ElasTECHlearning

This session is about Apple IT & Learning.

Technology as an environment not a tool.

Makes a good point & one that I commonly reiterate; teachers want to use technology, but they don’t necessarily how the technology is working.

Business Productivity Model – 21st Century

• Monetary or Revenue Driven – Knowledge Creation & Dissemination
• Cost Reduction (Productivity) – Creative Exploration
• Highly Restrictive – Highly Collaborative, Interactive & Ad-Hoc
• Software Solutions are Functional – Software Solutions are Expressive
• Network Centric – User/Student Centric
• Total Cost of Ownership – Total Opportunity of Ownership

A lot of references to the Maine School IT Decisions:

Link: MaineLearns.org

We’re going over a lot of iTunes stuff and also Apple workflow/iWork/XServe/media streaming, et cetera.

Mobility in Education

Media – 110,000 files on iTunesU

Web Apps – Vanderbuilt, ACU, MIT, U of Cincinnati

Native Apps – Noteshare,

Study Wiz