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Xtranormal is gone

Posted on July 6, 2013 by admin

I happened to notice this news about Xtranormal because one of the students in my summer grad class presented on this online service. Xtranormal, a service allowing users to have characters in an animated movie speak the text entered by … Continue reading →

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All reading performance is local

Posted on June 30, 2013 by admin

Every time I have access to state by state education data, I look up North Dakota (the state in which I am employed). I expect to see that North Dakota has done well. My confidence is not based in an … Continue reading →

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ios7 and COPA

Posted on June 27, 2013 by admin

The Chambers Daily identifies a comment in Apple’s description of Ios7 that offers educators a way to deal with the COPA age 13 requirement for many online services. Read the analysis here.

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Not so fast

Posted on June 23, 2013 by admin

I was surprised to learn a couple of months ago that after years of being associated with Apple Maine had decided to take a new course and align with the Windows platform. It seems this was primarily a financial decision … Continue reading →

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WP to Twitter

Posted on June 19, 2013 by admin

WordPress (the software running this blog) is expandable through third-party plugins. For example, I use a plugin to sent a tweet when I post something here. You likely see many others who do a similar thing. Twitter recently changed its … Continue reading →

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Microsoft makes bid for Ed market

Posted on June 18, 2013 by admin

There are signs Microsoft believes their tablet should compete in the education market. Educators attending ISTE (10000) will receive a free tablet and the cost for the education market will be $200.

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