I recently got the iPhone 5. Two words: love it. In fact, I don’t know how I lived without it. I used to have an old school hand-me-down iPhone from my brother. I use the Pocket Informant iPad app to try to manage my calendar and to do list. I use pocket informant and ToodleDo […]
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Using Dragon Naturally Speaking in mind mapping software
Some students use Dragon Naturally Speaking voice recognition software as assistive technology the classroom. Voice recognition is not a magic solution that will help all students, but for some students, writing using their mouths instead of their hands can be a more effective way for them to get their ideas onto paper. Mind mapping software […]
What tech to buy next for your classroom? Chromebook? iPad Mini? iPad 2? Nexus 10? The New iPad?
I’m trying to decide what technology to buy next for my classroom. Right now, I have my own personal iPad 2 in the hands of some students to help them with their learning. (The wonderful thing about using my old technology in the classroom is that I can feel less guilty about upgrading to the […]
New enhanced Bluetooth headset seems to slow down Dragon Naturally Speaking 12
To be perfectly honest, it seems a little bit like magic. Dragon Naturally Speaking 12 seems to be working just fine right now with the new enhanced Bluetooth headset. (Whoops, I spoke too soon. Keep on reading.) Last month, I was having a lot of problems trying to get my new Plantronics Calisto BT300 II […]
Google drive app makes the iPad an effective tool in the classroom
There are two big problems that I hear about using an iPad in the classroom (or anywhere else for that matter.) I’m talking about problems with using the iPad as a notetaking tool, as opposed to problems with deploying and managing a class set of iPads. It’s hard to create content on the iPad. The […]