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GMail has a somewhat powerful filtering mechanism that you can apply to incoming email. Unfortunately, I say somewhat since there really isn’t an easy way to select student email and take it out of your inbox. It won’t match on part of an address, so you can’t just search for an email address that starts with a number. What I’ve… Read more →

[![][]][] I’ve been thinking a lot lately about iPads, Chromebooks, Android Tablets, and Linux laptops. In planning the next 5 years of technology in my school district, I know it will be mobile, but what device should I be thinking about? And then I noticed something very curious about the iPad and how people interact with it. In the past,… Read more →

[![][]][] I’ve had the new iPad for 24 hours, and it has already ruined me for all other displays. I noticed it yesterday, as I was working on my 24″ 1920×1080 monitor at school. It just looks bad after using the new iPad. As an upgrade to the iPad 1, the new iPad is a no brainer upgrade. The speed… Read more →

[][] Slides: Beyond Paperless – eTech 2012(pdf) Audio: Beyond Paperless – eTech 2012 []: https://ryancollins.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-02-13-at-10.19.33.jpg Read more →

One of the first accessories I purchased with the original iPad was the Apple Bluetooth Keyboard. I had grand plans of replacing my laptop with the iPad. That didn’t happen, Apple introduced the MacBook Air and I was hooked, but I still held onto the BT keyboard. Lately, I’ve been using it with my iPhone when I’m out and don’t… Read more →

Madison Local School District Ohio School Public Relations Association AJ Huff – Coordinator of school community public relations The Senior Experience – class What – 21st century teaching and learning – language arts credit – students apply, 6 students in class – blog about their senior year. – Also go to the other buildings – They get a MacBook –… Read more →

Pandora Gilboa Local Schools R. Todd Schmutz – Superintendent Dr. Gene Lloyrd – Director of Technology As part of the project the student get to keep the machine when they graduate from school. The netbooks weren’t powerful enough, so now they’ve moved to more robust laptops. How the idea was born – Textbook costs and weight in book bags –… Read more →

MY COMMENTARY IS IN ALL CAPS Author of “Schools can not do it alone” Talk about our power. A little bit about the need for change. Quote by Lincoln Mold public sentiment Others have done an excellent job of molding public sentiment against public schools. Governors think that private sectors know how to fix everything. Capitalism isn’t unlimited in its… Read more →

MY NOTES FROM EDAYS, NOT CALAMITY DAYS PRESENTATION AT THE OSBA 2011 CAPITAL CONFERENCE. MY EDITORIALS ARE IN ALL CAPS. 🙂 Mississinawa Valley Local school district – Pilot school for eDays Replace snow days with eDays? – ancedotes: take away sled time? 🙂 Big learning experience Background/History – Supt. brought in through a video – Learning can continue when the… Read more →

[][] Over at instructables Saul has posted his directions for using Tyvek wrapping for a [Tyvek Projector Screen][]. Since this is used for wrapping houses it is very inexpensive and somewhat durable. He used a pipe in one end to keep it taunt. From reading the comments there are ways of purchasing it without the logo or using other materials, such… Read more →