My principals have district-provided iPads that they use for teacher evaluations among other things. District-provided iPads are definitely a new thing for the district, and they are the first real non-Windows end user computer/device that I need to fully support. I had to come up with a sort of policy-or-somethin’-somethin’ so that I could feel [...]
12 Free Computers – Trading Post
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We have 12 excess computers we are giving away. Terms of engagement: 1. Missouri school, library or government agency 2. Take 1, take ‘em all 3. You pickup These are all Gateway E-series computers, 4 E-2100 and 8 E-2300. Typically the E-2100s have a Celeron in the upper 2.x speed range, 40 GB hard drives, [...]
YouTube in School
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How to access educational and school-appropriate content on YouTube: http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1686318
PowerSchool Apps
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Several days ago Pearson announced two apps for PowerSchool: PowerSchool for Parents and PowerSchool for Students. I tested these out on my iPhone and I’m impressed! I tweaked with the official Pearson announcement email and came up with a quick write-up for my district’s website announcing these apps (in case you want to tweak the [...]
What whatthe-tech knows about SOPA
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The majority of whatthe-tech’s tech friends are calling it evil. Here’s why: * http://blog.reddit.com/2012/01/technical-examination-of-sopa-and.html <– interesting to read * http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7007647/sopa.txt <–also interesting to read * And lastly, here are some other websites to check out for more information. http://americancensorship.org/ and http://fightforthefuture.org/pipa and https://www.eff.org/action
Criteria for allowing personally owned technology devices
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This is a follow-up post to Wireless for personal devices. Here’s a sample of the instructions for criteria: ONE of the following: * Laptops (Windows XP, Vista, 7, Mac OS X) * Tablets (Windows 7, Android, iPad) * eReaders (Nook, Kindle) IF Windows XP, Vista, or 7 Laptop, then must have an antivirus program installed. [...]
Windows Phone? Yeah, I kinda want one
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I was surfing the interweb this morning (’cause it’s a Snow Day and school is not in session!) and I read this Windows Phone article. I currently carry two phones – one personal and one for work. My work phone is an iPhone and I love it. It has changed my work life forever. My [...]
It’s Back, the Trading Post
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Are you a school district wanting to work with another school district to buy, to sell, to give away, to take away, to recycle, to… trade? Post to the What The… TECH Trading Post! To do so, email chriswhatthetech@gmail.com a description of what you’re wanting to do, and it’ll become a trading-post-post.
…and the Winner is Tyler Technologies
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DESE has officially announced that the Missouri state contract for a statewide student information system has been awarded to Tyler Technologies, Inc. School districts are not required to use this system… But I did hear someone from DESE say one time that “School districts are not required to use this system (at this time).” So [...]
Kindle Versus Nook, or Both?
Email from a school librarian – “I had thought about getting two of each of the lowest priced – 2 Kindles and 2 Nooks – to see which company worked best with us. That would mean I would pay $109 for each Kindle (or get the one with ads for $79) and $99 for each [...]
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