January 2012 Blog Posts (6)

Our small public library will add about 25 iPads this coming summer.
Sam Gilksman's summary of considerations will be most useful.
Any and all other tips on administering them will be helpful.
Specific question...is there now or will there be a way to protect settings?
The iPhone configuration Utility looks like the best bet so far, but we haven't tried to use it, any one have experience with it?
Thanks!
Bob

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As a follow up to my last blog I though I would share some of the options that are out there to get even the moderately techno-phobish to consider how easy it is to create the kind of supplemental content iBooks2 can support. Not for publication on iTunes mind, but for creating classroom materials.



Apple already provides the tools for users to create decent quality audio (GarageBand) and video (iMovie) which can be added to an iBook. You can even use Quick Time to create… Continue

I have been poking at iBooks Author since its launch day and have been comparing it to other digital tools I see in use around my school site. It wasn't until my memory was twigged to a grade level team meeting I was asked to attend for trouble shooting that I put a few thing together.



Many of our teachers on staff (especially from 3rd up) have had students do combination writen, typed, presented, and pod-casted reports. The process generally works at our site as follows. You may… Continue

Apple today announced the new version of IBooks aimed at revolutionizing the way we distribute content in schools. According to Apple, there are currently 1.5 million iPads being used in schools throughout the USA and the new version of iBooks is being created as a mechanism for delivering interactive textbooks to those users. With the aid of a free authoring program, publishers and individuals will be able to easily create educational content for distribution through the iTunes…

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We have distributed iPads to a few grad programs and degree completion cohorts. As may be common it was hard to nail down exactly what the plan or justification was for offering these devices. It would be most accurate to just say it was for marketing. Of course we said it was for E-Textbooks or the opportunity to experience current technology, and it was. Anyways, the reason for my post, one of our programs may actually be on to a real justification. We include the e-textbook content needed…

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