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This looks like a pretty good mindmapping tool.  I am not a huge fan of digital mind mapping but this looks the goods.  

"It doesn't seem to matter what age group or demographic that I talk to, kids (and adults) everywhere are fans of Angry Birds. As I was playing around with Angry Birds (yep I'm a fan too), I started thinking about all of the learning that could be happening. I have watched a two year old tell an older sister that "you have to pull down to go up higher". I have watched as kids master this game through trial and error. Being the teacher that I am, I started dreaming up a transdisciplinary lesson with Angry Birds as the base. I happened to be writing an inquiry lesson that has students look at inventions throughout time and thought: the catapult-that is an invention that has technology and concepts that are used even today. This is one of those inspirational moments that comes when you are drifting off to sleep and has you frantically searching for paper and pen to record as fast as the ideas come. So what did I do? I got myself out of bed and went to work sketching out a super awesome plan. Here is the embedded learning that I came up with"

"When I was 10 years old I was hitting a digital puck across the screen with a digital paddle playing Pong. My son at age 10 was learning metallurgy and materials management in an online multiplayer game called Runescape! I knew nothing of the game at the time, and he soon showed me how he learned to collect items in the world in order to make new things that he needed to complete quests and gain experience. In particular, he showed me how he needed to collect certain metal ores, take them to a smelter to extract metals, and then take those to a forge to create tools or to a craftsman to make other things. This is one of the reasons that I am still excited about Minecraft."

Once again Apple is taking a lead and asking a lot of its competitors. I wish those competitors luck, for the better all smartphones are, the happier I am. If Steve Jobs's true legacy is that the devices every other company makes are so, so much better than they otherwise would have been, I don't think he would mind one bit.

Directory listing all Univ of Texas blogs and social media sources. Very handy stating point to browse. I am so glad I live in Austin and attended such a terrific university. Hook 'em Horns!

"The more our students are online, the more information they will encounter. It is important for them not only be able to access this information, but also to be the best digital citizens that they can be. Here are some ideas. I am sure there are lots and lots more."

"in this post, I'll explain in detail (yes, it's another tl;dr post from yours truly) just how I am using Inoreader and why it is unexpectedly an essential new tool for my online classes. But first, some context:"

Learn about a new "superpower" that isn't being taught in in 90% of US schools.  Starring Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, will.i.am, Chris Bosh, Jack Dorsey, Tony Hsieh, Drew Houston, Gabe Newell, Ruchi Sanghvi, Elena Silenok, Vanessa Hurst, and Hadi Partovi. 

I am flipping my staff professional development sessions also. Teachers watch training videos on their own. Then I use screen-o-matic to capture crucial points of a handout I distribute and assign mini homework lessons prior to meeting. Then when we all get together, I use a Google doc form to get quick responses to kick off table talk. Teachers seem to llike that they can go at their own pace of learning prior to meeting.

"I have embarked on a completely new approach to teaching three Year 10 classes the dreaded and much maligned OCR Nationals ICT course .. Here is a step-by-step outline of the approach to teaching of this. In my opinion, with the right approach, ICT can and will be an essential part of your students' learning."

The official blog of the TIPS iPad research project here in Western Australia, examining the implementation and educational applications of iPads in K-12 schooling. I am working with the researcher, Dr Jenny Lane (@EduJen) on the blog & project work. Well worth exploring.

BYOD is the catch phrase in the 2012 educational technology spheres. This acronym stands for " Bring Your Own Device ", I am pretty sure you might have heard of this new trend because wherever you turn you hear people talking about embracing it. I actually have been reading a lot about it to the point that I deem it important that I share with you some of what I understood from BYOD .

What it is, advantages and reasons to consider BYOD

Thank you for the awesome resource! I am sharing with my fellow classmates at UCF's EME5050 group. :-)

Schools that 'go Google Apps' often use 'free' as the selling point to persuade their administrators or constituents. It is true that organizations are saving thousands to millions of dollars moving their local infrastructure to the cloud

Schools that 'go Google Apps' often use 'free' as the selling point to persuade their administrators or constituents. It is true that organizations are saving thousands to millions of dollars moving their local infrastructure to the cloud

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"But what convinced me that I truly was wrong about the iPad and its prospects for the future weren't the reports coming in about its tremendous retail success. That could still be accounted for by initial fervor for a new product by Apple, which, few will argue, has become the "it" company of late. No, it was a few select apps that convinced me that the iPad was here to stay, and that that was a good thing. Below are those apps, along with why I think they're serious game-changers. "

Air Video is great, this is an awesome app. I have used it to share videos off my laptop for students to view on the iPad. Nice summary of cool iPad Apps that are serious game-changers.

Good article, I also love air video for the ipad although I am a big fan of Zumocast, too :)

Am interested in whether you feel that there is anything clearly missing from the survey Tony. I tried to keep it short so that people would actually complete it. My fear was that if you add questions like 'why do you think 1:1 is important' as Richard Olsen has suggested then people would start turning off :/

Here is my post in regards to the results from the survey: http://readingwritingresponding.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/11-devices-in-schools-reflection.html

Simple tool to let you see what a site looks like when viewed on different platforms.