Chris and I watched the iPad mini event today on our departmental Apple TV.  It only occurred to us belatedly that we should have made it an open event for anyone wishing to attend in room LL-111.  But then, you never know.  Sometimes the events are chock full of meaningful new products and insights into Apple’s ongoing strategies, and other times they are a lot of noise about not much.  Today’s event was more the former.  The big news was the iPad Mini—about which more below—but there were significant announcements related to the iBook app and store, Macbook, iMac, and a surprise...

No, this is not spam, nor a phishing attempt. It’s not even a hoax, although I’ve found it difficult to convince people that I’m serious. There is a whole slew of Microsoft products available free for the asking to the students and employees of Palomar College. Now, before you get your hopes up, this does NOT include Microsoft Office. Let me say that again – no Office. If you’re interested in getting a copy of Office I can certainly point you towards some excellent discounts (although the pricing for students is higher than that for employees, strangely enough) that have...

As many faculty are already aware, there is a Blackboard Mobile Learn app available for iOS and Android devices. That isn’t news, as the app has existed for a couple years now. What is news relates to a change in the way that app is licensed. Previously the app was usable only by certain devices using certain connections, in a fashion that was confusing to explain. Unless, of course, the institution you were attending actually purchased a license, in which case everything just plain worked. That last is still true, that the institution can purchase a license to use the Mobile Learn app…...

On plenary day I had the opportunity to present to full-time faculty on some of the apps for iPad that do an exceptionally good job at delivering educational content across various disciplines.  Naturally, my ambition far exceeded the limited time we had, and the conversation got sidetracked on using the iPad with a projector, so I didn’t have a chance to make it through the list I wanted to demo.  Afterwards I was asked by a couple of faculty members about the list, so here it is. iPad screen display and capture Here’s the scenario: you have connected the iPad to your classroom projector,...

A surprising number of faculty members at our institution own iPads.  I know, because I recently had the opportunity to present a short iPad Ed workshop which was well attended, and I asked.  As I say, a surprising number of hands went up.  Part of the workshop was what I intended to be a brief discussion of using Apple TV to wirelessly project in the classroom, but the discussion was not so brief because there was a great deal of interest in the iPad and projection technology.  Thus, this post, on the various ways to use the iPad with a classroom projector, both wired and wirelessly. In the...