In helping individuals integrate technology into their personal and professional lives I believe the end goal should be a device agnostic system that allows for ubiquitous access to your data. This means that you should be able to access, edit, revise, and share your files from any device (Mac, PC, iPhone, iPad, Android phone/tablet) regardless…
TL;DR version: I recently tested using my Samsung Chromebook as the only computing device at an institute I helped facilitate over the summer. This blog post is about what I learned during this “acid test” and my thoughts about using the Chromebook as my sole computer. A little over two months ago I received my…
TL;DR version: The Google Chromecast offers tremendous potential for use as a presentation device in the classroom. As a natural extension of Google Apps for Educators environment using Chromebooks with students, it allows for easy projection. There are several hurdles that will interfere with initial use of the Chromecast. I anticipate brisk innovations and development…
TL;DR version: This blog post is to document the start and first month of opening our Instructional Technology & Digital Media Literacy program. In subsequent blog posts we’ll document individual class syllabi and programatic design choices. This past month our Instructional Technology & Digital Media Literacy (IT&DML) program at UNH finally started up. It’s been…
Most of my work is conducted online. I use various digital text and tools like email, Twitter, Google+, and this blog as a way to communicate, socialize, teach, and learn. One invaluable tool that I use daily is Google Hangouts. The purpose of this blog post is to detail the “how to” of setting up…
TL;DR version: Chromebooks provide a great opportunity to use the power of the cloud to communicate, collaborate, teach, and learn using a variety of free digital texts and tools. This blog post provides an initial primer to get you started. We just rolled out a fleet of Chromebooks for our IT&DML program. As a result,…
This past week I had the opportunity to sit in on a guest panel for the talk by Chris Lehman on the role of inquiry and technology in teaching and learning. Chris Lehman is the founding Principal of the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, PA. The talk started with Chris sharing many of the ideas…
As some of you know, I’ve been hard at work this past year on a number of initiatives. One of the major ones has been the development and start-up of the Instructional Technology and Digital Media Literacy (IT&DML) program. The IT&DML program is specifically tailored to build the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to authentically…