Copyright and Creative Commons Explained

Intellectual property that is easily available in digital form confuses people. If you wonder about copyright, fair use, and creative commons and struggle to understand how they define what digital resources can be used (and which ones can’t), check out the excellent post, Copyright & Creative Commons Explained by Common Craft over at the blog, [...]

10 Educational Blogs Worth Following

Check out a few of the ten educational blogs reviewed at E-School News. These blogs, and others like them provide teachers with professional development as surely as any workshop of conference. You may discover that at least a few are worth reading on a regular basis. Most of these ten blogs are written by  seasoned writers who [...]

Blogging Resources from Discovery Education

This web workshop, Fear Factor: Taking the Fear Our of  Blogging, was conducted by Discovery Education on January 3, 2012. The site includes links to many, many resources on blogging — lots to help teachers get a sense of how to use a blog in the classroom.

How to Make up for No Adobe Flash on Your iPad

The Wired Educator blog has published a list of iPad applications that will help users view Flash based content on their tablets. So far, here at GDS, we have used Cloud Browser, and it has worked with the apps that we wanted to use. Take a look at the iPad/Flash enablers on the blog’s list if [...]

Projecting Your iPad

The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian’s Weblog has discovered and posted a YouTube video that explains how to project an iPad. The video also has pictures of the required cables and explains some of the issues that require troubleshooting. A big thanks to this blog for identifying a resource with useful tips that can help our [...]

Check Out the iPad Apps in Education Blog

The iPad Apps in Education blog is a great discovery. On the first page at the top is a band with app recommendation links — divided by subject and other categories. The lists are comprehensive. Blogger Greg Swanson includes all sorts of information including reviews of iPad accessories.  He also has a post on video [...]

10 Great Ways to Get More From Your iPad

This terrific article in PCWorld has all kinds of information that can help a person do some powerful things with an iPad. stream movies from your PC to the iPad use it as a secondary monitor connect USB speakers and keyboards connect more than a camera …and more.

Update on iPad Evaluation Process

iPad Evaluation Process Phase I Drawing to a Close We are reaching the end of the individual faculty member iPad evaluation process. If you have not checked out an iPad for a two-week period, you are still welcome to do so, but we are rapidly moving into the phase II classroom/curricular evaluation process. Do You [...]

iPads Given to School

GDS has received a gift of 25 iPads as well as funds to purchase applications to evaluate the effectiveness and usability of iPads in the classrooms. After winter break, the technology department will set up a structured, two-phase evaluation process: first, teachers will be able to checkout iPads in two-week periods for evaluation, and then [...]