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Go Ahead and Play With It
While in school one day, I caught my son playing with a document camera. I was amazed by his adventurous curiosity; he had no fear playing with the ELMO – trying to figure out what it can do and how it works. To me, there is no better professional development in learning new technology than…
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Who Needs a Scoreboard?
As meet manager for many swim meets, I know the importance of having instant results displayed on the scoreboard. But a new iPhone app is starting to make me think differently. At the 2012 FVA Boys Swimming and Diving Meet, we turned on Meet Mobile – a fantastic new feature in Meet Manager 4.0. Let…
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iPad2 as Wireless Document Camera
After using the iPad2 and the Apple TV to mirror iPad content through my LCD projector, I realized that this setup can be used as a wireless document camera by using the built-in camera app on the iPad2. The Setup: First of all, I setup a ‘stand’ for the iPad, so that it could project…
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Teaching with Television
A recent Phi Delta Kappan article caught my eye about using TV in the classroom: Teaching with television: New evidence supports an old medium, by Deborah L. Linebarger. In the article, Linebarger cites research affirming that TV can be used effectively in the classroom – especially where it supplements, rather than supplants, good instruction. There are some…