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Classroom of the Future Here Now – CTV Windsor News

Rich Garton and CTV News paid a visit to the Tap Into Teen Minds iPad paperless mathematics classroom to film a segment for the 6:00 evening news.

OAME 2012 Conference – May 10-12 – Kingston, Ontario

The Ontario Association of Mathematics Educators (OAME) annual conference for 2012 is being hosted in Kingston, Ontario by QSLMA, the Quinte-St. Lawrence Mathematics Association from Thursday May 10th to Saturday May 12th. I have had the pleasure of attending the...

Using Dropbox as FTP to Create a Course Website – Quick & Easy!

Maintaining your course website with Dropbox as your File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client can make updating your class website quick and easy drag & drop FTP

Apple TV In The Classroom – The New Smart Board

An iPad and Apple TV can combine to provide an advantageous alternative to more expensive, traditional interactive white boards.

Apple offers budget, EDU-only 13″ MacBook Air as White MacBook Replacement

Apple offers budget, EDU-only 13

Pulse.to – Free Text Message Alert Service to Students & Their Parents

**Update (Feb 11, 2012)** Each "Pulse" you send now costs $0.15 per person on your Pulse list, but they will give you 250 free credits each month if you are an EDUCATOR and contact them directly. They would like to keep the service free to the Education Community.**...

Educational Technology With iPad 2, Dropbox, Math TIPS4RM & More

Educational Technology Workshop slides which focus on using iPad in a paperless math classroom setting, Dropbox, math TIPS4RM program, Apple TV for iPad mirroring

Apple iPad Student Tutorial: Dropbox & neu.Annotate+

With the start of the second semester tomorrow, I have put together a series of slides which give students new to the iPad some instructions on how to get started using the device in my mathematics classroom. This Apple iPad student tutorial, available in PDF form...

Apple Brings Textbooks to iPad With iBooks, iBooks Author apps

Click here to read the full article: http://www.freep.com/article/20120119/BUSINESS07/120119042/Apple-brings-textbooks-iPad?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

iPads in classroom provide 20 percent jump in math scores

Read the full article here: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-31747_7-57363113-243/ipads-in-classroom-provide-20-percent-jump-in-math-scores-study-says/ Will Math Scores Increase With Use of iPad Technology? As an educational technology advocate and a 1:1 iPad pilot...

Tablets Will Transform the Classroom – Educational Technology

Tablets Will Transform the Classroom [OPINION]. Apple released the original iPad to consumers in April 2010, sparking the tablet computer frenzy that we see in full-swing today. Twenty-one months later, we’re facing the potential launch year of the much-rumored iPad...

Comparing 12 Free Screencasting Tools

Combing through the basic functions and features of a list of tools I've become aware of, to select some for further testing. Over the course of the week, via Comparing 12 Free Screencasting Tools.