Posts Tagged ‘iphone’
Secure your iOS device
Posted by: ashleytan on: November 13, 2011
Recently, a blogger shared what he thought were the top five security settings for iOS. I think there should be at least two more. You should deactivate the ability to change accounts and the untoggle the change location settings. Once you have entered all email and iCloud account information, you should prevent the settings from being [...]
iOS device as a visualizer?
Posted by: ashleytan on: August 3, 2011
Video source Who would’ve thunk it? Here is someone who thought of a way to use an iPad2 as a document camera (visualizer). I guess that the iPad2, iPod Touch and iPhone could serve as a visualizer in a pinch. But why? Perhaps because you don’t already have a visualizer. Or you might do this [...]
Lean back, lean forward
Posted by: ashleytan on: June 15, 2011
by Scolirk This RWW article I led me to a distinction between the iPad and iPhone that I have not thought of before. The developers of Flipboard will extend their service from the iPad to the iPhone, but they will not simply replicate the experience. Different screen sizes aside, they have analyzed the use of the two mobile [...]
Wiimote plus iPhone equals?
Posted by: ashleytan on: April 19, 2011
The invisible instrument according to Tim Soo in the video below. Video source Some might ask why something like this is necessary. In the grand scheme of things, it might not be. Not when you have instruments that already do what the Wiimote and iPhone do together. But Soo’s effort is really about pushing the [...]
Collaborative Christmas cheer
Posted by: ashleytan on: December 24, 2010
Video source It’s been a busy time leading up to Christmas. The folks who made this video, Torchbox, have been busy too! They spread Christmas cheer, use iPads and show a great example of collaboration. Ho-ho-ho!
Tool and talent
Posted by: ashleytan on: July 19, 2010
Video source Most neutrals might become skeptical on learning that the artist, Kyle Lambert, uses the iPhone and iPad to create his art. Why should his tools of choice make his talent any less valuable? You might get over your skepticism by looking over Kyle Lambert’s portfolio. So how do I link this to education? [...]
Google Goggles
Posted by: ashleytan on: June 9, 2010
Video source I was glad to hear from RRW that Google Goggles will be coming to the iPhone. It’s been available for the Android platform for a while now. We already have text-based and voice-activated searches from Google. But since we are such visual creatures, it makes sense to be able to initiate searches on [...]
Zombies for educational gaming?
Posted by: ashleytan on: March 17, 2010
I have been messing about with Zombie Farm on my iPhone during my interstitial time. My 5-year-old son has too. Below is a screenshot he took of his fledgling farm. [from isaac's posterous] I have been struck by the possibilities of how teachers might use this as a context for the teaching and learning of [...]
Digital shepherd
Posted by: ashleytan on: January 20, 2010
I found this blog entry, SJI Student Develops Twitter App for iPhone, interesting because it describes how learning has already started transforming. The blog entry describes how a 14-year-old student in Singapore used his time outside the classroom to develop his own iPhone application, Fluttr for Twitter [in App Store, opens in iTunes] [on Twitter]. [...]
iPhone/iPod Touch university
Posted by: ashleytan on: December 11, 2009
It’s been a year since I first heard of Abilene Christian University (ACU) providing iPhones or iPod Touches for students. The link to the Chronicle article in my blog entry then seems to be broken now, but ACU still has the information up on its Website. The Chronicle and Wired have revisited the programme at [...]
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