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BlogsIs Education the cartel that technology will break next?
Imagine if the streaming music app Pandora was the education system. How would that change things? The obligatory history lesson: It happened to the...
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NewsSchools test ‘app store’ for learning through Gates-funded project
Some school administrators are testing a bold idea to integrate the multitude of systems that are used to store student data, giving teachers a single...
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News 1Bill Gates: Schools are at a ‘technology tipping point’
The growing use of handheld devices and social media among students is creating a technology tipping point for schools that could completely break...
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NewsiTunes U surpasses 1 billion downloads
Apple announced this morning that its iTunes U educational service has now topped 1 billion content downloads since its launch in 2007. The service...
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App GuideSound Uncovered for iPad
Just how much does your brain functionality affect what you hear? Your gut reaction to that question might be “not a lot,” but the staff at the Exploratorium,...
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BlogsThe iPad mini from the eyes of an educator
FIRST IMPRESSIONS “Its smaller, its lighter: thats about it!” - Tasmanian Teacher / fellow Slide2learn.net co-fonder Deon Scanlon It seems to...
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News 1Apple event: Apple updates iBooks Author
If ebook-making is your thing, you may be interested in the latest version of iBooks Author, revealed at Apple’s media event this morning. Apple...
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News 2Australian private school makes iPads manadatory for students
It seems Apple’s strategy to advocate iPads as an essential learning tool in the education sector is beginning to take effect, as one Australian...
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App Guide 1Typist for Mac
My first typing class was in elementary school. It consisted of many hours of Mario Teaches Typing, and I eventually discovered that my teacher lied...
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App GuideBarefoot World Atlas for iPad
The references books I used to thumb through on rainy day visits to the library as a kid—your almanacs, your encyclopedias, your reference books—are...
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BlogsEducation: Caveat magister
OK, so I did Latin at school – I admit it, but what did it actually do for me? Apart from being able to write ‘Teacher beware’ in a cute headline...
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App GuidePotty Time with Elmo for iPhone / iPad
You’ll get a complete package with Potty Time with Elmo, an iPhone and iPad offering from Sesame Street featuring the ubiquitous red muppet....
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App GuideInside the World of Dinosaurs for iPad
If Apple’s aim of making the iPad as essential to education as pencils and paper, it will be apps like Inside the World of Dinosaurs that help...
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NewsStanford University appoints Laurene Powell Jobs to board of trustees
Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of the late Apple Co-Founder and CEO Steve Jobs has been elected for a five-year term on Stanford University’s Board...
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NewsApple launches Volume Purchase Program for Aussie educators
Apple has launched its Volume Purchase Program (VPP) in Australia today, allowing educational institutions to bulk-buy apps for 50 percent less than...
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App GuideHolmesglen Short Courses
Enrol for short courses in Victoria on the go with the Holmesglen Short Courses app – choosing, enrolling and even paying for courses via your iOS...
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NewsBookshop speeds up Uni textbook sales with QR code window display
The Co-op Bookshop, in conjunction with PayPal, has constructed a custom-built window display for university students to buy over 160 textbooks without...
