On April 13th I attended Apple's Spring Update in Westborough. Those days are always an inspiratation and having just come from my first conference as a presenter I was particularly keen on observing the presenters and what made them so good. They come across as just ordinary guys--not techno super-heroes and don't flood you with jargon. They made everything they demonstrated: from an original composition in Garageband on the iPad that was amazing to deploying 1000 new ipod touches seem like a walk in the park. They related well to the audience. They used a lot of humor and related personal experiences. Must tries from the day:
1. We need to get our hands on the iPad----HUGE impact on teaching--especially SPED
2. I want to try epub---it seems very doable and will be a good reason to migrate to pages. Grades 5/6 could do this.
3. App development with STEMS focus? Tap into UMASS? Thinking of how the tech squad kids would just gobble up programming.
So many ideas---now we have to find funding!
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