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Bury the HSC
The sooner the HSC is dumped the better. It has changed little since 1976. It has spawned a plethora or rules, regulations and requirements that have ripped the very heart and soul out of education.
Desktop iPad Support Apps
Desktop applications that can enhance and empower your iPad experience include Disk Aid, Handbrake, Reflector and Air Server. Transfer files, convert video & display the iPad.
Mount Keira Ring Track
Darcy Moore and I went for a walk around Mount Keira yesterday. Mount Keira, with an elevation of about 470 metres, dominates the escarpment west of the city of Wollongong.
iPad and the Cloud
I have updated a number of documents relating to the iPad and accessing the Cloud. The three doucments in question provide guides for Readdle Documents, CloudOn and Google Drive.
Guide to iMovie on the iPad
I have updated my guide for iMovie on the iPad. iMovie on the iPad is in many ways a significantly better application than its much larger cousin on the Apple Mac.
Pages Guide
I gave the guide for Pages a bit of a spruce up and I have uploaded the latest version to this web site. It covers just about everything you may need to know. Pages is quite a good app and if Apple only allowed users to access DropBox for the sharing of files it would(…)
Singapore workshops April
EdTech workshops this April in Singapore at the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University and the Institute of Adult Learning. See you there!
Farewell Posterous
Posterous is shutting down. One of the better tools on the web. Simple, innovative, functional. I guess it was bound to happen as it was purchased by Twitter.
Keynote Guide
Created a guide for Keynote on the iPad. It is quite comprehensive and covers just about all the features of the app.
Victorian iPad Workshops
Victorian iPad Workshops happening soon! See you at my Victorian iPad in Education Workshops facilitated by the team of Release The Geek. Melbourne and Wodonga.
iPad in Education
This workshop is designed to demonstrate the practical use of the iPad as a tool in teaching and learning. Workflows, tactics and tips will be shared with all.
End of the day
A teacher’s desk at the end of the day. Books, pencils, scissors, laptop, cables, and a humongous toolbox. The end of a two week teaching cycle. TGIF.
Sootie speaks his mind
I shared a photograph of my cat Sootie reclining alongside me on the sofa today and Colin Gallagher tweeted that he looked like quite a character. Well, here he is.
Song Dong Exhibit
Exploring the Waste Not exhibition by artist Song Dong at Carriageworks provided an intimate and very real insight into the lives of post-war Chinese people.
Full throttle writing
Full throttle writing and high speed engagement can be a good start to any lesson. Settling students at the beginning of a lesson can be a challenge. Organisation is the key
Rainbow Lorikeets
There were a few Rainbow Lorikeets in our garden this afternoon. I was photographing the sky at the time & managed to take two photographs of the birds as well.
Teach past, teach future
We need a new subject. It’s focus should be on the future. Not sure what to name the subject. But we need it. Maths, English, Music, History, Art, Science, Geography, and… Life.
Mountain Tweaks
After installing Alfred last week I decided it was time to remove the Spotlight icon from the menubar so I did a little research and installed Mountain Tweaks to do the job.
Alfred productivity app
A couple of keystrokes allows me launch an app, open a file, locate a file and launch a web site. Typing a single letter such as “p” can allow me to rapidly launch Pages or Powerpoint.
Post offices in the future
Interplanetary travel is a given by the year 2000, aliens are regular visitors by the year 2050 and kids are attending school on the moons of Saturn.
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