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Bonnie Sutton

A New Yorker travels South (by Southwest) - 1 views

A New Yorker travels South (by Southwest) http://thedailyirv.com/?p=65 I made my first trip to South by Southwest (SXSW ) this week and I enjoyed it. If you have any doubt about the innovative spi...

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 16 Mar 12 no follow-up yet
Bonnie Sutton

The App Gap - 2 views

The App Gap? http://gigaom.com/2011/10/25/app-gap-emerges-highlighting-savvy-mobile-children/?utm_source=broadband&utm_medium=specialtopics 'App gap' emerges highlighting savvy mobile children By ...

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 26 Oct 11 no follow-up yet
Claude Almansi

ATI: ATI Google Apps Accessibility Evaluation (ATI Google Apps Accessibility Evaluation) - 0 views

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    "In the summer of 2010, Peter Mosinskis from CSU Channel Islands assembled a team of approximately fifteen volunteers from seven different CSU campuses and one from the UC system to evaluate the accessibility of Google Apps. The team also recruited student volunteers and screen reader users to assist with the testing. Automated, manual, and screen reader testing began the first week of January 2011 and was completed February 4th. The report has been completed and posted here for your review. The CSU Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI) Staff, ATI Leadership Council, and Google have reviewed the Google Apps Accessibility Evaluation report. We discovered a number of accessibility issues during our testing. These issues are outlined in the report as well as "workarounds" that can be used to improve the user experience for persons with disabilities. When campuses choose to use Google Apps, they are required to provide an equally effective service for people with disabilities and it is critical for campuses to ensure that the "workarounds" meet the educational needs of the student and/or faculty. The March 15, 2011 USA TODAY online news article "Complaint: Google programs hard for blind students" illustrates possible legal problems that may result from adopting the Google Apps for Education suite. Questions or Comments about this report may be directed to CSU ATI Staff"
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    Table of Contents Print Complete BookPrint This Chapter Next ATI Google Apps Accessibility Evaluation Section 1. Executive Summary Section 2. About the Project Section 3. Findings Section 4. Workarounds, Accommodations and Best Practices Summary and Conclusions Authors Note Appendices A - E
Claude Almansi

Make: Online | Walled Gardens vs. Makers - 0 views

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    Cory Doctorow. Make. June 2011. "Consider the iPad for a moment. It's true that Apple's iTunes Store has inspired hundreds of thousands of apps, but every one of those apps is contingent on Apple's approval. If you want to make something for the iPad, you pay $99 to join the Developer Program, make it, then send it to Apple and pray. If Apple smiles on you, you can send your hack to the world. If Apple frowns on you, you cannot. What's more, Apple uses code signing to restrict which apps can run on the iPad (and iPhone): if your app isn't blessed by Apple, iPads will refuse to run it. Not that it's technically challenging to defeat this code signing, but doing so is illegal, thanks to the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which makes it a crime to circumvent a copyright-protection technology. So the only app store - or free repository - that can legally exist for Apple's devices is the one that Apple runs for itself. Some people say the iPad is a new kind of device: an appliance instead of a computer. But because Apple chose to add a thin veneer of DRM to the iPad, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act applies here, something that's not true of any "appliance" you've ever seen. It's as if Apple built a toaster that you can only use Apple's bread in (or face a lawsuit), or a dishwasher that will only load Apple's plates. Apple fans will tell you that this doesn't matter. Hackers can simply hack their iPads or shell out $99 to get the developer license. But without a means of distributing (and receiving) hacks from all parties, we're back in the forbidden-knowledge Dark Ages - the poverty-stricken era in which a mere handful of ideas was counted as a fortune."
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    We discussed this article in the forum of lascuolachefunziona.it. Someone objected that the iPad was a great tool and gave far more liberty to developers than traditional print publishers. I retorted that it was precisely because the iPad was such a great tool that its proprietariness about content for it was irritating. Then Elena Favaron made an illuminating comparison: "There are also people who make coffee machines that work only with dedicated coffee capsules, and there are folks who even buy them..."
Bonnie Sutton

As digital divide widens, many can't afford access to information New study reports tha... - 3 views

As digital divide widens, many can't afford access to information New study reports that 38 % of lower-income parents don't know what an app is http://www.myfoxspokane.com/news/kcpq-app-gap-separa...

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 27 Oct 11 no follow-up yet
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Google Plus: Is This the Social Tool Schools Have Been Waiting For? - 1 views

By Audrey Watters / July 2, 2011 12:30 PM / 19 Comments Hacker News Share There seem to be three forces at play when it comes to education and social media. The first is a lack of force, quite fr...

