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Not sure why you sent that link as a email instead of posting it Jaime, but it is very interesting. This is really interesting as a tech development. Will this idea catch on, do people want things not "with them" what if Google goes under what happens to that data? For us I think it is a problem because it would mean so much of students work is stored out of the country, out of the district (this is an advantage to Moodle). Personally I am intrigued but cautious, I don't like subscription service for something as key as my data. While it may protect me from my hard drive crashing and not having a back up it doesn't protect me from Google jacking up my subscription fee.

I think I emailed it because I have to constantly redownload the diigo bookmark app (due to deep freeze) and couldn't be bothered that day. i find the migration to cloud-based storage interesting...i ditched my usb drive over a year ago to store everything online. i have some documents on google docs, and some in dropbox....but (knock on wood), it hasn't been a problem so far to actually get to my items. the only problem is relying on school-based networks. but then again, schools that implement ipads would have the same problems, and i think more can be created/done with a laptop, so maybe google is on to something. my ipad2 arrived yesterday, and i got a bit tired of holding it at a nice viewing angle (i know, i have weak arms), so this morning, i am doing my online stuff from laptop. i think i'll have to buy a nice stand for it before i can start to use it as much as my laptop.

this is totally unrelated... just thought i'd throw it into the pile for fun.

UBC is trying out different methods of instruction for large 1st year physics classes.

university of chicago law school blocks wifi in classrooms; students are too distracted by internet to participate in class;

I think that as a group we need to address the issue of how to approach managing wireless technology in the class. Just based on the chatter following the student's presentation and what has surfaced in our own group. If we don't examine this issue then it will end up undermining most of what we try and accomplish.

I totally agree. I'm not sure if you saw on twitter, but the Coquitlam school district is putting in fibre-optics and will be creating a digital code of conduct so that students can bring/use devices in class.

I know this doesn't fit in with our research focus, but I thought I'd include this in case it comes in handy. The blog entry has a few reasons why teachers should consider using twitter.

An introduction to twitter for educators; ways to use twitter as a personal learning network;

Schools doing e-days to make up for snow days

Social media, integration

First time I've heard this term:  free-range learning

Describes the differences between Facebook options, for use with students.

ipad vs. laptop...this blogger thinks laptops are still the way to go in terms of content creation.

List of ipad apps for early learning

Ontario school board allows students to bring devices into the classrooms.   "If we think of the information superhighway, perhaps our job is to build the highway and onramp and the student will bring the car" [is the term 'information superhighway' still used these days?!]

Toronto District School Board says wireless is safe for use in schools.

SD 43 (Kelowna/Central Okanagan) is wireless;  Note: this article is written by Cisco, which provided the infrastructure

This is good to have on hand if people complain and/or worry about wireless. On the other hand maybe we could all use EHS to cash in some sick days.