Chanatown

I'll be working with one of our iPad teachers this week on using Voicethread on the iPad.  We've had some great projects come through on the computer side of Voicethread, but this will be our first full class run through with the mobile application. I put together a brief tutorial guide that reviews login and some basic how-to's for the app. It turns out that the app is quite intuitive (not surprising since the people behind Voicethread are really on top of their game - I met them at ISTE 2011 ). Feel free to make a copy of the guide via Google Docs and adapt as needed. The only downside thus far (before rollout at least) is the inability to share with your class groups.  We don't have email accounts setup on our iPads, so we'll be asking students to share from the web application on the desktop computers. I'll update this post once the project is complete. For more thoughts on Teaching and Learning Technology,  please consider subscribing to the RSS feed or ...

The following is the live feed (or if you're reading this after the event - the archived feed) of a session presented during ISTE 2011 titled "Implementing VoiceThread in a School or District" and "Mobile VoiceThread." The sessions took place on Sunday, June 26, 2011 from 3:30-5:30 pm (EST) at the Philadelphia Courtyard Marriott. <p><p><p><a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=ec71cb1698" >Live @ ISTE 2011 - Implementing VoiceThread and VoiceThread Mobile</a></p></p&a...

Before I had my newborn, I would often take the train and bus into work, and I would use my Droid X smartphone to surf the web. Despite a speedy 3G connection, I appreciated websites that had a mobile version so I could get right to the content and bypass any irrelevant sidebars, videos, or other navigational tools. I felt the same should be true for this very site, so I began investigating options for mobilizing Chanatown. Just when I thought I had a winner, guess who stepped in with the easiest and best solution of them all? Find out after the jump.

Article first published as Creating and Editing Google Docs on the iPad on Blogcritics. I'm sure this one's been in the back of Google's mind for awhile now, and two weeks ago, it become a reality. Splattered across its multiple blogs was Google's announcement  that Google Docs were now editable on mobile devices such as the iPad, iPod Touch, and Android 2.2 devices. Since I would much rather use a large screen to do any meaningful document editing, I'll offer a brief review of how the iPad experience compares to the standard browser. Together, we'll see how the Google engineers did, and whether the mobile experience will be a pleasant one.