I posted this video, made by the Secondary Teachers’ Union here in New Zealand last month. Among other things, it highlights that New Zealand’s education system is pretty awesome, and maybe we should try and get politicians to stop meddling with it. This morning, I tweeted about this article, which really shames the US, as being way […]
I searched and searched for the answer to this questions. I found multiple services that were shut down and, to cut a long story short, it was a massive google fail. What RSS feeds are really useful. I’ll save an explanation for another post. This post is about combining them and republishing them. Why I […]
Someone was expressing their frustration to me about their iPhone the other day. “I know more about how to take care of my leather boots than I know about my (much more expensive) phone.” Chris Rawson, who writes for TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) has also complained about the process of trying to import what […]
This is Orson: He’s 3. He has 3 older siblings and he simply refuses to believe that he has any limitations. He is capable of much because he has an awesome sense of self-belief. He was playing with my sister’s iPad a few months ago when he said, “Aunty: look!” He had removed all the […]
Schools have a huge economy of scale and a requirement (of sorts) to have some basic IT resources. They must have: Devices for staff – in New Zealand, laptops under the TELA scheme Workstations for students – labs, COWs (computers on wheels, usually trolleys of netbooks), or (increasingly) BYOD. This stands for Bring Your Own […]
You’ve had your phone for a little over a year. It was awesome for the first 6 months or so, but then some of your friends got the iPhone 4 – which looks nicer and is much faster. Now, you’ve updated to iOS 5 and it’s getting really slow. The battery is terrible and you’re […]
I have a day job! Yus! I’m starting work on the 4th at a small(ish) IT company providing a help desk service to a variety of clients – many of who are in Education. The aim is to get some IT cred in this role and then to move the clients into the LMS/PD area where […]
Reality hit me like a ton of bricks when I quit my teaching job and started flying solo. I didn’t think teachers had many perks but when I lost my laptop, iPad, fibre internet, MS Office, Acrobat Pro and a printer I was feeling a little like Job (the guy from the Bible who lost […]
If you’ve been following me for the last few months you’ll know that I am changing career. I’ve spent the last 11 years as a secondary school music teacher. I have really enjoyed being a part of young peoples’ lives, and I’ve had good relationships with my colleagues – but there’s something I like more: […]
Lots of people ask me this question. This is what I tell them and why: No. Pros: Great battery life – believe it or not, this is the most important thing when a student is taking a ‘device’ to school Form – people love using the iPad. There’s no point in buying something they’ll hate. […]
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