World History
Kno is an educational tablet company that just might have the coolest laptop in the world which you can see in the above video. Think if you connected to ipads together and you get Kno. You can drag things from one screen to the other, type (a la the ipad) on one screen, read on one side and use the Internet on the other, or even make it fold back on itself to have only one screen showing. Take a look and imagine how your students could use it.
- Chromebook Vs. Ipad
Thanks to Houghton Mifflin Hartcourt (HMH), I have started the process of comparing the iPad to the Chromebook. HMH gave my frosh 35 iPads to use for two months as well as their iPad e-books. Certainly (and we have the US, WH and government ones...
- Tips For Teaching In A Connected Classroom
I read with great interest this article from the WashPost telling readers that South Korea was scaling back its digital e-book use. When I hear complaints the two at the top of the scale (and so it is in the article) are that kids can't concentrate...
- Smartphone As Your Computer
Sorry to be on such a smartphone kick, but I am trying to get used to my new phone quickly. As most of you know you can edit your Google Docs items from any mobile device. My students who have tried it get a kick out of working on their phone...
- Share Your Computer Screen Or Take Over Someone Else's
Sometimes my students need help with something technical we are doing. Well now I can take over their screen or they can see mine. Well now I can easily take over their computer screen. From the same makers of Screencastomatic (which...
- Splitting The Computer Screen
I take a lot of flap (especially from fellow blogger "Panther Fan" about promoting how one splits a computer screen. In an Apple, you either have to pay for a $7 piece of software which allows you to do it fairly easily or you can just drag the...
World History
Peak at the Future
Kno is an educational tablet company that just might have the coolest laptop in the world which you can see in the above video. Think if you connected to ipads together and you get Kno. You can drag things from one screen to the other, type (a la the ipad) on one screen, read on one side and use the Internet on the other, or even make it fold back on itself to have only one screen showing. Take a look and imagine how your students could use it.
- Chromebook Vs. Ipad
Thanks to Houghton Mifflin Hartcourt (HMH), I have started the process of comparing the iPad to the Chromebook. HMH gave my frosh 35 iPads to use for two months as well as their iPad e-books. Certainly (and we have the US, WH and government ones...
- Tips For Teaching In A Connected Classroom
I read with great interest this article from the WashPost telling readers that South Korea was scaling back its digital e-book use. When I hear complaints the two at the top of the scale (and so it is in the article) are that kids can't concentrate...
- Smartphone As Your Computer
Sorry to be on such a smartphone kick, but I am trying to get used to my new phone quickly. As most of you know you can edit your Google Docs items from any mobile device. My students who have tried it get a kick out of working on their phone...
- Share Your Computer Screen Or Take Over Someone Else's
Sometimes my students need help with something technical we are doing. Well now I can take over their screen or they can see mine. Well now I can easily take over their computer screen. From the same makers of Screencastomatic (which...
- Splitting The Computer Screen
I take a lot of flap (especially from fellow blogger "Panther Fan" about promoting how one splits a computer screen. In an Apple, you either have to pay for a $7 piece of software which allows you to do it fairly easily or you can just drag the...