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Gather an acorn

Acorn, a little known (my opinion), but high quality image editing program for the Mac is available for $25 for a limited time. This app is well worth the price.

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Highway 61 Anniversary

I read today that it was the 50th anniversary of Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited. Rolling Stone lists it as the 4th best album of all time. Fifty years is a long time and most who read what I write are … Continue reading

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Chromebook Alternatives

David Andrade offers a very helpful post explaining what Chrome app can serve as a reasonable substitute for specific iPad apps. So, if you are more familiar with the iPad and find yourself in a chromebook school, this substitution analysis … Continue reading

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Hang on to the good stuff

Steven Anderson had a recent post in which he admitted that we tend to forget about quality resources. We move on to new resources ignoring what we thought was great last year or the year before that. Anderson’s examples were … Continue reading

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The narrow Apple perspective

So, let’s be clear. Apple offers high quality, but expensive hardware. I own multiple Apple devices and if pushed into a corner of having to limit my hardware purchases I would have to go with Apple. What troubles me about … Continue reading

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Put the learner in the middle

Here is another idea for professional development via reading. Too many professionals read content that they agree with. They may ask colleagues for a recommendation and someone says “here is something you will like”. If much “development” from such experiences … Continue reading

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