Tag: ipad

  • Great Mobile Device Battery Chargers

    Last Thursday and Friday my wife and I attended Miami Device, and not surprisingly, we brought a large number of “digital devices” with us to the conference. Shelly brought a Chromebook, iPad and iPhone, while I brought a MacBook Air, iPad, iPhone, and Nexus tablet. If you’ve traveled with members of your family recently, I’m guessing…

  • Make Marvelous Movies by Tony Vincent

    These are my notes from Tony Vincent‘s Miami Device breakout session, “Make Marvelous Movies.” MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. All session resources are on: http://learninginhand.com/mdmovies Follow Tony Vincent on Twitter: http://twitter.com/tonyvincent TONY IS “THE CONSUMMATE EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL – I LOVE LEARNING FROM HIM! I LOVED HOW HE HELPED US BOTH REMINICE…

  • Enhanced iPad Videos by Greg Kulowiec at Miami Device 2014

    These are my notes from Greg Kulowiec‘s breakout session at Miami Device on Enhanced iPad Videos on November 6, 2014. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Follow Greg on Twitter: http://twitter.com/gregkulowiec I’m a big fan now of students creating content for videos OFFLINE using paper and pencil – create RSA style animation videos…

  • Show What You Know with Media

    I’m sharing a presentation on Thursday at the Miami Device” conference titled, “Help Students Show What They Know with Media.” My “Mapping Media to the Curriculum” website and eBook series are the primary referenced resource. Here are my slides: The official description of the session is: Tablets, smartphones and computers should not be used by students just…

  • The iPad Mobile Manager Saved My Life Today

    I admit the title of this post is a BIG exaggeration, but given the lack of time I have to reformat and reinstall all the apps on an iPad in my STEM class, it feels close to the truth! Today during one of my morning classes, an unknown student put a passcode on one of…

  • Teaching iPad Videography From 3800 Miles Away

    Friday I had an opportunity to share a videoconference about iPad Videography from my home in Oklahoma City with a group of about 15 homeschoolers in Nenana, Alaska, which is almost 4000 miles away.    by  Wesley Fryer  It blows my mind that it’s possible to teach and share like this. I posted the recorded audio from…

  • Learn About Lightspeed Mobile Manager

    Our school district is using the Lightspeed Mobile Manager for ALL our iPads this year. Previously I synced my iPads in my STEM classroom cart to a Macbook laptop and didn’t use a mobile manager. Here are a couple of links our IT department provided, which I’m going to use to learn more about using…

  • Setting Up an iPad Cart [VIDEO]

    UPDATE: I’ve made this video “private” temporarily because I’m in the process of figuring out how to get my apps installed… The steps described below are still the ones I followed, but…. I’ll add more info here soon. My learning curve with this is not finished….. Our school district IT department formatted (erased/wiped) all our…

  • Learn About e-Publishing at October 24-25, 2014 OKC Writing Conference

    In the summer and fall of 2013 I collaborated with three amazing local authors and others to help organize a face-to-face writer’s conference in Oklahoma City called “Write Well, Sell Well.” I shared a breakout session on “eBook Self-Publishing w Amazon, CreateSpace & iTunes Producer” and participated in a panel discussion on “Independent and ePublishing.” The recorded audio…

  • Four Upcoming iPad Digital Storytelling Workshops in Oklahoma

    Storychasers is delighted to announce FOUR upcoming iPad-based digital storytelling workshops in Oklahoma, in October, November and December 2013. Each full-day workshop is BYOD (bring your own iPad) and runs from 9 am to 3:30 pm. The cost is $99, but for an additional $20 participants can stay for an additional hour of training and…