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Mirror an iPad2 on your Mac Laptop with Reflection App
(cross-posted to iPadwithWes.com) Dreams come true, and I’m thrilled to share this one with you. Using the $15 Reflection App on an Apple computer, it’s now possible to MIRROR the screen of an iPad2 or iPhone4S right on your screen. This essentially makes your Apple computer function like an AppleTV for iOS mirroring, except you…
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The Future is Now: IT in Common Core by Nick Migliorino
These are my notes from Nick Migliorino’s presentation, “The Future is Now: IT in Common Core” at the “21st Century Learning: Transitioning to the Common Core” conference at Southern Nazarene University in Oklahoma City on February 23, 2012. (Technically we’re in Bethany.) MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. I hate handouts My philosophy…
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Lessons Learned Using Puppet Pals on iPads in an After School Program
For the first five weeks of this semester, I’m teaching a fifty minute “life skills” class on Thursdays for middle school students participating in a three hour after-school program at our church. The program is called “Tiger Club,” and middle school students enrolled at Central Middle School in Edmond Public Schools are involved. I was…
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Why We Cancelled Our Hulu Plus Subscription
Today we cancelled our family trial subscription to Hulu Plus. Last week I shared my excitement at being able to use the free Hulu Plus iPad app and “mirror” from an iPad2 on Apple TV to watch TV programs on our television. In the end, however, the regular ADVERTISING in Hulu Plus (along with the…
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Pooh’s Special Friend Week: VoiceThread and YouTube on an iPad
Today my wife and I shared a short (20 minute) presentation in our 1st grade daughter’s class. She attends a public school here in Edmond, Oklahoma. Rachel was “Pooh’s Special Friend” this week, which is basically like being the student of the week. She was allowed to bring some photos and items from home to…
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Cloud computing for Microsoft, Persistent requests for IT, and 3 screen strategies
Peter Bright’s November 16th article for Arstechnica, “Going all-in: Ars interviews Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer,” is well worth reading. Traditionally and historically, I think of Microsoft first when it comes to client-based computing. The Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of products are the foundation which built and still sustains the Microsoft empire. Microsoft…
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iPad First Impressions: It’s Magical
In January we heard Steve Jobs proclaim that the new iPad would be a magical device. It turns out he was right! I am actually blogging this post on my iPad using the updated WordPress for iPad application. My main complaint is that copy and paste within the app does not appear to be working…
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Bandwidth is digital oxygen (Takes on today’s Stevenote from MacWorld08)
I followed the MacWorld “live blog “from Steve Job’s keynote (Stevenote) at MacWorld 2008 this morning, and I am quite enthused at the new offerings and opportunities Steve discussed.First response is clear and overwhelming: BANDWIDTH is like oxygen in the 21st century infoverse. Apple is now renting HD movies via iTunes. You can watch rented…