Google+ Picasa Circles Hanging out collaborative tools. blended Learning

started by Bonnie Sutton on 04 Jul 11 no follow-up yet
Claude Almansi

California State U. Report Warns of Accessibility Issues in Google Services - Wired Cam... - 0 views

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    "June 23, 2011, 6:20 pm By Jie Jenny Zou California State University's Accessible Technology Initiative suggests in a report released this week that universities limit their campuswide use of Google's free Web services based on what it calls a variety of inaccessibility issues for the blind and those with other disabilities. The report, "ATI Google Apps Accessibility Evaluation," looked at the accessibility of Google Apps for Education, a free software suite available to colleges and elementary and secondary schools. Hundreds of colleges have adopted Google Apps as their official campus e-mail and communication service for students."
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Bonnie Sutton

The Years Worst Tech Trends.. - 1 views

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2011/12/the_year_s_worst_tech_trend_complexity_.html 011 Was a Terrible Year for Tech All our devices got more complicated. And they won't get si...

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 01 Jan 12 no follow-up yet
Bonnie Sutton

Young kids spend more time with screens than pages - 2 views

By Hayley Tsukayama Young children are using digital media frequently, and a new study from Common Sense Media shows that infants and toddlers spend twice as much time with screen media as they do ...

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 25 Oct 11 no follow-up yet
Bonnie Sutton

The ten most popular eSN stories of the year - 2 views

The ten most popular eSN stories of the year Here are the most popular eSchool News stories of 2011. Recently, we published our editors' picks for the 10 most significant ed-tech stories of 2011...

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 03 Jan 12 no follow-up yet
Bonnie Sutton

12 Education Tech Trends to Watch in 2012 - 2 views

12 Education Tech Trends to Watch in 2012 FILED UNDER: Culture, Learning Methods, Tech Tools http://mindshift.kqed.org/2012/01/12-education-tech-trends-to-watch-in-2012/ Looking ahead a...

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 05 Jan 12 no follow-up yet
Bonnie Sutton

Welcoming Mobile: More Districts Are Rewriting Acceptable Use Policies - 1 views

Hotmail Active View Innovation in ISD 199 ( at the Site_ Play video Inver Grove Heights Community Schools has been nationally recognized for the innovative use of technology in the classroom thro...

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 07 Apr 12 no follow-up yet
Bonnie Sutton

Who really benefits from putting high-tech gadgets in classrooms? - 2 views

****************************** From The Los Angeles Times, Saturday, February 4, 2012. See http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20120205,0,639053.column .. Our appreciation to Monty Neil, ...

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 07 Feb 12 no follow-up yet
Bonnie Sutton

STEM Education: Meet the Innovators - 2 views

June 20, 2011 http://andersonatlarge.typepad.com/andersonlarge/2011/06/stem-education-meet-the-innovators-tracking-change.html STEM Education: Meet the Innovators Later today, the College Board A...

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 20 Jun 11 no follow-up yet
Claude Almansi

Open Culture - 1 views

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Claude Almansi

CSU ATI: ATI Google Apps Accessibility Evaluation (Section 1. Executive Summary) - 0 views

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    "CSU testing confirmed the accessibility problems furnished by Google in their Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates (VPATs; see Appendix). The applications tested had varying levels of accessibility; most had significant accessibility problems which inhibit users of assistive technology from successful, regular use of the products. Some workarounds are now available for Docs, Spreadsheets, Presentations and Calendar. Limiting use of Docs, Spreadsheets, Presentations and Calendar to administrative or back-office processes and systems is recommended when possible. Limiting adoption and use of Forms, Sites, and Gmail Chat is recommended until accessibility improves or better workarounds become available. "
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Bonnie Sutton

Making Progress: Rethinking State and School District Policies Concerning Mobile Techno... - 1 views

Making Progress: Rethinking State and School District Policies Concerning Mobile Technologies and Social Media pdf http://www.cosn.org/Default.aspx?TabId=12543 BACKGROUND It is...

Making Progre Rethinking State and School District POLICIES COSN Mobile Technologies Social Media

started by Bonnie Sutton on 15 Apr 12 no follow-up yet
Bonnie Sutton

computer education week events - 1 views

Third Annual Computer Science Education Week Spotlights Importance of Standards and Local Efforts to Ensure Strong Workforce http://thejournal.com/Articles/2011/12/05/Overhauling-Computer-Science...

Computer science education week events

started by Bonnie Sutton on 06 Dec 11 no follow-up yet
Harry Keller

You Can't Afford Apple's Education Revolution - 3 views

Apple is picking low-hanging fruit, as usual, and making a nice profit at the same time. Will they remain an isolated provider of online texts for iPads at high prices, or will they move to expand...

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