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Well explained comparison via www.imore.com of SkyDrive, Dropbox, and Google Drive for iPhone and iPad usage.
I found the details and screenshots very informative and well explained. iMore also states that it really comes down to what you are trying to accomplish in determining which one is best. So, take a look at this post and decide for yourself. Please return and share your thoughts regarding your preference.
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The Common Core State Standards initiative was state led and coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers to create benchmarks for learning from kindergarten through 12th grade.
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Steven Anderson @web20classroom has compiled a seven step process to assist schools with the development of Social Media guidelines.
What I really like with Steven’s post is that each step has reflection questions to help get lines of communication flowing. So, be sure to check out the post on Edutopia and even consider downloading the full version for free to share with your school’s stakeholders.
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Board Cam is the only app that transforms your iPad into a enhanced document camera or a whiteboard. Perform live dynamic presentations of objects, interact with images stored in your device, draw on a whiteboard or over video streaming without changing of application.
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“Garageband is a great app that I think any student or teacher using an iPad should consider buying. It is a multi-track audio editing app that is as robust as you will ever need (unless of course you teach audio production). ” Special thanks to John Evans for sharing this post on his Scoop.it site (www.scoop.it/t/ipads-in-education)
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How effective are you or even your students at searching the Internet? Can they find academic sources quickly and efficiently? If not, Google’s Search Education site may be the resource needed.
Google has established a “Search Education” resource site containing Lesson Plans and Activities along with links to Live Trainings focused on improving search skills.
The lesson plan section has been established using a three step tier. The steps represent learner levels (skill set) are “Beginner”, “Intermediate”, and “Advanced”. These three steps are available in each category composing the lesson plan options. Speaking of the categories, each one can be seen as higher order thinking skills. The categories are:
1. Picking the right search terms
2. Understanding search results
3. Narrowing a search to get the best results
4. Searching for evidence for research tasks
5. Evaluating credibility of sources
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Google has announced a new search education tool aimed at helping teachers pass on the necessary skills to young learners researching online.
Google Search Education has been providing resources allowing academic research to be conducted via current Google Search tool.
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Have you ever considered working on a Windows 7 machine virtually from your iPad? How about uploading/downloading from a virtual Windows 7 machine from the cloud without truly using a cloud based option? Well, checkout OnLive for the iPad. The app uses a virtualized, from the cloud, Windows 7 computer that comes with Office 2010 and Adobe Reader already installed. The host will keep the OS updated allowing the user to focus on just the service and options available. The user has the ability to upload/download via http://desktop.onlive.com Thus, enabling one to take advantage of a mobile environment via iPad and virtualized Windows.
In all, read through the entire review of OnLive and let me know how it goes in your classroom!
http://hetl.org/2012/04/29/onlivedesktopforclassroom/
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