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Is there a rival for KidPix?

There is a move to change our computer lab to terminal services but Kid Pix doesn't work with terminal services. At least, I don't think it does.If you use Kid Pix, do you know of any software that would rival KidPix?Thanks,StacySee More

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Jonathan Tepper commented on Jonathan Tepper's blog post 'iPod Touch Pilot in the classroom'

Thanks for the link. Seems promising!

Dec 14, 2009

Justin Medved commented on Jonathan Tepper's blog post 'iPod Touch Pilot in the classroom'

We are looking to order an IPOD learning lab for next year. I went to the Apple conference last month in Hamilton and demoed the unit and the experience was awesome. Check out the price and specs here: http://education.apple.com/ipod_learning_lab/

Dec 14, 2009

Jonathan Tepper and Warren Griffiths are now friends Dec 13, 2009

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Welcome to the CAIS community Griffiths.

Dec 11, 2009

Jonathan Tepper commented on Jonathan Tepper's blog post 'iPod Touch Pilot in the classroom'

Thanks Warren. I would be interested in his observations. I will try to visit him @ BSS in the New Year.

Dec 11, 2009

Warren Griffiths commented on Jonathan Tepper's blog post 'iPod Touch Pilot in the classroom'

Hi Jonathan, This is a bit larte in the game but maybe contact Vince Delisi at The Bishop Strachan School. He did go to England to visit a school that uses the touch for the students. Regards, Warren

Dec 11, 2009

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Looking For Learning In 21st Century Classrooms - A leadership guide to supporting and coaching best practice technology use across the curriculum.

Here is my presentation from the recent Rethink IT, Refresh IT conference at LCC.…

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Posted by Justin Medved on November 19, 2009 at 8:11pm

Writing takes Time; Time takes Writing

I teach a writing class to seventeen-year-old students. As they are handpicked for the course, they tend to be competent writers. Some are very good writers; others have the potential to be professional writers. I am not a professional writer, but I do know a thing or two about the craft of writing. Having been an avid reader most of my life and an English teacher for twenty-three years, I possess some relevant knowledge. Although I am not a fuddy-duddy grammarian, I do respect the conventions… Continue

Posted by Brian Moore on October 20, 2009 at 11:27am — 5 Comments

iPod Touch Pilot in the classroom

Is anyone instituting iPod Touch in the classroom or piloting it right now?

I am investigating handhelds in particular the iPod Touch.

I wish it had a GPS, (unlike the iPhone) so we can offer orienteering and geocache activies. It would fit nicely with our outdoor component and integrate into the curriculum well.

What I do have so far is the ability to navigate and subscribe to Apple's Podcast server and a TI83 calculator emulator. The TI 83 emulator, used by… Continue

Posted by Jonathan Tepper on August 22, 2009 at 10:38am — 9 Comments

LCC moving on to MACs

We (Lower Canada College) finally made the decision to move our senior school onto a MAC platform. We are all very excited about this decision and faculty and students are looking forward to work with them. Rather than saying we are now a MAC school we prefer to describe our program as an open platform model.

Since we have our middle school on PCs as well as our junior school we are hosting a mixed platform environment. Our plan is to move gradually everything onto a Web portal so… Continue

Posted by Maxime Viens on June 3, 2009 at 11:00am — 5 Comments

Canadian Education

Having perused the NAIS site recently (and it's a fabulous resource), I started to think about how Canadian independent schools differ from American independent schools. Of course, many attributes are the same: high academic standards, rigorous and challenging programme, attentive faculty, extensive athletics program, leaderhsip opportunities, community service programme, embracing diversity, global awareness. So, maybe there isn't a difference between Canadian independent schools and American… Continue

Posted by Brenda Rilling on May 26, 2009 at 9:29pm