Can you make it temporarily impossible for a student to leave a web-based test or testing App and open Calculator or Wikipedia to get an answer?
-----Original Message----- From: Karl Hehr [mailto:karl_h...@s-hamilton.k12.ia.us] Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 1:08 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: Re: [info-tech] First 18 hours with an IPad... There already is a centralized management tool available to roll out LOTS of iPods/iPads at a time. Now, when more textbook manufactures come on board, and when OS 4 hits with multitasking, there will be an even bigger reason to hop on that train. Karl H. Hehr Technology/Curriculum Director South Hamilton CSD www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us 515.827.5418 (W) 515.209.9767 (C) 515.827.5368 (F) Luddite by Degrees 1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. 2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. 3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of things --- Douglas Adams On Apr 30, 2010, at 1:02 PM, Brendan Porter wrote: > Another Linux based system, like WebOS? I can see them jumping on > Chrome > too. The problem remains for HP that they're a Microsoft OEM Partner, > and I doubt they would jeopardize that relationship. > > I think HP and Dell will likely be forced by their MS relationships to > abandon Linux OS choices (Android, WebOS, ChromeOS), and instead try > to > shove 7 on these tablets. Every one of these will fail because none of > them have whipped Linux completely into shape, whereas Apple has had > sufficient time to get BSD Unix (Mac OS X, iPhone OS) to be friendly > enough for my 2 year old to use it. > > I also believe Apple will have the entire education industry eating > out > of their hands once again if/when they produce a centralized > management > solution for iPad distribution and control, as well as curriculum and > all educational textbooks. This may well be on its' way, and if it > isn't, the guy that builds it will be stinking rich. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: McKenney, Kurt [mailto:kmcken...@schaller-crest.k12.ia.us] > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 11:17 AM > To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us > Subject: RE: [info-tech] First 18 hours with an IPad... > > I would disagree. > > First of all, Palm can't compete for a lot of reasons, their OS is one > of them. But they do have manufacturing and distribution channels for > cell phone type devices and quick start technology for use in the > same. > If HP uses an OS other than windows 7 I would expect chrome or another > linux based system. > > As for battery life, I'm actually not seeing that as an issue. Apple > solved it by taking an Ipod touch, expanding the size of the device, > and > using a bigger battery. > > As for the Current Ipad, it does in fact offer some benefits. Such as > easy access admin rights limited to the machine without a full login, > that is possible under windows, but it is actually more cumbersome. It > does beat he Kindle hands down on everything but battery life. > > Now, as for people upset that I am giving an unsolicited review, get > over it. It's tnot he first time that someone has submitted an > unsolicited review, and for that matter it is not the first time the > Ipad has been discussed by the people here. It is not the last time we > will discuss it either I suspect, and the ability to have someone who > has one in hand actually talk about it, give impressions about it, and > answer questions seems like a good idea. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us > [mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us] On Behalf Of Brendan Porter > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 10:55 AM > To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us > Subject: RE: [info-tech] First 18 hours with an IPad... > > > On top of that, with HP's purchase of Palm, you can bet the WebOS will > be what they put on any mobile devices so they can compete with > Apple's > battery life of 10+ hours. Windows 7 hasn't got a chance. > > So if you don't get an iPad with all of the developer and community > support behind it, you can choose Android, WebOS, or poor battery > life. > > I am personally excited for the potential. It isn't ready yet, but > that > doesn't mean anything if you've watched the iPhone for the last 3 > years. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stanzel, Matt [mailto:mstan...@rdi1.com] > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 10:25 AM > To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us > Subject: RE: [info-tech] First 18 hours with an IPad... > > Actually, rumor has it the HP Slate has been kicked to the curb: > http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/29/hewlett-packard-to-kill-windows-7-table > t-project/ > > So maybe the holdouts can just pick up their iPad instead of waiting > for > the Slate now (me included). > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richardson,Tony [mailto:trichard...@humboldt.k12.ia.us] > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 8:33 AM > To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us > Subject: RE: [info-tech] First 18 hours with an IPad... > > Wonderful! Good to hear! It will keep some of us from wasting our > districts money on this device. > > -----Original Message----- > From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us > [mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us] On Behalf Of McKenney, Kurt > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 7:47 AM > To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us > Subject: [info-tech] First 18 hours with an IPad... > > > Before we get into this, understand this is an honest no holds barred > review. I will use some rough and possibly insulting language, but if > you read it with an open mind, I think there is some valuable > information, even if it is presented rather vividly. I will likely be > submitting this same review word for word to Amazon and some other > sites. > > A few years back, there was a kid who was about 14 who had an IQ of > about 40, but he could listen to a piece of music once and be able to > play it on a piano note for note. This ability really made him kind of > cool, but at the end of the day, you just can't escape that he's still > retarded. > > That's the Ipad in a nutshell. > > Despite that, I am giving this a solid buy recommendation for schools. > If that makes no sense, read on, and it will. > > If I try to compare this to windows 7, and I will, it's kinda > worthless. > The HP Slate is coming out in a couple months, and it will do > everything > that an IPad does, and everything that a windows 7 laptop does, and > costs less, or about the same actually. If you are a computer geek, > like > me, then the slate is a much better product. > > But we use the Kindle here a lot. Mainly the kindle is used is > remedial > reading and special-ed because the kindle will read aloud to a > student, > showing them the word being pronounced. Like most programs of this > nature, it's got it's problems, most notably lousy inflection and > pacing. But it's no worse than anything out there, and allows > virtually > any book to be used without additional processing. > > The Ipad has a Kindle app, and though I haven't fully tested it, I > have > no reason to think it functions any different. > > Now don't get me wrong, I like the kindle, for me. But I'm not buying > for me. Sure, the battery life rocks. Two weeks of a single charge, > that > is just awesome, the ability to buy through the cellular network > without > buying another account? Priceless. > > But the weak point on a kindle has always been it's administration. > Basically, if it's on there, the kid has access to it. That includes > google searches for porn. > > On the Ipad, if I don't want a kid to surf the internet, they don't. > If > I don't want them to load apps, they don't. You tube? Email? Whatever, > they don't, or should I say they can't. As you all know, keeping kids > out of where they do not belong is always a losing battle, special- > ed is > even more of a challenge than the other students. > > That's the cool part as far as actually useful stuff goes. Sure, there > are a lot of educational apps, great, great. The predictive text > feature > is awful from what I've seen of it, I'm working on installing an app > that is supposed to be much better. But really, that's the business > end > of the review. > > Now there's the fun stuff, or thing I should say. > > Google Maps is included with the Ipad, and for a damn good reason. It > takes total advantage of the multitouch interface. This is beyond > ubercool. This one goes straight to Geek Nirvana. I fell in lust with > Google Maps, and once I showed it to my girlfriend and her daughter, > they proceeded to fight over it for an hour. If you have not tried > this, > there is just no explaining how awesome this feature is. If I could > plug > in GPS, it would probably throw me into a transcendental state where I > spent he next 20 years in a darkened room playing with the user > interface and creating the Church of Jobs. > > Or at least until the battery died. > > Ok, so here's the summary. > > This is a niche market thing. It's great for schools and especially > special-ed. 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