More than 10,000 items in the Walters Art Museum - about a third of the total collection - can now be viewed and downloaded online for free, without copyright restrictions.
With iOS 5 you can now use AirPlay to "mirror" your entire iPad screen and display or project it. All that is required is an iPad 2, the new iOS operating system and an Apple TV (which sells for around $100) that connects to any TV, monitor or projector with an HDMI interface. You can project your iPad with a couple of simple steps ... and it works wirelessly! Here's how:
Twitter can be used as a backchannel, encouraging reflection and conversation between kids. Twitter can give students a voice that they haven't generally had. Twitter can become a place to imagine. In the end, using Twitter in high school classrooms makes sense mostly because it is a social space that has already been embraced by today's teens.
Google has just published a terrific new guide to staying safe online. Since we all likely use at least a few of their products, it's a guide worth checking out. From preventing phishing scams to cookies to properly signing out from websites…there's a trove of information that you should check out.