing in their pinch-and-zoom, animated, interactive iPad versions.
Phil Taylor

About | LearnZillion - 6 views

  • LearnZillion is a learning platform that combines video lessons, assessments, and progress reporting. Each lesson highlights a Common Core standard, starting with math in grades 3-9
Phil Taylor

Open Mobile Learning Badges - 4 views

  • Mobile phones open up new learning opportunities outside of traditional educational structures and practices. Powerful mobile tools—applications, handsets, tablets, device add-ons, cloud applications, etc.—already exist, with many more developed each day. These tools expand the ability to collect, collaborate, and create in myriad ways, influencing environmental studies and service, political and civic activism, history, citizen journalism, citizen science, and community volunteerism, just to name a few.
Phil Taylor

iPad vs. Everything else - 0 views

  • it's the fundamental simplicity of the "iPad experience." And that experience is a combination of the 9.7-inch screen, the touch interface combined with the Safari Web browser, the instant-on capability and never having to worry about battery life.
Phil Taylor

Jeff Bezos Owns the Web in More Ways Than You Think | Magazine - 2 views

  • It is a third gadget, the long-awaited Amazon tablet called the Kindle Fire, that represents his company’s most ambitious leap into the hearts, minds, and wallets of millions of consumers.
  • the Fire is an emblem of a post-web world, in which our devices are simply a means for us to directly connect with the goodies in someone’s data center.
  • Amazon, on the other hand, is a content-focused company—almost half of its revenue comes from sales of media like books, music, TV shows
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  • This keeps iPads tethered to the paradigm of local storage, putting a premium on machines with more memory (which cost hundreds of dollars more). Amazon, by contrast, emphasizes streaming.
John Evans

Free Technology for Teachers: iStoryBooks - A Great Storybook App for Tablets - 5 views

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    "iStoryBooks is a free iPad, iPhone, and Android app that offers two dozen free digital storybooks for kids ages two through eight. "
John Evans

11 Note-Taking Tips For The Digital Classroom - Edudemic - 0 views

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    "With less books, paper, and pencils and more laptops, smartphones, and tablets gracing our classrooms these days, it would be logical to say that the nature of note-taking in class has changed, too. Especially with digital tools such as Evernote, writing things down on paper seems less likely to be the #1 way of taking notes. That said, does taking notes really help? Does the physical act of writing something down help you to remember it? What is the most effective way to take notes? How does all of this play into a more digitally based classroom? The handy infographic below takes a look at these questions and more - keep reading to find out some of the answers!"
John Evans

Note-Taking with iPads | Edutopia - 0 views

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    I vividly remember how I first learned to take notes. My sixth grade geography teacher lectured in outline style: "Roman Numeral one - China. A - Qin Dynasty. 1 - Rulers . . . " We wrote down precisely what he said, and to this day, I still take notes in outline form. However, consider Sunni Brown's TED Talk, "Doodlers Unite." She argues that engaging in sketching while listening to complex ideas further supports learning.
John Evans

5 Amazing Digital Storytelling Apps for Kids With iPad - EdTechReview™ (ETR) - 1 views

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    "Digital storytelling is the best tool for the classroom to engage students of all grade levels. It is the best way to help your student to learn things with fun. Moreover, digital storytelling practice gives students a way to communicate information in a reliable way. One of the best things about digital storytelling is that a student can create work that can demonstrate their understanding. Here is a list of five amazing digital storytelling apps for kids with iPad."
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