Marcus Twyford's Blog – November 2011 Archive (2)

…at least not the way Apple wants you to.  If I find a new way to use the device, sync it with a non apple item (I recently used the iPAD to upload ramblings from my dusty AlphaSmart – to see if it could be done, Apple genius’ at the local store simplye and rather insolent response was “Apple doesn’t support that.”

What if I told a student who developed a wonderfully creative way to reach senior community members in a service project, through social Media that “We don’t support that.”…

Our school has recently made the leap to provide not only iPads as an available technology to classes, like the laptop carts and desktops in labs, we have also committed to giving out iPads to students as they arrive in the 9th grade year.....

As I am digging for content and apps that fully utilize the adoption of the new technology, I can't help but think of the 'geeks' that will blaze new trails in the use of the device.  Why the geeks?  Geeks are celebrated for not only learning…