Recently Apple updated their Operating System to iOS 5. This is a significant upgrade and one major change is that the devices can be activated, updated, and media stored all without ever connecting to a computer. iCloud enables some things that will make educators love the iOS devices even more. Check out a great video from CNET UK about 50 great things you can do right away.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
UEN Professional Development Course Title Survey
UEN is involved in a remodel of our classes help us out by completing the survey below
Monday, September 19, 2011
Don't go quietly into the classroom
I am in an online course and this was part of the week's materials. It's pretty great.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Wednesday Web of the Week: UEN Constitution Day
Web Address: http://www.uen.org/general_learner/constitution/
Next week is the official Constitution week. UEN has gathered websites, lesson plans, even books and videos. Resources are arranged according to grade levels. Give us your thoughts on how you are using the resources in your classroom.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Tech Tip Tuesday: Gadgets and Gizmos #3 in a series
Last week we talked about the Kobo eReader and before that the Kindle. Both are great little readers, but this week we will depart from the eReaders and talk about something else. The iPod 
4th generation. The very first iPod touch was a pretty cool device and they are still pretty cool. An excellent audio and video player but with apps it's much much more than that calendaring, email, alarm clock, just about anything you want to do "There's an App for that"
The 4th generation iPod added some excellent features. By adding a front facing and rear facing camera the iPod touch has become a creative device. The latest versions of Keynote, Number and Pages are compatible on the iPod. This means you can create spreadsheets, presentations and text documents. Of course the screen size is pretty small still and that makes the iPod
touch to use as your only device. One thing that makes the iPod even more useful is a full-size keyboard. There are a couple of option for achieving this. the iPad keyboard dock is compatible with the iPod which makes creating content on the iPod a lot easier. Another option is a iPod compatible dock and wireless Bluetooth keyboard. With the added cameras on this latest iPod touch you can also use iMovie to create, edit, and share movies. The argument has often been that these iOS devices are consumptive devices and not creative devices, but these latest updates to both the hardware and the software allow the iPod touch to make that jump and become a truly creative device.
Of course since it is also app enabled you can also still consume all your favorite media, including ePub books available from the Pioneer Library
4th generation. The very first iPod touch was a pretty cool device and they are still pretty cool. An excellent audio and video player but with apps it's much much more than that calendaring, email, alarm clock, just about anything you want to do "There's an App for that"The 4th generation iPod added some excellent features. By adding a front facing and rear facing camera the iPod touch has become a creative device. The latest versions of Keynote, Number and Pages are compatible on the iPod. This means you can create spreadsheets, presentations and text documents. Of course the screen size is pretty small still and that makes the iPod
touch to use as your only device. One thing that makes the iPod even more useful is a full-size keyboard. There are a couple of option for achieving this. the iPad keyboard dock is compatible with the iPod which makes creating content on the iPod a lot easier. Another option is a iPod compatible dock and wireless Bluetooth keyboard. With the added cameras on this latest iPod touch you can also use iMovie to create, edit, and share movies. The argument has often been that these iOS devices are consumptive devices and not creative devices, but these latest updates to both the hardware and the software allow the iPod touch to make that jump and become a truly creative device.
Of course since it is also app enabled you can also still consume all your favorite media, including ePub books available from the Pioneer Library
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