My son in law has been keeping a blog of our summer trip from his phone. He has been using Tumblr partly to prepare for use with his students next year. I am impressed with the design that can be controlled from a phone – Kim and Jim’s Adventure.
eBooks and Required Accommodations
This document (this is a pdf) from the DOE outlines expectations related to the use of ebooks and “new technologies” and expected accommodations for students with unique needs. While this topic can be frustrating, I did find that the examples included some concrete suggestions.
Sometimes not:
If, however, a school chooses to provide emerging technology and proposes traditional alternative media as an accommodation or modification to provide equal access to the educational opportunities and benefits provided to all students, the alternative media must provide access to the benefits of technology in an equally effective and equally integrated manner. Some forms of emerging technology may readily offer students educational opportunities and benefits that traditional alternative media cannot replicate.
Grad Programs in Educ Tech
According to Curt Bonk, self-proclaimed travelinedman, the number of grad programs you can select for advanced training in educational technology continues to increase – here is his list. No, I did not find UND on the list.
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Apple appears to be the present student choice
This analysis of the back to school market (college) indicates that Apple is outselling Windows machines by a wide margin. Some have interpreted this as a function of a better promotion by Apple – supposedly the gift card for the iTunes store. Assuming that free music (or apps I guess) account for this trend seems unlikely to me. You could certainly purchase a less expensive machine and spend the difference on music if this is what you were looking for.
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Photography Basics
For those who do not follow LifeHacker, here is a recent series on the basics of photography. Very nice set of guides that offer a way to discover or review.
Picasa Storage Limit Relaxed
Sites such as Picasa (and Flickr) offer some storage space at no cost, but if you want to use these sites for storage over a period of time the free allocation limit will soon come into play. I have a Pro account for Flickr (no limit) and the cost of $25 a year seems very reasonable as I continue to add images.
I thought I read that Picasa was offering unlimited storage (the free version was 1 gig) and investigated. It is a little complicated. The free limit is still 1 gig, BUT smaller images no longer count against this limit. My interpretation is that this has something to do with an intended function of Google + (you can now store larger, smaller images if you have applied for Google +), but smaller, smaller images (800 x 800) are allowed without counting against the limit even if you are not interested in Google +.