Good Morning:
I am asking thoughts from our aea and aea8 tech groups.
Would like to know your feelings on switching from a computer lab to mobile
labs in a K-5 setting. I really have mixed feelings and wanted to get more
ideas from the group. We currently have a lab of 24 desktops, we would
Sorry for all the other information. Meant to take the other stuff from the
Sioux City School out.
Here it is again.
Good Morning:
I am asking thoughts from our aea and aea8 tech groups.
Would like to know your feelings on switching from a computer lab to mobile
labs in a K-5 setting. I
Much safer to put laptops in the lower grades. We do it. Laptop carts in
the High school hardly last a year before keys are pulled off or they
are destroyed by one or more messed up kid(s). Sad statement isn't it.
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From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us
Ok,
How wordy is everyone getting on the Microsoft application. The cost side is
easy but not sure about the wording. Anyone that has one done and approved and
can share their example would be great. I am not sure how specific I should be
with it and I bet many of you are in the same
My experience with the mobile labs is that they are popular, and kids
especially love to destroy them.
All attempts at accountability tend to be lost causes, and because the
parts are harder to replace than on desktops, they wind up becoming just
so much ballast after time.
There is also the
Since God has a sense of humor, I am now responsible for an iPad (on
order will be here any day) and an iTouch (can't actually touch it
because the principal has it at home.
I have been asked to find apps for the elementary principal, and likely
the High School, and Middle School principals, and
Right on brother... at least you only have to dispose of two of those
things so far.
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From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us
[mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us] On Behalf Of McKenney, Kurt
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 9:49 AM
To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us
Subject:
PS everyone -- the ABA apps (from Kindergarten.com) are free during
the month of April in honor of autism awareness. These are awesome
sets of themed based flash cards and problem solving cards (such as
rhyming, what belongs, what doesn't belong, etc.).
Thanks, but do you have anything on the administrator end of things?
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From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us
[mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us] On Behalf Of Jackie Fonley
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 9:47 AM
To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us
Subject: Re: [info-tech] IPad
We use iPod Touches in the lower elementary. Here is the wiki page of our
facilitator that lists the apps she uses.
http://mustangacademy.wikispaces.com/iTouch+Applications
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Timothy A. Limbert
Technology Coordinator
Newell-Fonda CSD
712.272.3324
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http://newell-fondatech.blogspot.com
The eWalk software that the AEA has licenses for works well on the
iPod Touch and in turn, should work well on the iPad. Th eWalk
software is for collecting classroom observational data. The eWalk
software is an easy way to collect data for your M$ application.
Karl H. Hehr
We use the eWalk software on the Touches as well (for admins).
On Apr 27, 2010, at 10:14 AM, Karl Hehr wrote:
The eWalk software that the AEA has licenses for works well on the
iPod Touch and in turn, should work well on the iPad. Th eWalk
software is for collecting classroom
also there is a company that created an app for the iPod Touch, iPhone
and thusly the iPad that is a tie in to JMC and allows access to info,
though for the life of me I can not remember the name.
On Apr 27, 2010, at 10:14 AM, Karl Hehr wrote:
The eWalk software that the AEA has licenses
Was it something like M M or something (I know that's probably not
right . . . but I remember from ITEC a few years ago -- Doris Miller,
perhaps? I remember they had done handheld SIS apps were working
on getting it to work with JMC.
?
On Apr 27, 2010, at 10:23 AM, Lance Lennon wrote:
We have been using a portable lab K-5 for the last 5 years. It really
works well as we have someone responsible for the lab and makes sure that
they are taken care of. We also have portable labs that have been
dismantled due to lack of supervision. As for the computers in the room,
that
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